On this week’s episode of “The Daily Show,” Jon Stewart criticized Donald Trump for accepting a gift from the royal family of Qatar in the form of a luxury jumbo jet worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
Stewart opened the segment by playing a series of news clips detailing the exchange between Trump and the Qatari royals. The clips explained that the jet, which has an estimated value of “$400 million,” would be used by the President during his term “and then transferred to the Trump Presidential Library Foundation shortly before he leaves office.”
“What? Qatar is giving us a plane that Trump gets to keep? He’s like the reverse Oprah,” Stewart joked. “‘I get a jet! And that’s it. I get a jet. For my library!’ Why does his library need a jet? Why would your presidential library need — ‘Hello, I’m calling from Europe, and I need a book about Trump, by morning! And the book must travel in the comfort and style one can only get from Qatar.’”
Another news clip then played, outlining the specifications of the jet, which include “the biggest master bedroom in the sky as well as some very plush living quarters and several private offices.”
“But hey, it’s a jet from Qatar,” Stewart said. “We can trust them. They’re not suspect like Canada.”
Stewart then played a media soundbite explaining that “Qatar is considered an American ally, but it is also an ally of Iran, and China, and even Hamas.”
The late-night pundit then pulled a video of Trump defending his decision to accept the jet. In the clip, the President said, “They’re giving us a free jet. I could say no, no, no, don’t give [it to] us. I want to pay you $1 billion or $400 million or whatever it is. Or I could say thank you very much.”
“It’s not a free jet,” Stewart said. “That’s the point. You know the expression ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch?’ That’s about being skeptical of the motives of someone who gives you a sandwich. A sandwich! A BLT! Imagine now that the BLT has an engine, nine bathrooms, and funds proxy wars!”
Watch the entire monologue below.
