Jon Stewart returned to “The Daily Show” on Monday to speak in regards to the story on everybody’s thoughts: our nation’s nosedive right into a recession after President Donald Trump’s ill-conceived tariff plan took impact on April 2.
“Our economy is in the midst of a beautiful metamorphosis, turning from a simple caterpillar … into a dead caterpillar,” Stewart mentioned.
Crashing world markets left most individuals questioning what the wannabe autocrat within the Oval Workplace may do to assuage the rising alarm felt by most People. As an alternative, Stewart defined, we bought a lazy social media assault from Trump, who smashed that all-caps button and wrote that he was going to create “a new party based on weak and stupid people” he referred to as “PANICAN.”
“How about ‘HYSTERICRATS?’ ‘REPUSSICANS?’ How about ‘CRYINTOLOGISTS?’” Stewart joked. “Did the overseas factory you had been sourcing your nicknames from get shut down during the tariff?”
Stewart then performed a montage of right-wing media personalities pretending there isn’t a financial disaster in any respect, appearing as if it’s no huge deal that the inventory market ticker they’re sharing the display screen with is a burning shade of crimson.
“When did the right become so chill?” Stewart requested. “Aren’t you the ‘Bud Light’s turning my kids trans!’ folks?”
“This is financial destruction not seen since the pandemic,” Stewart mentioned. “And this time, there’s no controversy over how it all started. There’s no wet market. You, Trump, released the contagion. It’s your lab leak, and it’s right out in the open.”
