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Jon Stewart mocked Donald Trumpā€™s reaction to the war plan leak, accusing him of exhibiting ā€œquick onset dementiaā€ whenever faced with accountability.

Stewart noted Trumpā€™s aloof response to the security breach, where classified war plans were leaked via a Signal group chat mistakenly including a journalist.

Stewart criticized Trumpā€™s repeated denial pattern, comparing it to previous instances where Trump distanced himself from controversial actions.

He also condemned the ā€œcrazy arroganceā€ of officials involved in the chat, calling the situation a major national security blunder.

  • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
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    5 days ago

    At no point did he say, ā€œGive him a chance.ā€ He said, call what he actually does as legal, legal, thatā€™s authoritarian as authoritarian and call what he does fascist, fascist. Is Stewart perfect in his takes? Probably not, but heā€™s the best weā€™ve got.

    • Ech@lemm.ee
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      5 days ago

      At no point did he say, ā€œGive him a chance.ā€

      You did.

      At the time of that video, over a month ago, trump just got in office.

      Second, defining fascism as only illegal acts is outlandishly out of touch. As if any fascist government doesnā€™t make the legal system work in their favor.

      And if Stewart is the best youā€™ve got, the situationā€™s royally fucked. Get better people to look up to, for real. Anyone tiptoeing around calling out full-throated fascism for what it is isnā€™t who you want telling you whatā€™s going on.