Returned for its first episode on Monday night Daily Show this year, John Stewart pulled out the president Donald Trump and his MAGA base for reversing course on laissez faire after the overthrow of the Venezuelan leader last week. Nicolas Maduro.
Recalling post-holiday headlines, the political comedian declared that the US president had “removed a dangerous foreign dictator from power” and then proceeded to show on-screen images of various international autocrats, including Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (“not that one, they're actually friends and, frankly, I think business partners”), Russian President Vladimir Putin (“they're also pretty close”) and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (“I I think these two have more in common Heated rivalry vibe, if you know what I mean, then this is not the one”), and also Stranger Things archenemy of Vecna (“no, it wasn't us”).
Stewart instead joked about the GOP leader:ICE'd and actually imported [Maduro] to prison in Brooklyn.”
“Nobody knows how this operation will go, but based on the experience of the United States, my guess is that we will be really happy about it for a few weeks, and then, 30 years from now, there will be a leftist revolution in Venezuela, and the new government will point to this moment as the reason why our embassy there was set on fire,” the presenter said, drawing similarities between the current revolution and the 1979 Iranian revolution. “And it will absolutely destroy the Democratic presidency.” (Stewart previously compared the recent military action to the failed Iraq War.)
Stewart also mocked Trump's transition from supposed anti-foreign war candidate to warmonger as the president made no secret of his interest in the South American country's rich oil reserves as his casus belli.
“Usually in American history, when we interfere in the affairs of another country, whether it's true or not, we put forward a noble pretext: free the people, spread democracy, introduce the Japanese to baseball – they complained at first, but it was worth it. What moral foundation will this conflict be built on?”
He later continued, mocking Trump: “We can't even be conspiracy theorists now! I think they did it for the oil.” “Yes, no, I did it for the oil.”
After listening to a clip of US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick “going full conquistador” for quoting VenezuelaStewart also questioned Trump's targeting of Colombia, Cuba and Mexico.
“Anything else you want to take on? I think there's still time to do Warner Bros. Discovery,” he said wryly. “I mean, America doesn't have the money for Netflix, but it will after we get that sweet oil.”
And while Stewart was on top form again tonight, playing with pop culture references and fresh punchlines, he missed the opportunity For many joke about this: “There is no material on Earth more malleable than the hive mind connection between Donald Trump and his minions.”
