According to Variety, during Monday night’s episode of The Daily Show, host Jon Stewart (Half Baked, Death to Smoochy) poked fun at Donald Trump’s (Two Weekjs Notice, The Appremtice) fixation on Nicki Minaj (Barbie, The Other Woman) as the president’s odd remarks about the rapper’s “beautiful ass” have been making the rounds across the internet.
As per Variety, Stewart began the evening’s show by focusing on the midterm elections, and the issues that voters are, “for some reason,” fixated on: the economy, cost of living and the war in Iran. “Donald Trump is actually back out there on the campaign trail to make his closing arguments. I imagine the president will be laser-focused on the issues that matter most,” said Stewart before cutting to a clip of Trump saying: “I looked at his ass, and I’ve never done that with a man before. A man’s ass, his ass, the ass. His ass was like a big piece of muscle.”
“And by the way, don’t feel left out, ladies. Trump’s got plenty of ammo left for you,” he continued via Variety, before cutting to a clip of the president during Saturday’s rally in Michigan showing him saying, “By the way, I looked at one hell of a beautiful ass before — Nicki Minaj. That’s hard to miss.”
Stewart, bewildered, said via Variety, “How the fuck is this real? ‘Stand up, Nikki. Twirl around. Give us a look at that.’ Talk about inflation, my God!” He continued: “Look at Trump’s face when Minaj is talking. Look at what he’s doing. He’s transfixed. He’s staring at her ass. He’s like Yogi Bear floating towards a pie on a windowsill.”
According to Variety, the host also aimed an ad from Ohio Republican governor-hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy at the estranged mother of Democratic candidate Amy Acton.
“Well, that could be a compelling ad if it weren’t for just a couple of mitigating factors,” said Stewart via Variety. “For instance, Acton’s mother hasn’t spoken to her daughter in 50 years, and the reason is, oh, cartoonishly evil word generator, she lost custody of her kids because her husband at the time was indicted for raping her daughter.”