The “Daily Show” host shared his take on Barack and Michelle Obama’s DNC speeches—and Trump’s laughable reaction.
Trump told CNN Tuesday, “I like , I think he’s a nice gentleman” and added, “I respect him and I respect his wife.” But as Stewart pointed out on his podcastStewart went on to denounce the “disgusting treatment, which continues to this day of the Obama family,” including “vile attacks” that weren’t about policy—and instead were “conspiratorial, personal, disturbing.” That point, Stewart said, makes Trump’s positive remarks about the family moot.
“I try and be nice to people, you know, but it’s a little tough when they get personal,” he also said, before mocking his advisers for wanting him to “stick to policy.” Stewart made his point about Trump’s history with the family to explain his understanding of why Michelle Obama has no interest in seeking political office, despite poll after poll that indicate she would win in a landslide. Calls for the former first lady to seek office“I imagine for her, she thought, ‘We've given our pound of flesh to this endeavor,’” Stewart said of the former first lady, “‘and I don’t want any part of that anymore.
“How about that line though, ‘The affirmative action of an inherited wealth?’’ he asked. “Boy, that might be the line of the convention.”
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