Jon Stewart on Thursday ripped President Donald Trump’s administration for pouncing on journalists who’ve requested about preliminary studies contradicting the president’s claims that U.S. strikes on Iran “completely obliterated” the nation’s nuclear services.
“Boy, this has simply been every thing that’s so tough about this administration simply on show within the second. Even actions that it’d take that may be profitable are fraught together with his fragility always,” stated Stewart on the newest episode of his “Weekly Show” podcast.
Stewart pointed to Trump crashing out at media “scum” who reported on a leaked preliminary evaluation that discovered that Saturday’s bombings doubtless solely set Iran’s program again a pair months.
“You simply assume, ’Hey man, if it’s actual and all of the issues that you just stated you had achieved had been achieved, then it shouldn’t be that tough to not be so defensive and indignant on a regular basis,” Stewart declared.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth have additionally slammed leakers and the media this week, with the previous Fox News host lashing out at ex-colleague Jennifer Griffin for being “the worst” following her questions at a Pentagon press convention on Thursday.
In a post to his Truth Social platform on Thursday, the president claimed that Democrats have been behind leaks on the “PERFECT FLIGHT” to Iranian nuclear websites earlier than including that they “needs to be prosecuted.”
Stewart summed up the Trump officers’ responses to the studies, remarking on his podcast, “It’s simply past the silliness, and if anyone pushes again, they demand 100% fealty, something past that units off anger and frustration due to the fragility.”
Watch extra of Stewart on “The Weekly Present” beneath.
