{"id":5766,"date":"2026-07-14T09:48:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T04:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=5766"},"modified":"2026-07-14T09:48:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T04:48:27","slug":"daily-show-airs-montage-of-trump-roasting-lindsey-graham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=5766","title":{"rendered":"Daily Show Airs Montage of Trump Roasting Lindsey Graham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-body\">\n<p><em>Daily Show<\/em> host<strong> Jon Stewart<\/strong> aired a montage of President<strong> Donald Trump<\/strong> roasting former Sen. <strong>Lindsey Graham<\/strong> (R-SC), who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/lindsey-graham-is-dead-trump-mourns-loss-of-south-carolina-senator\/\">died<\/a> suddenly at age 71 on Saturday from an <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/lindsey-graham-death-aorta-tear-dissection-1e6c14e6073138ae1f3936d3284bf956\">aortic dissection<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Graham vehemently opposed Trump during the 2016 Republican presidential primary, when Graham was also a candidate. Eventually, the senator became one of Trump\u2019s staunchest supporters. Immediately after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, Graham said on the floor of Congress, \u201cCount me out.\u201d However, within weeks, Graham was back in Trump\u2019s corner.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Stewart said he had met Graham on Capitol Hill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I didn\u2019t know him particularly well,\u201d the host said. \u201cSo I\u2019ll let Lindsey Graham\u2019s best friend memorialize the late senator.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He then aired a clip of Trump on <em>Fox &amp; Friends<\/em> from earlier that morning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was a great guy and he was a friend,\u201d Trump said. \u201cHe would call me all the time. He would just\u2013 I\u2019d say, \u2018Stop calling me, Lindsey.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The clip ended and Stewart said, \u201cObviously, he\u2019s just opening the eulogy on a lighthearted note. I\u2019m sure the poignancy follows.\u201d He then aired snippets of Trump phoning into various news shows to talk about Graham\u2019s death:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>TRUMP on Fox News: He loved playing golf. He loved being outside\u2026<\/p>\n<p>He wasn\u2019t that he was a great striker of the ball\u2026<\/p>\n<p>He wasn\u2019t exactly a perfect\u2013 he wasn\u2019t Jack Nicklaus.<\/p>\n<p>He was not Tiger [Woods]\u2026 He was totally against me.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cI\u2019ll get you in South Carolina [in the 2016 Republican presidential primary]. \u201cI\u2019m going to get you in South Carolina.\u201d That didn\u2019t work out too well.<\/p>\n<p>TRUMP ON CNN:\u00a0It was a nasty campaign. He was tough and nasty\u2026<\/p>\n<p>I wanted to see the war with Ukraine end very quickly. I think he was more into, you know, keeping it going, frankly.<\/p>\n<p>TRUMP ON FOX NEWS: He was a total workaholic politician. You know, some people don\u2019t call that work. Some people call that a lot of talking.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWell,\u201d Stewart replied. \u201cI think the president has zoomed through the first five stages of grief and gone straight to number six: f*ck that guy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, South Carolina Governor <strong>Henry McMaster<\/strong> (R) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/this-is-what-lindsey-would-have-wanted-grahams-sister-emotionally-accepts-appointment-to-finish-his-term\/\">appointed<\/a>\u00a0Graham\u2019s sister,\u00a0<strong>Darline Graham Nordone<\/strong>\u00a0(R), to finish out the term, which expires in January. An Aug. 11 special election will determine which Republican will face off against Democratic nominee\u00a0<strong>Annie Andrews,<\/strong>\u00a0a physician.<\/p>\n<p>Watch above via Comedy Central.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>New: The Mediaite One-Sheet &#8220;Newsletter of Newsletters&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>Your daily summary and analysis of what the many, many media newsletters are saying and reporting. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/subscribe\">Subscribe now!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily Show host Jon Stewart aired a montage of President Donald Trump roasting former Sen. 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