This is Fresh Air. I'm David Beane Cooley, Infra Terry Gross.

Trevor Noah, the host of Comedy Central's The Daily Show, is stepping down next week after seven years.

When he took over from John Stewart, he brought an international perspective to the show.

He's South African, the son of a black mother and white father, whose relationship was illegal under apartheid.

Noah grew up during the apartheid and post apartheid eras.

He became famous in South Africa as a comic and TV personality and spent years doing stand-up internationally.

And on the Daily Show, he developed his own style and audience quickly and intelligently.

He became looser and even more daring when hosting remote-ledering COVID.

And by the time he hosted the infamously tricky White House correspondence dinner earlier this year,

with President Biden in attendance, Trevor Noah was in easy command of his skills and the room.

He even joked about his invitation to host the event.

I was a little confused about why me, but then I was told that you get your highest approval ratings when a biracial African guy standing next to you, so...

Watching him on the Daily Show, it was often funny and enlightening to hear his take on American life and politics.

We're going to listen back to portions of two of Terry's interviews with Trevor Noah.

The first was recorded early in 2016, a few months after he'd taken over the Daily Show.

It began with a segment from the show in October 2015 when he was comparing Donald Trump's rhetoric

with statements made by African presidents and dictators.

What I'm trying to say is Donald Trump is presidential. He just happens to be running on the wrong continent.

In fact, once you realize that Trump is basically the perfect African president,

you start to notice the similarities everywhere, like the level of self-regard.

I say not in a braggadocious way. I've made billions and billions of dollars.

I made a tremendous amount of money. I'm really rich.

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