Jon on Trump’s Epstein Meltdown, MAGA’s Mutiny & Elmo’s Antisemitic Tweets | The Daily Show

Jon on Trump’s Epstein Meltdown, MAGA’s Mutiny & Elmo’s Antisemitic Tweets | The Daily Show

Welcome to The Daily Show. How about it? Johnny got himself a new ‘do. Huh? Very nice. My name is Jon Stewart. Man, have we put together a
great show for you tonight. Economic commentator Kyla
Scanlon will be here later. She’s going to be talking
about which Labubu– [LAUGHTER] –I was told that’s a
real thing, a Labubu. Apparently, it’s like a
Teletubby with fangs– which one’s the
wisest investment. But first, let me
be completely frank. We had a tremendous
show planned for you– well-designed, articulate,
a tremendous deconstruction of the most interesting
issues of the day. We prepared a whole piece
on the new Trump tariffs, breaking down the
different rates and their secondary impacts– a truly illuminating dive
into the overlooked role of the commodities markets
in trade deficit accounting. [LAUGHTER] It was going to be so funny. [LAUGHTER] But sadly, at the last
minute we had to scrap all that because Elmo– [LAUGHTER] –lost his [BLEEP] mind. Elmo is back to his usual
family-friendly content after a hacker posted
racist and antisemitic remarks to the Sesame Street
character’s X account. [LAUGHTER] This is what happens
when you go too long without tickling Elmo. [LAUGHTER] I’m sure it wasn’t terrible. It was Elmo. How bad could it be? REPORTER: The
since-deleted posts called for death to the
Jewish community and criticism of President Trump. The hacker also demanded the
release of the Epstein files and used inappropriate language
to respond to other users. [LAUGHTER] All caps, Elmo? [LAUGHTER] By the way, to the
news people, is that the only B-roll of
Elmo you have to play for the death-to-Jews story? Look at Elmo in the B-roll. He’s dancing. [LAUGHTER] Hey, everybody, Trump’s
a child [BLEEP]. [SINGING IN HEBREW] For God’s sakes, you
don’t have any footage you could use of Elmo
being appropriately sad or circumspect when
talking about those posts? It’s Elmo. Every week, he’s in
a spiritual crisis. Here is. Look, we found this. This is him finding out. that
leaves fall off of trees. [LAUGHTER] (IMITATING ELMO)
Oh, Elmo just found out about life’s impermanence. [LAUGHTER] (IN REGULAR VOICE)
Couldn’t you have used that for his death-to-Jews stuff? Instead, he’s out
there– death to Jews. Death to Jews. Anyway, these tweets were
especially shocking to me as someone who has
worked with Elmo. I’ve worked with Elmo, as
everybody definitely remembers. Yeah. [LAUGHTER] I hosted Elmopalooza in– I’m going to say 1831. [LAUGHTER] This picture makes me sad
for a number of reasons. It does remind me,
though, of a certain point in one’s career, where
you haven’t really established yourself yet. And so they really don’t give
a shit if your wardrobe fits. [LAUGHTER] You’re just kind of
a guy that’s there with a suit that’s there. And if it fits, great. And if it needs to also fit
Big Bird for the next sketch– take it off, Stewart. Snuffleupagus is up next. [LAUGHTER] I mean, Jesus, did I
take a dump in my pants? Look at this. [LAUGHTER] You know, when the camerapeople
are laughing, that’s not fair. Richie, that’s not fair. The truth is, I’m being honest. Elmo at the time was
great to work with. [LAUGHTER] He was. Was there a ton of coke on set? Of course. [LAUGHTER] But hateful, racist Elmo is
not the Elmo that I remember. I know what’s in Elmo’s heart. And so I thought it would
be appropriate to have my old friend back so that we
could talk through this very difficult time. Ladies and gentlemen, please
welcome my old friend, Elmo. Elmo? [CHEERING] Hi, everybody. [LAUGHTER] Who’s ready to learn
about rainbows? Yay. Yay. [APPLAUSE] Elmo, you know what
we’re here to talk about. [LAUGHTER] The– the Jews. [LAUGHTER] That’s right. We’re talking about
the Jews, Elmo. [LAUGHTER] I think you had something
that you wanted to say. Yes. [LAUGHTER] Elmo was hacked. They hacked Elmo. They guessed Elmo’s
password was Elmo. [LAUGHTER] Elmo123. Elmo knows passwords
should have more numbers. But Elmo only knows
three numbers. Tee-hee, hee, hee, hee. [LAUGHTER] Elmo, what did we talk about
about taking responsibility? [LAUGHTER] It’s true. Elmo wasn’t hacked. [LAUGHTER] It was Elmo. AUDIENCE: Aw. But Elmo was radicalized
by the manosphere. [LAUGHTER] Elmo is part of the male
loneliness epidemic. [LAUGHTER] You– you– you see,
what happened was, Elmo was doing his own
research on flu shots. [LAUGHTER] Six hours later, because
of the algorithm, Elmo was moderating
the QAnon Discord chat and building homemade bombs. [LAUGHTER] Elmo, you need to
take responsibility. Don’t blame the algorithm. A lot of kids count on
you for life lessons. Today. And, Elmo, accountability
is a big part of that? Are you canceling Elmo? Once again, the
so-called tolerant left policing speech
that’s inconvenient to their woke dogma. Who’s– who’s the
real puppet now, Jon? Who’s the real puppet– who’s the real puppet now? You. You. You’re the real puppet. What? [LAUGHTER] Elmo, that just sounds
like alt-right talking point word salad. Yeah. [LAUGHTER] You said it, not Elmo. Elmo’s alt right. No reason to cancel
Elmo’s funding then. Oh my god, is that
what this is about? [LAUGHTER] Elmo, you’re
pandering to the right so you can keep your
government funding for public broadcasting? Elmo can’t go back
on the streets, Jon. [LAUGHTER] You– you have no
idea what it’s like. Elmo’s too pretty to
live under a bridge, Jon. It’s a life brought to you by
the letter sucking [BLEEP], OK? Elmo won’t. Elmo won’t go back. Elmo can’t go back. No! [LAUGHTER] Well, I guess I’m
glad you don’t– I guess actually believe all
that stuff you said about Jews. Of course not, Jon. Elmo doesn’t believe
almost any of it. [LAUGHTER] Although, I mean,
it is kind of weird they all stayed home on 9/11. Elmo, they didn’t stay home. That is a myth, Elmo. Oh. OK. Elmo’s sorry. Please don’t let them
cut Elmo’s funding. You’ll talk to them,
won’t you, Liebowitz? [LAUGHTER] All right. OK. Elmo, everybody– Elmo, oh– OK. All right, that’s– [CHEERING] Wow. That was– [APPLAUSE] –that was enlightening. I didn’t expect any of that. [LAUGHTER] All right. Elmo shoots from the hip. You can’t control him. [LAUGHTER] I’ll admit, the sucking
[BLEEP] thing threw me off too. I thought that was weird. I thought that was weird. Now, the impetus
for Elmo’s rant seems to be the
Department of Justice memo that has just been released
that said the Epstein sex-trafficking case
was officially closed and that no new information
would be forthcoming. And while Elmo is demanding
that the files be released– [LAUGHTER] –Donald Trump’s
response is brought to you by the letters F U. Are you still talking
about Jeffrey Epstein? This guy’s been talked
about for years. Are people still talking
about this guy, this creep? That is unbelievable. Unbelievable? You guys ran on it. Remember this? We need to release
the Epstein list. That is an important thing. This Epstein sex
ring operation, I’m not letting it go ever– ever. Put on your big-boy
pants and let us know who the pedophiles are. [LAUGHTER] Why would you have to change
your pants to let us know– [LAUGHTER] –who the pedophiles are? And why wouldn’t
you be wearing pants while you’re researching this? And that was before the Trump
administration took power. And by the way, they were
still hyping the Epstein files after they took power. We have flight logs. We have information,
names that will come out. [LAUGHTER] Two of his wives and 10,000
unpaid contractors disagree. [LAUGHTER] But these are all– these are all people
who work for Trump that set the expectation. And I think because
of that, surprisingly, MAGA world, for the
first time in memory, isn’t just slavishly
acquiescing to Trump’s reality distortion field. Where did that whole case go? Where did all the files go? They just went nowhere? No one even believes that. This stinks. This– this just reeks. Something is
horribly wrong here. Pam Bondi needs to be fired. Yes. Pam Bondi, the ringleader. [LAUGHTER] She makes the decisions. The backlash wouldn’t die. So Trump had to go back out
and kill the backlash, perhaps even making it look
like a suicide. [LAUGHTER] So– [LAUGHTER] So this weekend– (IMITATING
ELMO) you heard him, Jon. [LAUGHTER] That’s outrageous. (IN REGULAR VOICE)
So this weekend, Trump tried to
reason with his base using their shared
love language– long, rambling Truth Social posts. REPORTER: In a
social media post, the president asked
his followers, “What’s going on with my ‘boys’
and, in some cases, ‘gals?'” Let me stop you right there. Not to be all woke, but
I believe they prefer the terms bros and hoes. [LAUGHTER] It’s all right.
Go on. You were explaining
why it was time to move on from the Epstein case. REPORTER: “Why are we giving
publicity to files written by Obama, Crooked
Hillary, Comey, Brennan, and the losers and criminals
of the Biden administration, who conned the world
with the Russia, Russia, Russia hoax, 51 intelligence
agents, the laptop from hell, and more?” [LAUGHTER] So, just to understand
this, in a few months’ time, we went from, the Epstein files
will expose the Democrats, to the Epstein files were
written by the Democrats and therefore can’t be
trusted so let’s move on. And then Trump brings
up Hunter Biden’s laptop as a reminder
for all of us not to dwell on old
conspiracy theories. What? [TRILLING] Pew, pew. Pew, pew, pew. So, problem solved? Right, MAGA world? Well, let’s test
it scientifically. How many of you
are satisfied– you can clap– satisfied
with the results of the Epstein investigation? Clap. [BOOING] How many of you are not
satisfied with the results of the investigation? [APPLAUSE] Let me hear everyone
who thinks sex trafficking should still be prosecuted. Say hell yeah. AUDIENCE: Hell yeah! Who wants to know more
about a cabal of elite sex criminals, just the ladies? [CHEERING] [LAUGHTER] So MAGA world is
now in open revolt. You want to know how bad
it’s getting out there? They’re literally burning
their MAGA army uniforms. Yeah. And you know there’s
just another guy standing next to
him, going, uh, you know you got to flip them.
That’s your problem there. You got to flip them. [LAUGHTER] But clearly, telling your base
to just forget about Epstein isn’t working. But if you know
Trump, he can always just pivot to the classic
Trump distraction– throw something outlandish
out there and watch the dogs chase the squirrel. I’m going to invade Greenland. I’m going to bomb Iran. He’s going to try
something big. President Trump is reigniting
his decades-long feud with comedian Rosie O’Donnell. [LAUGHTER] I think we’re gonna
need a bigger boat. That’s not going to be enough. The president taking to
his social media platform to write in part,
quote, “I’m giving serious consideration to
taking away her citizenship. She’s a threat to
humanity and should remain in the wonderful country
of Ireland, if they want her.” Don’t look at our inaction in
prosecuting a sex-trafficking ring to the rich and powerful. We must focus on
the real issue– the denaturalization of
the co-star of Riding the Bus with my Sister. [LAUGHTER] Yeah, MAGA is losing
their shit right now. They cannot believe
what they’re seeing. Trump is lying, dismissing
reasonable concerns as bad-faith whining,
attacking anyone who disagrees? Well, as a resident
of blue America, can I just say
right now to my red colleagues that my pronouns are
“how does” and “my ass taste.” [CHEERING] You like it? [APPLAUSE] The Trump that you’re
just experiencing now, to your deep
disappointment and dismay, is the dude we’ve been dealing
with the whole [BLEEP] time. You just didn’t realize it
because he’s been nice to you, like when you’ve had
a terrible tragedy. My administration’s
doing everything in its power to help Texas. We gave them all the
money, all the help that they can possibly use. We’ve given them max– we’ve maxed out. And we’ll continue to max out. Whatever you
need, Daddy’s here. Because you’re the
child he wanted. But we’re Eric. [LAUGHTER] And this– truly just a
weird cheap shot, that– this is how we get treated. I don’t think we should
give California anything. I mean, if I give
California money, then every state that didn’t
vote for me will think I’m their president too. That’s not a precedent
I want to set. Whether it’s natural disasters,
or tariff carve-outs, or immigration enforcement,
or a million other issues, Trump’s MAGA base
always benefits from favorable
treatment, except now. They’re finally understanding
what it’s like to be the target of his hostility. This administration has
weaponized vindictive– ELMO: Viva. Viva la revolucion! What– what’s that? What’s going on? What? Hey, viva la revolucion! [LAUGHTER] Antifa forever. Elmo? I thought you were alt right. Elmo was. But listening to your show– [LAUGHTER] –and the trenchant analysis
of the many hypocrisies of the right have radicalized
Elmo to the populist left. Free Luigi. Free– free Luigi. Free– oh, there’s more. Death to Mr. Noodle. [LAUGHTER] Elmo, that is in no
way what we’re saying. Oh, dodging responsibility–
now you’re just a comedian. Quit both sides-ing it,
you corporate whore. [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] Elmo, it’s just– it’s
more nuanced than that. It’s not black and white. Oh, that’s right. Elmo doesn’t understand. Elmo’s stupid. Elmo’s worldview is
Manichean in its simplicity– good versus evil,
Locke versus Hobbes. No– no shades
of gray for Elmo. [LAUGHTER] AUDIENCE: Aw. Elmo, I’m not– really, oh, Elmo? I mean– [LAUGHTER] –he’s [BLEEP] shouting
free Luigi over here. And you’re all like, ooh,
pointing to Elmo, so sweet. [LAUGHTER] Shut up. [LAUGHTER] Elmo, I am not
criticizing your worldview. This is merely an exploration
of the motivations of Trump to not
release the files and explaining to his base that
the way they’re feeling now is how blue America’s been
feeling the whole time. But– but we all know why
Trump hasn’t released the file. We all know who got to him. [LAUGHTER] Elmo, I don’t think I want to
hear the answer to any of this. Jon, Jon, no, no, no. No. Hear me out, Jon. No, no. It’s not– I’m just
asking questions. It’s not what you think. [LAUGHTER] All right, Elmo. What was it? Jon, it was the Jews. No, Elmo. No!

Jon Stewart delves into the MAGA furor over Trump’s handling of the Epstein case, Trump’s cheap distractions-turned-threats against Rosie O’Donnell, and the president’s double standard on red state vs. blue state relief. Plus, Jon demands accountability from Elmo for his antisemitic rant on X. #DailyShow #JonStewart #Elmo

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