{"id":245179,"date":"2025-10-28T07:53:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T07:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/245179\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T07:53:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T07:53:07","slug":"jon-stewart-deconstructs-trumps-ballroom-blitz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/245179\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Stewart deconstructs Trump’s ballroom blitz"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s no secret that Donald Trump hates this country and its people. Aside from siccing his underachieving shock troops<\/a> on American cities, he\u2019s also posted AI-generated videos of himself dumping liquid shit<\/a> on his electorate from a jet christened \u201cKing Trump.\u201d As he spends his time stewing and whining that we aren\u2019t thankful enough for the president who made the country more violent, hateful, and expensive, he\u2019s also knocking down the White House to make way for a 90,000 square foot ballroom that our tech overlords are helping to fund<\/a>. He\u2019s also begun talking much more openly about a third term\u2014though some methods are \u201ctoo cute\u201d for his liking. On a new Daily Show, Jon Stewart argues that while the ballroom is a good indicator that Trump is gunning for a third term, the fact that he\u2019s already made merch is an even greater tell.<\/p>\n

Look, these are not optimistic times. We\u2019ve got a president who hates us, a Speaker of the House who, admittedly, doesn\u2019t seem to know anything (Stewart\u2019s Mike Johnson impression is an all-timer), and an actively hostile administration that\u2019s talking a lot about a third term. We\u2019re in the midst of a government shutdown, which the administration doesn\u2019t seem too keen to end, because why would they? Meanwhile, the most vulnerable Americans across the country will start feeling the effects of a month-long shutdown when food-assistance benefits run out this week. All of that would be bad enough if we weren\u2019t also facing the existential threat of climate change, which, we must say, isn\u2019t going to fix itself. Wouldn\u2019t you know it, we\u2019ve missed another \u201ccatastrophic tipping point<\/a>.\u201d As many have said before, living in interesting times sucks.<\/p>\n

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But while there\u2019s not much to be hopeful about, Stewart did interview New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, who has eight days left until the election. The whiplash of cutting from the pure misery of the Trump presidency to Mamdani\u2019s infectious optimism can be a salve for the near-constant news of Nazis in government<\/a>, extrajudicial murders at sea<\/a>, and listening to Mike Johnson searching for a new way to say, \u201cI haven\u2019t read it.\u201d The interview is the antithesis of everything from the opening segment, except for Stewart\u2019s Mike Johnson impression, which the host should elevate to a regular bit.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAfter the presidential election, there were all these obituaries written about the Democratic Party\u2019s ability to motivate young people,\u201d Mamdani said. \u201cAnd I can tell you what we found in this campaign is that young people have been at the heart of the belief that something could be more than this. I would say throughout the primary, this quote from Ed Koch, \u2018If you agree with me on 9 out of 12 issues, vote for me. 12 out of 12, see a psychiatrist.\u2019 I\u2019m in Washington Square Park filming a video with David Hogg, and this young guy comes up to me and goes, \u201912 out of 12, baby, send me away!’\u201d<\/p>\n

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