Jon Stewart Calls ‘Bulls**t’ on Trump’s Response to Obamas’ DNC Speeches
Jon Stewart is calling “bulls--t” on Trump’s claim that he “respects” former President Barack Obama.
Trump told CNN Tuesday, “I like [Obama], I think he’s a nice gentleman” and added, “I respect him and I respect his wife.” But as Stewart pointed out on his podcast The Weekly Show With Jon Stewart, Trump was first in line to smear the Obama family when they were in the White House.
Stewart went on to denounce the “disgusting treatment, which continues to this day of the Obama family,” including “vile attacks” that weren’t about policy—and instead were “conspiratorial, personal, [and] disturbing.” That point, Stewart said, makes Trump’s positive remarks about the family moot. “Trump yesterday [said], “I've got a lot of respect for the Obamas—bulls--t,” he explained. “[Trump] saying it doesn’t make it true. He was the leader of an absolute torrent and river of slime [against the Obamas].”