Jon Stewart Mocks Trump's Iran Deal, Reflecting Pool, and JD Vance's Awkward Diplomacy
On the Daily Show, Jon Stewart lampooned the Trump administration's handling of the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool turning green, the Iran peace deal, and Vice President JD Vance's awkward encounter with Qatari leaders.
During Monday night's episode of The Daily Show, Jon Stewart took aim at several recent developments involving the Trump administration. He first joked about the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, which had turned a bright green due to algae growth after a botched paint job. Stewart compared the color to "Mountain Dew" and questioned the hiring of Greenwater Services, a company owned by Republican donor John J. Cafaro, who was convicted in 2001 for bribing a member of Congress. "Does Trump do business with anyone normal?" Stewart asked, adding sarcastically that the pool contractor seemed like a character from a gangster movie.
Stewart then turned to a viral video showing Vice President JD Vance being snubbed by Qatari leaders during peace talks in Switzerland. He described Vance as "awkward" and compared him to a "middle school dance," saying the vice president looked increasingly frustrated as world leaders ignored him. "So basically, JD Vance is just there to pick up the white flag, get it signed, hand out a couple of orange slices, call it a game," Stewart joked.
The host also criticized the US pledge to create a $300 billion reconstruction fund for Iran, unfreeze its assets, and allow oil sales. "So the 'hard line, extremist regime' of Iran gets a nuclear stockpile, missiles and money?" Stewart asked. "Iran is a circumcision away from becoming Israel." He noted that Vance had announced Iran would allow IAEA inspectors back, but Stewart pointed out that inspectors only left after the US attacked Iran last year, not before. He contrasted the current deal with Obama's JCPOA, which Trump called "the worst deal ever negotiated." Stewart joked that the administration's strategy seemed to be: lose the war and make bigger concessions. Finally, Stewart mocked Vance's claim that unfrozen Iranian assets would be spent on American soy, wheat, and corn, calling it a "classic Trump deal" — with a grand announcement, a failure, and then a confident assertion that failure was the goal all along.
