Stewart, when asked by producer Brittany Mehmedovic if he thinks Trump is happy on the latest episode of his “Weekly Show” podcast, teased that he “never considered” such a question.
“Oh boy,” began Stewart before continuing, “Poor, poor little billionaire president.”
The comedian went on to stress that Trump is “animated by vengeance.”
“And so, paradoxically, yes. I think he is happy that his body is a bile production facility. Whereas you and I live aerobically, he lives anaerobically and therefore is happy in his oxygen-less world,” Stewart continued.
“Do you believe that that is how he’s interpreting the weekend?” Stewart asked. “He put on the greatest American fair ever since the expo — since the World Expo in like 19-whatever!”
He later reexamined Mehmedovic’s question.
“I think when you say, ‘Is he happy,’ ‘Is he the center of attention?’ Then he’s happy because he’s animated only by our eyes and our focus and our attention,” Stewart said.
“He’s the original algorithm, he drives us to his embrace and we all revolve — he is the sun and we are but the stars. ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is about him. It’s about Donald Trump stepping out over the balcony, and it is east.”