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Jon Stewart Just Turned The “Absurdity” Of Trump’s Kimmel Attacks Against Him

The Daily Show host explained why the president’s show of “fragility” may be the “very thing that we need in this country.”

“I don’t know about you. I am sure you’re all fucking exhausted by all this,” said Stewart in a recent episode of The Weekly Show podcast.

His reaction arrived after President Donald Trump and Melania Trump , seemingly sparked by clips shared in right-wing social media circles, tried to pressure ABC to fire Kimmel after the host quipped that the first lady was glowing “like an expectant widow” in a show filmed days before the shooting.

Kimmel, who was suspended by ABC following comments on the suspect in Charlie Kirk’s assassination last year, hasn’t backed down to Trump despite the attacks.

On his Weekly Show podcast, Stewart emphasized that there is still “hope” for the US despite Trump’s attempts to get Kimmel off the air. “The hope is in the people that rise out of it.…