The For-Profit Presidency

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

Comedy Central

Politics, News, News Commentary, Comedy

4.5 • 7.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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As concerns mount over presidential profiteering, Jon is joined by Susan Glasser, New Yorker staff writer and co-author of "The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021," and Eric Lipton, investigative reporter for The New York Times. Together, they explore the scope of Trump’s business entanglements, discuss the challenges of covering these ethical breaches, and examine the legal and historical precedents that laid the groundwork for Trump’s unprecedented abuses of power. This podcast is brought to you by Ground News. Go to https://groundnews.com/stewart to see how any news story is being framed by news outlets around the world and across the political spectrum. Use our link to get 40% off unlimited access with the Vantage Subscription. Follow The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart on social media for more: > YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@weeklyshowpodcast > Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weeklyshowpodcast> TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@weeklyshowpodcast > X: https://x.com/weeklyshowpod > BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/theweeklyshowpodcast.com Host/Executive Producer – Jon Stewart Executive Producer – James Dixon Executive Producer – Chris McShane Executive Producer – Caity Gray Lead Producer – Lauren Walker Producer – Brittany Mehmedovic Video Editor & Engineer – Rob Vitolo Audio Editor & Engineer – Nicole Boyce Researcher & Associate Producer – Gillian Spear Music by Hansdle Hsu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, everybody.
0:09.3	Welcome to the weekly show podcast.
0:11.9	My name is John Stewart.
0:13.4	It is Wednesday.
0:15.3	May 14th, the president is in the middle of his tour of kings, his King of Kings tour, Kings of Comedy
0:23.7	Tour, Kings of Corruption Tour.
0:25.4	He is on his way.
0:27.2	I have to say, I don't know that I've ever seen the president so happy and comfortable.
0:33.9	I think this is his happy place, that being with kings, having just a lot of camels,
0:43.0	I would not be surprised if when the president comes back from the middle-laced, he ditches
0:47.2	pantaloons.
0:49.6	I believe he may think, you know what, These guys have it. The free flowing robe.
0:55.8	Let the boys breathe.
0:58.0	Let me have it.
0:59.0	Because I think the accoutrema of monarchy truly suits him.
1:06.6	He seems happier.
1:08.9	Maybe when he's done being president, if I should qualify, if he's done
1:13.8	being president, that is where he will end up in the way that like certain, like the Shah of Iran
1:20.5	ends up sort of in exile somewhere else. He may end up there because I think that's how he views
1:26.7	the world. I just, who's in charge here?
1:29.1	That dude, the dude with the robe, who's got the giant sword, he's in charge.
1:34.2	Let's make a deal with him.
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