Does he run on our misery? Does that make him stronger? (unless they have shovels)

I hope you had a happy Monday, because the dizzying, chaotic carnival ride that is Donald Trump’s America continues to careen down Shitshow Hill. It’s fucking madness out there: TSA lines longer than your actual trip, escalating threats in the Middle East, planes driving into trucks. But luckily, with everything going wrong in our country, our intrepid leader is utterly unbothered. The world disintegrates around President Trump, largely due to his actions, yet he still managed to spend the weekend golfing a couple of times and partying at Mar-a-Lago. I really think that the less fun we’re all having, the better he seems to be doing. Does he run on our misery? Does that make him stronger? —Jon Stewart

Look, Donald Trump is without a doubt one of the most prodigious liars this country has ever produced. He’s our Supreme Misleader. But the chaos this very actual war is creating is making us question even his reality-distorting powers. Let’s step back into the wayback machine. All the way back, I don’t know, June, when Israel and the United States first bombed Iran’s nuclear program. Remember when Trump claimed, among other things, that “we wiped out the nuclear capability of Iran. Obliterated it.” “It was obliterated like nobody’s ever seen before.” “I would say it’s set back permanently.” “That place is under rock. That place is demolished” And “They’re never gonna have nuclear.” CNN host Kaitlan Collins asked him: “If you obliterated their nuclear sites last summer with your strikes, then how can you argue it was an imminent threat now?” “We hit them so hard we oblitted them – obliterated them, but that doesn’t mean with the right equipment you can’t dig down and go get it.” Actually, I think it’s exactly what it means. God damn it. Motherfucker. It’s so annoying. Let’s consult the dictionary: “‘To obliterate: to destroy completely, leaving nothing behind.’ There’s nothing in here about, ‘Well, we completely obliterated it, unless they have shovels.’” —Jon Stewart

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