Overview
- On Monday night, Stewart likened the U.S. military buildup and recent air strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats near Venezuela to the 2003 Iraq invasion.
- He criticized the Trump administration and MAGA allies for reviving Iraq-era talking points, including claims that fentanyl amounts to “weapons of mass destruction.”
- Fact-checking those assertions, Stewart noted that almost none of the fentanyl found in the United States originates in Venezuela.
- Stewart raised concerns about possible regime-change aims and oil interests, joking that the operation would make “the oil companies smile again.”
- To underscore the parallels, he rolled early-2000s clips, invoked Iraq-era rhetoric, outlined a ‘spheres of influence’ Trump doctrine, and brought out Rob Corddry for a time-travel gag.