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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.

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[–] [email protected] 79 points 1 month ago (4 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

FOX News has already been gaslighting since the story broke

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I guess it's just another type of... Draft dodging.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago

"I do not recall..." - George Bush Sr

"That I do not recall." - Ronald Reagan

"I don't recall that." - Oliver North

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

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."

[–] [email protected] 77 points 1 month ago (4 children)

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.”

What a strange reply. Have you watched him lately?

[–] [email protected] 62 points 1 month ago

Dude he got his show on Apple TV fully cancelled because he was refusing to pull punches that Apple told him to. Stewart is one of the good guys.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Naw, I quit him on the "don't call it fascism" episode.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I was a bit annoyed with that too, but he seems to have realized that he gave Trump an inch, and Trump took a mile. Like. He. Always. Does.

In recent weeks, he's been a bit more aggressive in calling a spade a spade.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Maybe I'll give him another chance sometime but it burned me pretty bad.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I get it. I wasn't thrilled either.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

At the time of that video, over a month ago, trump just got in office. He was doing really awful things legally. Just like he legally cheated. Stewart was saying, tell the people what he really is doing that's illegal, fascist sounding but legal, actually fascist, etc., not call everything fascist because then it gets lost in the noise.

I wonder if you actually watched it. Stewart was saying that to save the stuff that is actually fascist for the stuff that trump does that's authoritarian because of this, the "firehose":

“Once we isolate key people, we look for people we know are in their upstream – people that they read posts from, but who themselves are less influential. We then either start flame wars with bots to derail the conversations that are influencing influential people, or else send off specific tasks for sockpuppets (changing this wording of an idea here; cause an ideological split there; etc).”

The goal is to keep opinions we don't want fragmented and from coalescing in to a single voice for long enough that the memes we do want can,...

https://archive.is/PoUMo

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

"Give him a chance" was a questionable take in 2016. It's downright stupid in 2025. And being pedantic about what people are allowed to call fascist is just aiding and abetting them. Anything a fascist does is fascist. That's all there is to it. While people like you and Jon nitpick over what the meaning really is, they've already torn apart the government and are rounding people up.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (4 children)

At no point did he say, "Give him a chance." He said, call what he actually does as legal, legal, that's authoritarian as authoritarian and call what he does fascist, fascist. Is Stewart perfect in his takes? Probably not, but he's the best we've got.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

No. Should I? I tried watching his show on apple TV and it was complete shit imo

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I never watched the Apple show, so I have no idea on how they compare. Jon is doing old school Daily Show stuff on Mondays and then the rest of the week is a different host that hosts the entire week. You're probably not going to agree with everything he says, but they have an amazing research staff. You'll see things there that you might not see anywhere else because they care and are more journalist than most of our media.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They cancelled his show on Apple TV because he refused to pull punches they told him to.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

I know he's one of the good guys, I agree.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's pretty sad that two of the best and most outspoken journalists in our country are comedians. But I'm grateful to have them.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It’s a very very different show. The Daily Show is pretty much back to the Obama-era show in tone and theme, but the hosts change.

Jon’s long form interviews are now a “Weekly Show” podcast that’s on Thursdays.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Yes, absolutely. He's only on Monday nights, but he's usually on point. Ignore the contrarians in this thread.

His podcast is also great.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago

This comment shows you haven't actually watched him lately.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Just instablocking these obvious astroturf accounts

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Man... I used to really like Jon. He's always been ultra liberal, but now he's just insufferable... like literally intolerable.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

The app I use for Lemmy shows when accounts are newly made. It puts a little baby emoji next to the user name. It makes the campaigns really obvious when you see the trend of what type of comments always have a cartoon baby face next to the name.

Edit: spelling, and photo:

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Haha, mine too! Crazy lazy.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 month ago (2 children)

lol just looking at the account tells you everything you need to know

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago

Wow I honestly wish I hadn't 😅

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

just looking at the account tells you everything you need to know

Writing style says 35, posting says religious but still a fan of the most immoral man in America. It's a mixed bag of Reddit.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago

Lmao what planet are you on?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (5 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Takes one to know one

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

This profile, honestly...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I can’t get the link to load. Did Stewart criticize the decision to bomb Yemen?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (16 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Leftists are their own biggest enemies

Truly

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

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.

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