On Monday night’s episode of “The Daily Show,” Jon Stewart gave audiences a comedic rundown of the recent developments in the relationship between Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping following Trump’s hosting of Jinping in Washington, D.C., for what was called a “reciprocal state visit” by the White House. Stewart kicked off his monologue by introducing the two and setting the scene of their time together. Now, as with any monumental meeting of superpowers, with profound repercussions for global safety and stability, it began with ‘House Tour,’” sang Stewart, before cutting to news videos of Trump pointing at a number of different areas.
Although I’m sure they talked about issues of national importance,” said Stewart, then alternating to news clips of Trump speaking to the press: “We had a great meeting, and he has great interest in granite,” he said. Does he love good granite?” asked Stewart. They’ve got a fully autonomous magnetic levitation train.
Pretty sure he’s not blown away by carved rock in the shape of a circle.” Stewart continued, pointing out that Trump must understand “the seriousness of the competition between our two nations” and would not undermine America’s national security. So you’ll keep that behind the curtain, yeah?” Not quite — Trump invited the couple “through that beautiful curtain,” making them the first people to set foot in it. He then brought up recent developments in China-U.S. relations, playing news clips explaining that China had been sending Iran weapons.
And not only did this topic not appear to come up between the two presidents, but it seemed as though Trump offered to sell American weapons to China. How do we not just slide into the sea? All right, I had to have misheard that.
I got to hear it from the president himself.” The show then cut to a clip of Trump denying this, saying that China probably would like to buy weapons from the U.S., though, “because we do make better equipment.”
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