“Oh, God. Fitting or — wait, what? Fitting? It’s not fitting. Trump as president is not befitting of a country,” began Stewart on this week’s episode of his “Weekly Show” podcast.
Stewart, who spoke to historians David Blight and Annette Gordon-Reed earlier in the show, described the discussion as touching on “this grand experiment of exceptionalism, of a creed that a people must strive morally and aspirationally to get to.”
He then added, “It’s — he can’t be the guy at the 250. It’s such the wrong —.”
He stopped himself short before likening the country to a “long-running” Broadway show.
“We’re like, it’s 250 years of ‘Cats.’ But now instead of the big stars that were there, now it’s just like, from ‘Summer House’ — that’s where we’re at,” Stewart said.
“We’re at the replacement-level, reality TV star taking over a hallowed institution.”
He continued to riff, “And the audience is on their phones going, ‘I remember when I saw this with Matthew Broderick. It was great. It was great. And now this guy doesn’t even know how to sing.’”
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