Summary

Jon Stewart mocked Donald Trump’s reaction to the war plan leak, accusing him of exhibiting “quick onset dementia” whenever faced with accountability.

Stewart noted Trump’s aloof response to the security breach, where classified war plans were leaked via a Signal group chat mistakenly including a journalist.

Stewart criticized Trump’s repeated denial pattern, comparing it to previous instances where Trump distanced himself from controversial actions.

He also condemned the “crazy arrogance” of officials involved in the chat, calling the situation a major national security blunder.

  • Bytemeister@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    I’ll bite.

    Jon isn’t ultra liberal, I’d say he’s on the far side of center left, like a lot of Democrats. Pro-capitalism, but managed/regulated capitalism. Pro social safety nets, but not “everyone gets everything they need for free”.

    The guy basically quit his show and went to the mat for 9/11 first responders, and I get the feeling that the opinions and issues he talks about are his actual opinions on issues that are important to him. I applaud him for not holding back on attacking Biden when it was clear that Biden was unfit for another 4 years in office. I think if we had listened to Jon earlier, we would have been able to run an actual primary and get Democrat voters more engaged. If you find Jon annoying or intolerable now, it might just be because he’s calling out shit that you like, and he’s doing it effectively.

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      Bite what? Why is everyone here acting so crazy to me over my original reply?

      I concede that “ultra liberal” wasn’t the right way to classify Jon. But I stand by what I said, I find him intolerable these days. And I’ve been a fan of Jon for many years. Unfortunately, he got a bad case of TDS.

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        4 days ago

        The fact that you think TDS is a thing (and a thing that people on the left have especially) says it all. Troll verification complete.

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          it’s sad to see so many so terribly afflicted with TDS.

          I’ll honestly be very glad when trump isn’t a thing in politics anymore.

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        3 days ago

        Bite what? I think the obvious thing they wanted to know was WHY you find him tiring and insufferable, not your classification of his liberalism.