Jon Stewart Says Donald Trump Has 1 ‘Genius' Skill, And He Just Failed Miserably At It
You could say a snowflake-acrat thinks a certain dumb-publican has lost a little of his sparkle.
On Monday night's episode of 'The Daily Show,' Jon Stewart showed concern for Donald Trump after the president debuted his nickname for a new and nefarious political party brewing in the United States.
In a Truth Social post published Tuesday, Trump responded to mounting criticism surrounding his completely unhinged tariffs by telling all his haters that they're just 'weak and stupid.'
'The United States has a chance to do something that should have been done DECADES AGO,' Trump wrote. 'Don't be Weak! Don't be Stupid! Don't be a PANICAN (A new party based on Weak and Stupid people!). Be Strong, Courageous, and Patient, and GREATNESS will be the result!'
Over on 'The Daily Show,' Stewart expressed disappointment in a wordsmith like Trump coming up with a dud of a nickname like 'Panican.'
'Panican?' Stewart asked, stunned. 'The genius who gave us classics like 'Sleepy Joe' and 'Crooked Hillary' just shit out, 'you're a Panican?''
He later added, jokingly:
'Did the overseas factory you had been sourcing your nicknames from get shut down during the tariff war?'
Stewart felt so let down by Trump that he even decided to throw out a few suggestions for Trump to mull over. 'How about Hysterocrats? Repussicans? How about Cryontologists?' he asked.
Stewart went on to point out how Trump's response to the financial crisis offline is further proof of his apathy.
'In case you didn't get the point that he doesn't give a fuck, he spent the weekend showing, not telling,' Stewart said. '[Trump] played not a round of golf this weekend, [but] a tournament of golf. A three-day tournament.'
Stewart was by no means the only person who felt 'panican' lacked the president's usual panache.
Social media users also mocked the nickname over on X, formerly Twitter, with one user saying:
'He knows he's fucked—you can tell because the best insult he could come up with is 'panican' (??).'
Ultimately, much like 'fetch' in 'Mean Girls,' X users felt that 'panican' is not going to happen — even if Republicans try to push it as hard as Gretchen Wieners.
One X user predicted, 'Get ready for every insufferable MAGA pundit to try and make 'PANICAN' a thing.'
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