Jon Stewart analyses Trump's Iran war announcement

"Looking more like the father of the bride settling up with the caterer..."
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A man in a suit sits behind a talk show desk. The caption at the bottom reads, "This is how we're doing this?"
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The US has launched "major combat operations" in Iran, with Trump taking to the podium to make the announcement while wearing a "U.S." baseball cap.

Speaking on The Daily Show on Monday, Jon Stewart made it clear that it wasn't quite the "solemn" opportunity to "reassure an anxious nation" that he was expecting.

"This is how we're doing this?" asks Stewart in the clip above. "2am, Mar-A-Lago basement, no lighting? You don't even have one of those influencer halo things? You just f***ing go down to the basement? And this is what we're wearing? Blazer, no tie, shirt unbuttoned? Looking more like the father of the bride settling up with the caterer?"

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Sam Haysom

Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.


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