Jon on Trump’s Trade War, Attacks on DEI & Myth of “Meritocracy” | Mo Amer

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🗓️ 4 February 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Jon Stewart examines Trump's attacks on trans people, Canada, and DEI as his first presidential orders of business and asks: How is that making America great again? Plus, the Best F**kin' News Team debate on where they rank in the DEI hierarchy.

Mo Amer, writer, stand-up comedian, and co-creator and star of “Mo,” sits down to discuss the second season of his Peabody Award-winning Netflix series, inspired by his own refugee experience. They discuss how the series explores the complexities of statelessness and asylum, the absurdities of the immigration process, and how he leaned on Jon for support while figuring out whether to talk about Oct. 7 on his show.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Comedy Central.
0:06.7	From the most trusted journalists at Comedy Center, it's America's only source for news.
0:14.0	This is The Daily Show with your host, John Stewart.
0:20.2	Thank you. John Stewart. Four! Oh!
0:22.6	Hey, everybody, welcome.
0:46.3	My name is John Stewart.
0:48.8	Let me tell you, we got a fantastic show for you tonight.
0:52.8	We're going to do our program.
0:54.0	Later on in the program, we're going to be talking to comedian, writer, director,
0:57.4	auteur, Mo Amher.
0:59.4	That's coming up in a bit.
1:02.0	Very excited about that.
1:04.7	But first, if I could have just a moment of your time.
1:08.6	Let's talk about America's Lord and Savior.
1:14.1	Donald Jahasafeffer Trump. They're not booing. They're saying Bruce for no apparent reason.
1:22.0	When Trump ran for president, he had an urgent message about the state of our country.
1:27.9	Our country is being
1:29.3	lost. We're a failing nation.
1:31.1	We are a nation in decline. We have
1:33.3	to fight for our country, and we
1:35.2	have to fight like we've never fought before.
1:37.9	It's like we're a giant
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