Jon Stewart mentioned President Trump’s authorized woes with media firms quantity to an effort to tear down the nation for “insurance coverage cash.”
He referenced Trump’s defamation lawsuit warranting a $15 million payout from ABC and first woman Melania’s $40 million documentary cope with Amazon as proof of funds in alternate for “safety.”
“They only put cash into the pot. So finally, on the finish of this, does Trump burn our fucking nation down for insurance coverage cash? Like, the place are we headed?” Stewart mentioned throughout a Friday look on The Bill Simmons podcast.
He mentioned large-scale settlements set a poor precedent for future court docket battles with the Trump administration.
“Now [Trump will] go after Harvard or Comcast or regardless of the hell else he does as a result of a coverage of appeasement all the time results in extra conquest,” Stewart mentioned.
All through Trump’s second stint in workplace, he has clashed with Harvard over their campus tradition, alleging the varsity harbors college students with antisemitic views.
He has pushed to have one of many nation’s oldest establishments stripped of their tax exempt status and mentioned their capacity to welcome worldwide college students must be revoked.
“Harvard’s going to have to alter its methods,” Trump instructed reporters within the Oval Workplace on Friday.
Because the president encourages a nationwide academic overhaul, Stewart has instructed Democrats put together for the subsequent presidential race in 2028.
He urged the occasion to “overcome the stink” within the subsequent election cycle to regain help from voters after November’s landslide loss.