“Daily Show” host Jon Stewart didn’t find President Donald Trump very convincing in his latest attempt to downplay his association with late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
And it came down to two words.
Stewart rolled footage of Trump in Scotland trying to deflect questions about his ties to Epstein, saying he had ended his friendship with Epstein because “he did something that was inappropriate.”
Stewart was ready to give the president some credit.
“You see, Donald Trump recognized that Epstein had finally crossed a line,” Stewart said. “Now, if it were me, obviously giving this explanation in front of reporters, I probably would have stopped there.”
But Trump didn’t stop there.
The “inappropriate” behavior was Epstein hiring some of Trump’s employees.
“He stole people that worked for me,” Trump complained.
And Trump still didn’t stop there.
“Here comes my favorite part of the defense,” Stewart said. “Trump’s ego and narcissism are so central to his being that even his denial of going to the island comes with a caveat.”
Trump insisted he never visited Epstein’s infamous private island linked to his sex trafficking ― but did so with those two unexpected words.
“I never had the privilege of going to his island,” Trump said.
“The privilege?” Stewart repeated. “What the fuck?”
Check out the full monologue below:
