dailyloe.com – Jon Stewart opened The Daily Show by discussing Donald Trump’s actions and strategy. He conceded Trump did a solid by signing a bill. This bill fast-tracked research on novel psychedelic drug treatments. The focus was on mental health conditions for veterans with PTSD.
Stewart showed a clip of Trump in the Oval Office. Trump was babbling about the psychoactive drug ibogaine. He stated users saw an 80% to 90% reduction in symptoms. Symptoms of depression and anxiety fell within one month.
Trump then joked, ‘Can I have some, please? I’ll take it. I’ll take it, whatever it takes.’ Stewart responded by joking, ‘Oh wow. He’s depressed, too.’ He added, ‘Hey, don’t be depressed, sir. Trump won’t be president forever!’
Stewart noted moments in Oval Office gatherings are revelatory. They reveal the president’s psyche, he said. He called them a good starting place for mental health professionals. Another clip showed Trump telling aides he has no time for depression.
Trump suggested staying busy enough maybe works too. He stated, ‘That’s what I do.’ Stewart jokingly agreed with the sentiment. He said you cannot get depressed if you stay busy.
He called it ‘outrunning the darkness’. You cannot be depressed if sadness cannot catch you. Stewart then riffed on Trump’s infamous Art of the Deal. He applied it to Trump’s incoherent strategy on the war in Iran.
He facetiously ran through many steps of this art. Stewart concluded the art was a cycle of demands and threats. It included premature declarations of victory, he said. This allows the negotiator enough wiggle room to claim achievement.
They can claim they achieved exactly what they set out to do. Stewart said this ultimately achieves a nuclear deal. He stated this deal will probably be worse than the previous one. Trump pulled the country out of the earlier deal with Iran.
This action started a devastating war, Stewart said. The war has killed thousands of innocent Iranians. It also killed 13 American soldiers, according to Stewart. It eroded US credibility as leader of the free world.
The strategy sabotaged the world economy, Stewart argued. It will cost American taxpayers trillions of dollars. As this realization sinks in for a weary population, Trump hits them. He hits them with step related to his malignant narcissism and impulsivity.
Late-night hosts also discussed Trump’s inability to articulate a war aim. They examined a new bombshell report on FBI director Kash Patel. The report alleged Patel engaged in excessive drinking. This was part of the broader late-night discussion.
