{"id":5887,"date":"2026-07-14T12:18:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T07:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=5887"},"modified":"2026-07-14T12:18:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T07:18:28","slug":"jon-stewart-cracks-up-as-lawrence-jones-cant-redirect-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=5887","title":{"rendered":"Jon Stewart Cracks Up as Lawrence Jones Can&#8217;t Redirect Trump"},"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><strong>Jon Stewart<\/strong> could only laugh as he watched a Fox News host try to refocus President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> during a phone interview that was supposed to be about the late Sen. <strong>Lindsey Graham<\/strong> (R-SC).<\/p>\n<p>Graham, 71, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/lindsey-graham-is-dead-trump-mourns-loss-of-south-carolina-senator\/\">died<\/a> suddenly of an <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/lindsey-graham-death-aorta-tear-dissection-1e6c14e6073138ae1f3936d3284bf956\">aortic dissection<\/a>\u00a0on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday\u2019s edition of <em>The Daily Show<\/em>, Stewart aired a montage of Trump reacting to Graham\u2019s death in multiple phone interviews with news organizations. During some of those interviews, the president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/tv\/daily-show-airs-montage-of-trump-roasting-lindsey-graham-after-senators-death-id-say-stop-calling-me\/\">roasted<\/a> the dead senator.<\/p>\n<p>Trump recalled the time in 2016 when Graham ran against him in the Republican presidential primary and <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews4.com\/news\/nation-world\/sen-graham-on-gop-backing-trump-party-has-gone-batshit-crazy\">vehemently opposed him<\/a> for a time before becoming one of his staunchest allies in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was totally against me,\u201d Trump told the hosts of<em> Fox &amp; Friends<\/em> on Monday. \u201cThat didn\u2019t work out too well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere during the interview, the president said, \u201cHe was a total workaholic politician. You know, some people don\u2019t call that work. Some people call that a lot of talking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt takes a lot of balls for Donald Trump to gently roast someone for yapping too much,\u201d Stewart reacted. \u201cHe\u2019s the one who toasted his friend on <em>Meet the Press<\/em>, CNN\u2019s <em>State of the Union<\/em>, <em>Fox &amp; Friends<\/em>. Trump was everywhere, remembering Lindsey Graham, even when the host appeared to not want him to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stewart then played a clip of Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/tv\/trump-jabbers-on-about-terminating-filibuster-voter-fraud-despite-fox-hosts-repeated-attempts-to-steer-conversation-to-lindsey-graham\/\"><em>Fox &amp; Friends<\/em> interview<\/a>, in which co-host <strong>Lawrence Jones<\/strong> repeatedly tried to redirect the president away from false claims of election fraud by asking him about the phone call between Graham and Trump just hours before the senator\u2019s death:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>TRUMP: These people suffer from a very fine disease known as Trump derangement syndrome. And yeah, he was seeing that. And\u2013<\/p>\n<p>JONES: Mr. President, did you notice any\u2013<\/p>\n<p>TRUMP: \u2013he\u2019s really come a long way terminating the filibuster.<\/p>\n<p>[\u2026]<\/p>\n<p>JONES: But Mr. President, did you notice anything different?<\/p>\n<p>TRUMP: Look at California. Millions and millions of ballots. It\u2019s impossible\u2026\u00a0They didn\u2019t know in two weeks. They let it be known an hour later\u2013<\/p>\n<p>JONES: So, Mr. President\u2013<\/p>\n<p>TRUMP: \u2013that Steve Wilton\u2013 Steve Hilton had\u2013<\/p>\n<p>JONES: So, Mr. President, real quickly, did you notice anything different from Lindsey\u2013<\/p>\n<p>TRUMP: And he\u2019s gonna be in the runoff.<\/p>\n<p>JONES: \u2013on the phone?<\/p>\n<p>TRUMP: These elections are very dishonest.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cOh, no, I\u2019m sorry, Mr. President,\u201d Stewart said, pretending to be Jones. \u201cThe TV station\u2019s going through a tunnel! 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