"America, apparently, had to start an entire war to kill an 86-year-old man in ill health and not wait I don't know three weeks to let saturated fat do its thing. This is how we're doing this? Stewart wondered. 2am, Mar-a-Lago basement. No lighting? You don't have one of those influencer halo things? And this is what we're wearing? Blazer, no tie, shirt unbuttoned?"
"I can't think of anything more dismissive and arrogant than this president not directly addressing the American people and explaining this war more thoroughly. Trump spent little energy justifying the war to the American people. Instead, he let his defense secretary, former Fox News morning show host Pete Hegseth, defensively defend the military actions to a pre-approved set of rightwing media."
Late-night host Jon Stewart criticized the US military action against Iran following the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a joint US-Israeli operation. Stewart mocked the circumstances of the announcement, noting Trump declared the military action from his Mar-a-Lago golf course wearing casual attire rather than making an official statement from the White House. Stewart questioned the necessity of starting a war to kill an elderly, ill man when natural causes might have sufficed. He further criticized Trump's lack of direct communication with the American people about the military action, instead delegating explanations to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who defended the operation exclusively to pre-approved right-wing media outlets. Stewart characterized this approach as dismissive and arrogant.
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