The comedian is warning people not to make the same mistake the impeached congressman made with Donald Trump when announcing his presidential ambitions. Santos’ “mediocrity” allowed him to avoid the real consequences of his numerous scandals, Stewart said.
“The thing to be careful about, and I’m always careful about this, and I have this problem with Trump, is that we can’t blame absurdity because there’s no danger because we need people who are not ashamed to do something shameful,” Stewart. said in the latest episode of the podcast, “The Problem With Jon Stewart.”
“In absurdity there is real danger,” he said.
Stewart, the former host of “The Daily Show,” previously admitted that he first thought Trump was a comedic “gift from heaven” when he announced his candidacy in 2015.
Stewart failed to understand that the reality TV personality’s “shamelessness” made him dangerous, he admitted.
“I think he’s a buffoon, and I think that’s what sets him off,” Stewart told The Hollywood Reporter in 2021. “What he does makes him a perfect vessel. You have to be shameless to do something embarrassing. “
“I’m not saying he’s the same figure, but the most dangerous figure is the one that looks funny and absurd,” Stewart added at the time. “Saddam Hussein looked ridiculous. Muammar Gaddafi would stand in his caftan and talk like a madman.