Jon Stewart , who stepped back from the news desk last week, returned to the Daily Show on Monday evening. “My name is Jon Stewart, and I am risen from Covid hell,” he quipped in the opening monologue. “First-timer, did not care for it.
” After welcoming viewers joining the show from X, where Donald Trump ‘s disastrous interview with Elon Musk took place just hours before, Stewart turned his attention to the former president’s struggling campaign against Vice President Kamala Harris . “A month ago, he was basically already the president,” said Stewart. “He had cheated death, started a new ear accessory trend.
Back then, people thought his VP selection was a smart choice. He had it all in the bag, and it was taken away.” The host remarked that Trump was “trying out some good catastrophizing on Harris,” before rolling back-to-back footage of the ex-president recycling insults he used for President Joe Biden on Harris — the attacks ranged from fearmongering warnings of World War III to the stock market crashing.
“This is just a remix?” Stewart asked. “Dude, you can’t just find and replace Biden with Kamala. That’s lazy apocalypse-ing.
” The comedian added, “This is like when Elton John changed like three words and then pretended ‘Candle in the Wind’ was always about [Princess] Diana. It wasn’t! Very disrespectful to Marilyn [Monroe].” Trending After Trump’s Disastrous Musk Interview, Harris Mocks 'Rich Guys' Who Can't Run a Livestr.