Overview
- Speaking on The Weekly Show podcast on October 17, Stewart called CNN’s Kaitlan Collins “the only one” with the mettle to take on President Trump.
- He praised her matter-of-fact questioning, noting how she cites precise timelines and quotes in real time to hold officials to their words.
- Producer Brittany Mehmedovic set up the exchange by saying Collins “has it in her,” and the pair joked that Trump allies view her fact-checking as “homework” or “witchcraft.”
- Reports recapped Collins’ role as CNN’s chief White House correspondent and host of The Source, highlighting past tense exchanges with Trump such as an Air Force One cutoff after a G7 question.
- Stewart framed his remarks in the context of increasingly performative politics, pointing to Pam Bondi’s combative Senate appearance, and no new Trump-Collins interaction was reported following the podcast.