Joking with his audience that the fast-approaching 2024 election is "surreal,” comedian Jon Stewart kicked off "The Daily Show" on Monday night by teasing Donald Trump for his appearance at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s, quipping: “This campaign cannot get any weirder.”
The comedian began his opening monologue with the state of the race in the final stretch before Election Day by playing a clip of Trump at McDonald’s.
“My first day at McDonald’s. I’m looking for a job. So, if you don't mind, I want to work the French fry counter,” Trump said.
“Give him the job,” Stewart said seeming to be stunned by the clip as the show cuts back to him and the crowd cheers. “I implore you. I don't care if his references don't shake out. Save democracy, give him the job.”
Stewart said while Trump has engaged in somewhat unusual actions in recent weeks, “He’s out there having the time of his life.”
“That's his whole campaign right now. ‘Ave Maria’ dance party, ‘I'm going to deport everybody,’ football tailgate, blame the Jews if I lose, McDonald’s drive-thru. He’s out there having the time of his life and the poor, sweet media — oh, poor, sweet media — they know they're mad. They’re just not exactly sure which thing they should be maddest about anymore. But I can tell you one thing, media, it probably shouldn't be the McDonald’s thing,” Stewart said.
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He played a clip of an MSNBC analyst criticizing Trump’s “inept” fast food stunt, and added that the former president was “incapable” of working a fry machine.
“Look I’m all for criticizing Donald Trump, but I got to tell you, I also don't know how to work the fryer at McDonald’s, and would be incapable of doing so,” Stewart joked.
He said the campaign is now at that point where “we can no longer discern the noise from the signal.”
"We've lost the ability to understand what level of outrage to even demonstrate,” he said. He continued by next poking fun at Trump’s lewd remarks over the weekend about golfer Arnold Palmer – which the comedian referred to as “where the absurdity-outrage cycle reached its apex.”
“First of all, I’m not here to fact-check the former president, but Arnold Palmer wasn't all man. He was half man, half lemonade,” he quipped.
Watch the segment below or at this clip.