Overview
- Jon Stewart, in a Daily Show monologue on Monday, said President Trump got “nothing” from last week’s meetings with China’s Xi Jinping and mocked Trump’s focus on Xi’s looks and height.
- The segment contrasted years of Trump’s “tough on China” boasts with his conciliatory tone during the trip, culminating in Stewart’s stunned question about how Trump holds the job.
- The White House has called the Xi meetings a good set of talks focused on trade and the war in Iran, while Trump told Fox News the key result was a stronger “relationship.”
- Trump’s visit, his first to China since 2017, covered trade, Taiwan, artificial intelligence, and the Iran conflict, and included U.S. business figures such as Elon Musk, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, and Apple’s Tim Cook.
- Stewart reinforced his critique by airing past remarks from Trump’s own former aides—John Kelly, Rex Tillerson, and Bill Barr—who have labeled Trump a fascist, a “f---ing moron,” and a “consummate narcissist.”