Trump Thanks Qatar for Their Generous Jet Bribe & Accidentally Does a Socialism | General Stanley McChrystal

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4.4 • 13.5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

After Trump teased an upcoming "big announcement" last week, Jon Stewart contemplates what news Americans are supposed to be so psyched for: the possible suspension of d]cess, Trump's appointment of Fox News host Jeanine Pirro as D.C. district attorney, Qatar's $400 million luxury jet "gift" for Trump, or lower prices on the "fat shot drug"?

Retired four-star general who served 34 years in the U.S. Army, General Stanley McChrystal, sits down with Jon to discuss his book "On Character: Choices that Define a Life." They talk about leading a national conversation on character, employing empathy in war to negotiate with ideological warriors and mercenaries, what upset him most about Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth’s Signal chat leak, and how his wife taught him to live “with no use for the rear view mirror.”

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0:00.0	You're listening to an I-Heart podcast.
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0:49.7	Welcome to the Daily Show.
0:51.5	We got one for you today.
0:52.5	My name is John Stewart.
0:54.2	What a program we have designed for you a la carte.
0:58.0	It's going to be fantastic.
0:59.3	Our guest tonight, General Stanley McChrystal will be doing it.
1:05.5	Wrote a book.
1:08.6	Chances are I will McRib him about the McRack war.
1:14.8	All right, first.
1:17.5	President Donald Trump.
1:19.9	God.
1:21.0	No, no!
1:22.5	No!
1:24.5	Respect his authorita.
1:34.4	Honestly, she's... so much comes at us every day with him i can't even sleep organized thoughts eat i just and he knows he knows he's toying with us. Here he is on Tuesday of last week.
1:47.4	We're going to have a very, very big announcement to make.
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