Summary
Jon Stewart mocked Donald Trump’s reaction to the war plan leak, accusing him of exhibiting “quick onset dementia” whenever faced with accountability.
Stewart noted Trump’s aloof response to the security breach, where classified war plans were leaked via a Signal group chat mistakenly including a journalist.
Stewart criticized Trump’s repeated denial pattern, comparing it to previous instances where Trump distanced himself from controversial actions.
He also condemned the “crazy arrogance” of officials involved in the chat, calling the situation a major national security blunder.
This is Trump’s way of stalling to give the GOP’s PR apparatus time to draft messaging that whitewashes the incident.
Other politicians would say “no comment” to buy time, and that makes them look guilty. Trump says “I don’t know yet,” which makes the incident look too insignificant for a busy person to pay attention to.
Honestly, it’s a smart tactic. It’s evil and shitty, but it’s smart.
That’s always the thing that saddens me. People think somehow Trump is both an idiot but stripping the government apart piece by piece at the same time. Even if he is dumb, there’s a powerful group of people behind him working hard to ensure they gain more money and/or power. And it’s pretty clear Russia is leading that charge. Trump isn’t in power because of some dumb mistake. It required a lot of money and effort, and the decisions he’s made in power are specifically benefiting those that put him there.
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FOX News has already been gaslighting since the story broke
I always thought it was fascinating how much he gets to say he has no knowledge or memory of anything. It’s like wow, why are you even president if you don’t know or remember anything ever? The obvious tactic should have been mocking and ridiculing him BETTER than he mocks and ridicules everyone. His insults are trash tier. The left should have just roasted the shit out of him back in 2016.
I can’t get the link to load. Did Stewart criticize the decision to bomb Yemen?
I can’t imagine he’s in favor of bombing Yemen. Trying to gotcha your allies is so tiring. Leftists are their own biggest enemies
That wasn’t a gotcha, dumbfuck. I was curious because I usually like Jon Stewart and hoped he’d mentioned it in addition to this nonsense.
But if you think that pointing out the wrong locus of outrage is being an enemy, you are making Republicans seem intelligent to you by comparison and you don’t belong in a free society.
Ok troll
I agree that you being a moron is me being a troll.
Perhaps, if you’re so smart, you should understand the limitations of text based communication and be clearer in your initial messages. That way you don’t have to get into fights like an idiot.
This is the faux-progressive version of “Did he say Thank You?”
Edit: maybe I misconstrued your sentiment. In the linked clip, he did not talk about the bombing of Yemen, only Trump feigning (or legitimately claiming, although I doubt it) ignorance.
I was just hoping that he talked about the important part—the bombing—in addition to the unimportant part—the text message.
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Tbh I miss the Jon Stewart of the 2000s that actually would take a stand as opposed to Jon of the 2020s that platforms pieces of shit in candyass interviews and is too scared to say dirty words like “fascist” and “nazi.”
This comment shows you haven’t actually watched him lately.
Just instablocking these obvious astroturf accounts
Bye Felicia
It’s like he’s talking directly to you:
Man… I used to really like Jon. He’s always been ultra liberal, but now he’s just insufferable… like literally intolerable.
Lmao what planet are you on?
I’ll bite.
Jon isn’t ultra liberal, I’d say he’s on the far side of center left, like a lot of Democrats. Pro-capitalism, but managed/regulated capitalism. Pro social safety nets, but not “everyone gets everything they need for free”.
The guy basically quit his show and went to the mat for 9/11 first responders, and I get the feeling that the opinions and issues he talks about are his actual opinions on issues that are important to him. I applaud him for not holding back on attacking Biden when it was clear that Biden was unfit for another 4 years in office. I think if we had listened to Jon earlier, we would have been able to run an actual primary and get Democrat voters more engaged. If you find Jon annoying or intolerable now, it might just be because he’s calling out shit that you like, and he’s doing it effectively.
Bite what? Why is everyone here acting so crazy to me over my original reply?
I concede that “ultra liberal” wasn’t the right way to classify Jon. But I stand by what I said, I find him intolerable these days. And I’ve been a fan of Jon for many years. Unfortunately, he got a bad case of TDS.
The fact that you think TDS is a thing (and a thing that people on the left have especially) says it all. Troll verification complete.
it’s sad to see so many so terribly afflicted with TDS.
I’ll honestly be very glad when trump isn’t a thing in politics anymore.
Bite what? I think the obvious thing they wanted to know was WHY you find him tiring and insufferable, not your classification of his liberalism.
Takes one to know one
This profile, honestly…
