Jon Stewart delivers a harsh critique of Trump’s initial 100 days on ‘The Daily Show’

We’re 100 days into Donald Trump’s second presidency, and Jon Stewart thinks it’s time for a review of how things are going so far. In the Daily Show clip above, he shares his blunt opinion on the contrast between Trump’s campaign promises and what has actually been delivered, touching on everything from the declining economy to the pledges to swiftly end wars. Ultimately, Stewart concludes that his main concern is one of arrogance.

“His negotiating skills aren’t the real danger to this country. What’s gonna f*** us up is his obsession with the concept of the leverage he has,” says Stewart. “You don’t have the leverage. That’s the key misunderstanding here. Trump is so arrogant. He thinks the leverage is his. It’s ours. We, the people. It took the people 250 years of striving to live up to a constitutional republic and rule of law, painstaking equity that you are squandering. That is the crux of American exceptionalism. You just want to make us great. That’s a downgrade. Our brand is not strategic uncertainty.”

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