Jon Stewart don yarn say President Donald Trump eulogy for late Senator Lindsey Graham no reach. For di latest episode of “The Daily Show,” di comedian mock Trump for di way e dey mourn di late South Carolina senator for various talk shows.
Stewart first play clip of Trump for Fox News wey e dey joke say Graham “used to call me all the time” to di point wey e go say “stop calling me, Lindsey!” “I’ll never forget di way wey I always let am go to voicemail,” Stewart joke, imitating Trump voice. “It was our thing.”
For di Fox News interview and oda TV appearances, Trump, for between praising Graham, also talk down on im golf game, recall di way e run “nasty” campaign and say e be “total workaholic politician” before e add, “Some people no call dat work. Some people call dat a lot of talking.”
“I tink di president don zoom through di first five stages of grief, and go straight to No. Forget dat guy!” Stewart joke. “By di way, e take a lot of balls for Donald Trump to gently roast somebody for yapping too much.”
Stewart den react to clip of Trump saying e give Graham “a 99 instead of a 100,” because of im “one bad moment” of saying e don done supporting am because of di Jan. Capitol riot. “You know, my favorite part of any eulogy be when dem announce di person life score,” Stewart quip. “He dey do eulogy like e be [Dave] Portnoy dey do pizza review!”
Later for di monologue, Stewart ask how e possible say Graham die “before Mitch McConnell” and joke about di photo wey dem release of di Kentucky Republican recovering from fall wey send am to hospital. Stewart sarcastically call di photo “totally believable evidence say Mitch McConnell no be only alive, but di happiest boy for di hospital!”
Meanwhile, “Late Night” host Seth Meyers, wey dey return from three-week hiatus, react to di same soundbite of Trump saying say e go sometimes tell Graham to stop calling am. “Wetin a touching tribute,” Meyers joke. “Very rare for di person wey dey give di eulogy to say, ‘I wish I’d talked to am less.’”
Jimmy Kimmel dey off for summer, but comedian Ike Barinholtz take over as guest host for di July 13 episode. E joke for im monologue, “Mitch McConnell dey alive. Lindsey Graham don die. Dere be so many opportunities to get Jimmy show pull off di air again.”
While Donald Trump refuse to talk about anything but di late Lindsey Graham for im CNN interview with Jake Tapper, e seemingly get no issue wey e dey veer off-topic when e call into Fox & Friends on Monday (July 13). Di president describe Graham as “nice man” and “great guy” wey “loved playing golf,” before e insult Graham golf skills. Trump den say say Graham be big supporter of di SAVE America Act and use dis as excuse to rant about number of issues, including terminating di filibuster, voter ID, mail-in ballots, and Spencer Pratt failed California mayoral campaign.
“I tink [Graham] go don feel di same way about terminating di filibuster, which be so important,” di president say, per Mediaite. “I mean, e so important say Republicans must do am. E so insane. Oda-wise, we go get shutdown for September, and we get debt ceiling problem wey dey come for two years, and if you terminate di filibuster, everything go away.”
E continue, “Everybody be against — no be everybody against, 20% be against. E be one, and now e don start to say, ‘Terminate di filibuster,’ oda-wise we go get crazy, ridiculous, Trump-deranged… Dis people suffer from very fine disease wey dem dey call Trump derangement syndrome. And e dey see am.”
Cohost Lawrence Jones try to bring Trump back to topic, but e too late. Instead, di president turn im attention to former reality star Pratt, wey recently lose di mayoral race for California. “Look wetin happen to di kid for California,” Trump state. “Dem send a million ballots. Nobody know where dem come from. So you no do mail-in ballots, or if you go for vacation, you get pass. We make am nice and easy.”
Jones attempt to interrupt again but Trump keep going, e add, “Spencer Pratt come to my office and say e tink e win, I say why you no complain? E no know who to complain to. But wetin dem do dat guy be unbelievable. E be nice guy, e work so hard. And dem find millions of ballots, you know? And dem take di election away from am.”
“Mr. President, real quickly, you notice anything different from Lindsay?” Jones ask, trying but failing to get Trump to talk about di late senator. Di president ignore di question and continue to rant about so-called election fraud. “So dese, dese elections be very dishonest,” e say. Eventually, co-host Griff Jenkins manage to interject and get Trump back on track.
Dis be very different story from Trump call-in for CNN State of di Union on Sunday (July 12). When host Tapper try to ask question about di conflict with Iran, di president snap at di anchor, saying, “No talk about am. Talk about di reason wey you ask me to speak.”
