Overview
- Opening Monday's Daily Show, Stewart asked, "What the f— is happening in this country?" and said the U.S. is in a "confusing, dark place."
- He highlighted footage of President Trump meeting oil executives about dividing Venezuelan crude, then wandering off to admire a new ballroom and reading a private note from Marco Rubio aloud.
- The segment cited the U.S. capture of Nicolás Maduro and noted subsequent pressure campaigns and threats involving Cuba, Greenland, Mexico, Colombia, and Iran.
- Stewart contrasted Trump's defense and pardons for January 6 participants with officials and commentators labeling Renee Nicole Good—a 37-year-old killed by ICE agent Jonathan Ross—as a "deranged lunatic" or "domestic terrorist."
- He argued that institutions are eroding into a two-tier system centered on presidential favor, pointing to Trump’s remark that his own "morality" checks his power.