Jon Stewart takes Donald Trump to the 'Daily Show' boardroom and fires on him [video]
Jon Stewart was on fire Monday, barely able to contain his excitement on "The Daily Show" as he reported on the media events leading up to President Obama's announcement that Osama bin Laden had been killed.
But Stewart unleashed special comic venom on Donald Trump, the "Celebrity Apprentice" host and potential Republican presidential candidate who has repeatedly lashed out at Obama for not releasing his long-form birth certificate to prove he is a U.S. citizen.
The Comedy Central host told his audience he was watching Trump's show Sunday not to see who got fired but to determine if Obama's and comedian Seth Meyer's humorous trashing of Trump the previous evening at the White House Correspondent's Dinner "had left a visible mark" on Trump. Obama and Meyers of "Saturday Night Live" both targeted Trump during separate monologues at the event.
"The demolition of Trump ... was so thorough I thought it might actually supersede the rules of dimensional time and space and leave a mark on future episodes," proclaimed Stewart.
When the show was interrupted by a NBC News special report, Stewart said he was incredulous, but speculated that the interruption could only mean one of two things. The first was that Obama had just realized he had more jokes about Trump he had previously forgotten, and needed air time to deliver them.
The second possibility according to Stewart was accompanied by a graphic of Morgan Freeman from "Deep Impact," the film in which he portrayed the U.S. president. Said Stewart: "The more likely scenario, as Hollywood has taught us, when a black president interrupts your show, is that a meteor is headed toward Earth!"
[For the record: An earlier version of this post incorrectly cited the movie "Deep Impact" as "Deep Contact."]
-- Greg Braxton
Not to downgrade the Buffalo Sabres but Donald Trump's hair looks like their logo.
Posted by: CMP | May 04, 2011 at 06:49 AM
Donald Trump went bankrupt running a casino.
Enough said.
Posted by: Dave Smith | May 04, 2011 at 07:22 AM
President Obamas approval rating....71%!
like fruit?...How about them apples!
Posted by: pentwood | May 04, 2011 at 09:03 AM
It's pretty obvious that Seth Meyers speech was written by the Obama speech writers.
Posted by: T Ferguson | May 04, 2011 at 03:28 PM
Don't go after Trump. He's harmless. Go after Rush . For as abrasive as Trump is, he at least loves his country. Rush is just hateful and hates this country+everything else. And that's fine with me, cuz I hate Rush. I'm a Demo, will still vote for Bama, but I still like Trump. Stewart should take aim at Rush and finally bury that SOB.
Posted by: James Heshton | May 05, 2011 at 01:59 AM