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'From The F**king Get-Go:' Jon Stewart Shows Regretful Trump Voters No Mercy
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Jon Stewart has no sympathy for people who voted for President Donald Trump and are now unhappy about what he’s doing in office. During Wednesday’s episode of “The Weekly Show” podcast, the comedian unleashed on anyone making excuses for the president or who feels betrayed by broken campaign promises of no war and cheap groceries. Talking about those who claim Trump’s inner circle, and not the president, are at fault for the ill-conceived war in Iran, economy-crippling tariffs and every other unpopular or ineffective policy, Stewart snarked, “Of course, the man who has the greatest agency that has ever been promoted from the Oval Office is suddenly at a whim.” The satirical political pundit added that “the thing that I get most frustrated with” is people who argue someone had to have had “convinced” Trump to instigate war or that his waning “mental acuity” was the problem. “This is who he’s been! From the fucking get-go,” Stewart said. “When people say, like, ‘Well, I’m upset with him now, and I regret my vote ‘cause he lied.’ He lied the minute he came down the escalator, through, ‘Oh, it’s the largest inauguration that’s ever been seen throughout history.’” “There is nothing fundamentally different about his decision-making process or about the manner in which his ADD pushes him from lurching from one endeavor to another,” the Comedy Central star continued. Stewart summed up Trump’s flighty approach to big issues by describing him as a “movie trailer president.” “He doesn’t have the stamina to sit through the whole movie,” he explained. “He’s just the trailers. And right now, the Iran war: ‘Hey, the trailer’s done. Now what do I do? So now I just gotta leave.’ It so frustrates me that all these people on the right are like, ‘Oh boy, this really pushed me over the edge.’” By entering your email and clicking Sign Up, you're agreeing to let us send you customized marketing messages about us and our advertising partners. You are also agreeing to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.