Late-night hosts delve into Donald Trump\u2019s \u201cbig, beautiful bill\u201d and consider his UFC proposal for next Independence Day.<\/p>\n
The Daily Show<\/strong><\/p>\n Jon Stewart returned to The Daily Show following the Fourth of July holiday in the US, during which Congress and Trump passed the so-called \u201cOne Big Beautiful Bill Act\u201d. The legislation will, among other things, cut $930bn from the Medicaid budget, thus putting 11 million at risk of losing their health insurance, end Biden-era green energy credits and cut funding for 3 million kids\u2019 school lunches.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a lot of painful cuts on a lot of vulnerable populations,\u201d Stewart summarized on Monday\u2019s Daily Show. \u201cBut, to be fair, at least America will finally make a dent on the deficit.\u201d Well, not quite \u2013 Stewart then played a news clip tallying the bill\u2019s increase of $3.4tn to the deficit. \u201cWhat the fuck?\u201d he exclaimed. \u201cYou somehow managed to severely cut the safety net and expand the deficit. That\u2019s impressive. That\u2019s one of those, \u2018Hey man, how did you gain all that weight?\u2019 \u2018Ozempic.\u2019 That\u2019s something that\u2019s hard to do!\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cSo even though some of our nation\u2019s most vulnerable are taking a pay cut, fear not,\u201d he continued. \u201cOther people are getting a raise.\u201d The new law includes $150bn more for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice). \u201cAre you telling me all this crazy shit that has been happening is broke Ice?\u201d Stewart wondered, referring to the raids in Los Angeles that garnered widespread protests. \u201cWhat is Ice going to do when they have real money?\u201d<\/p>\n Though the new law represents what Stewart called a \u201cvictory for Maga\u201d, it also encapsulates \u201ca ton of general Washington bullshittery\u201d. For instance, \u201cpolitical hypocrisy\u201d. \u201cThis bill was 970 pages,\u201d Stewart explained. \u201cThey jammed it through with barely any time to read it. How did Republicans feel about that when Democrats did it?\u201d Stewart queued up several clips of Republican politicians criticizing Democrats for doing the same thing.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen it happens to them, it\u2019s shoving it down their throats. It\u2019s an outrage,\u201d he said. \u201cBut when it\u2019s for Republicans it\u2019s just, \u2018Come on, America. Relax the glottis. Breathe through your nose. It will all be over soon.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Furthermore, the cuts rely on \u201cthis lazy, bullshit narrative that our finances are screwed because of how comfortable we have made it for the poor\u201d, Stewart fumed. \u201cThe problem in our country isn\u2019t the sliver of able-bodied people that are somehow coasting on the unearned medical coverage they may or may not use, but the millions and millions of people in this country who work fucking full-time jobs and still need food and medical assistance! That\u2019s the system that\u2019s broken! Fix that system!\u201d<\/p>\n In sum, \u201cthis bill is the most fucked-up performance review our country could ever deliver\u201d, Stewart concluded. \u201cIt\u2019s the government sitting us all down and telling us where we\u2019ve been irresponsible with the spending.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cBlaming migrants and the able-bodied poor is why Trump won this election,\u201d he added. But \u201ca system where working people struggle so much is why [Zohran] Mamdani won his election\u201d in the Democratic primary for mayor of New York. \u201cAnd for all the people who are worried about Mamdani\u2019s socialist tendencies, guess what? He\u2019s the best-case scenario because this system is not sustainable. And if this doesn\u2019t change, there\u2019s gonna be more drastic action.\u201d<\/p>\n Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/strong><\/p>\n And on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Anthony Anderson filled in for Kimmel as he continued his annual summer break from hosting duties. Anderson acknowledged the Fourth of July, for which there is \u201cone true way to celebrate independence: eating 10,000 calories in a single sitting, then blowing your dick off with a firecracker\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cSpeaking of dicks,\u201d he added, \u201cDonald Trump was in the White House this weekend,\u201d where he anticipated next year\u2019s celebrations \u2013 for the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence \u2013 \u201cin the biggest and dumbest way possible\u201d. Trump claimed that he would bring a UFC fight to the grounds of the White House for a \u201cfull fight, like 25,000 people\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cYes UFC, which stands for \u2018U fucking crazy?!\u2019\u201d Anderson laughed. But he actually agreed with Trump. \u201cThere should be a UFC fight at the White House \u2013 between Donald Trump and Elon Musk,\u201d he quipped. \u201cGolf Clubber Lang v the Ketamine Machine, bitch-slapping each other in the Octagon. 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