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\n\tJon Stewart \u2014 after getting the news of the night, that he was not invited to the Met Gala, out of the way \u2014 set his sights on the continuing saga of \u201cour situationship with Iran.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cIs it a war? Is it a ceasefire? Are we friends with bomb-ifits? I don\u2019t know,\u201d he quipped at the outset of Monday\u2019s Daily Show<\/em> monologue. \u201cBecause, as you know, Friday marked the expiration of the 60-day free-trial period presidents get to do wars. After 60 days, the president must ask Congress, who then decides: Are we subscribing? Or, are we just going to use Israel\u2019s password?\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tIn a Florida address made on Friday, president Donald Trump indicated he didn\u2019t need congressional approval via the War Powers Resolution as he is calling it a military operation.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cYou almost have to admire the brazenness of a president just casually explaining \u2026 how to get around our pesky, uh, laws,\u201d Stewart said. \u201cJust not a care in the world. It\u2019s like going up to a McDonald\u2019s cashier: Yeah, I\u2019m going to get a cup of water. Well, I say water, it\u2019s because I don\u2019t like to use the word \u2018soda.\u2019 If I say \u2018water,\u2019 I get it for free, but to be clear, I will be drinking soda. But my plan is to use the word \u2018water,\u2019 to avoid any, what you call, payment problems.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tHe continued, \u201cOf course, Trump\u2019s plan only works if he has the discipline to maintain his assertion that we are, in fact, not in a war.\u201d The segment then seamlessly transitioned to a clip of Trump saying: \u201cYou know, we\u2019re in a war.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cIt\u2019s like he\u2019s just looking the cashier in the eye, filling up his cup with soda. \u2018I\u2019m just going to get a little Mountain Dew, a little Pepsi, little Hi-C\u00a0\u2014 I\u2019m going around the fucking world,’\u201d Stewart commented.<\/p>\n \n\tThe late-night host noted that Trump\u2019s \u201croyal ambitions\u201d are \u201cso bad that, last week, an actual king born of the lineage of kings we fought to establish our constitutional republic [Charles III], had to come back here to remind us to wake the fuck up.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tStewart concluded, \u201cThe Congress isn\u2019t coming to save us. The judiciary isn\u2019t coming to save us. The voters are being gerrymandered out of being able to save us. We\u2019ve only got one last card to play \u2014 our beautiful fourth estate.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cDemocracy dies in darkness, so we look to the free press, the newsies,\u201d he continued, as his voice crescendoed in volume, \u201cthe ink-stained wretches, the masters of muckrake, the clickety-clack brigade, tappers, rappers, Wolf Blitzers, titty twisters. We the people depend on the news media to bring the tough questions that hold the politicians accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tAfter playing a clip of reporters on the White House lawn who dropped the opportunity for a follow-up question to Trump stating that the U.S. now somehow has double the missile stock it did prior to the war against the SWANA nation, Stewart urged: \u201cWe\u2019re so fucked. And by the way, what is the point of having to shout your questions, if you\u2019re not gonna listen to the answers? We need you to help us litigate the boundaries of our reality.\u201d<\/p>\n