The U.S. economy has been on a rollercoaster ride these past few months thanks to the ongoing tariff war, but at least the president is getting a shiny new private jet from Qatar.
“Qatar is giving us a plane that Trump gets to keep?” asks an incredulous Jon Stewart in The Daily Show monologue above. “He’s like the reverse Oprah. ‘I get a jet! And that’s it.'”
Stewart goes on to play a clip of Trump defending the decision, with the president appearing baffled by the idea that he wouldn’t accept the gift.
“It’s not a free jet,” responds Stewart. “That’s the point. You know the expression, ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch?’ That’s about being sceptical of the motives of somebody who gives you a sandwich. A sandwich. A BLT. Now imagine that that BLT has an engine, nine bathrooms, and funds proxy wars.”
