On Monday evening’s episode of “The Every day Present,” Jon Stewart criticized President Donald Trump for the response he gave to the press following the demise of Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham. Graham died on July 11 at age 71.
“The massive information of the weekend was the sudden demise of Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina,” Stewart mentioned on the high of the present. “Clearly I knew him a bit bit from lobbying on the Capitol, however I did not know him significantly nicely. So I’ll let Lindsey Graham’s finest good friend memorialize the late senator.”
Stewart then minimize to a sound clip of Trump chatting with the hosts of “Fox and Buddies,” to whom he mentioned over the cellphone: “He was a terrific man and he was a good friend. He referred to as me on a regular basis. He simply mentioned, ‘Cease calling me, Lindsey.'”
“‘I will always remember the best way I at all times let him go to voicemail. That was our factor,'” Stewart joked. “Clearly he is simply opening the eulogy on a lightweight be aware. I am certain the poignancy follows.”
The present then returned to Trump’s reactions. He mentioned in a number of cellphone interviews with media shops like NBC, CNN and Fox Information: “He cherished enjoying golf. He cherished being outdoors. It wasn’t that he was a terrific striker of the ball. He wasn’t – he wasn’t precisely an ideal – he wasn’t Jack Nicklaus. He wasn’t Tiger. He was completely in opposition to me. He mentioned, ‘I will have you ever in South Carolina.’ I’ll get you in South Carolina.” It did not work out very nicely. It was a nasty marketing campaign. He was powerful and imply. I wished to see the warfare with Ukraine finish in a short time. I feel he most well-liked to, you realize, get on with it, frankly. He was an actual political workaholic. You realize, some individuals do not name it work. Some individuals name it quite a lot of speaking.
Stewart then mentioned, “Nicely, I feel the president has gone via the primary 5 phases of grief and gone straight to the sixth: Fuck this man.”
Watch the complete monologue beneath.