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Jon Stewart skewers Trump’s Iran policy on new Daily Show

comedyMay 5, 202616116

On the latest episode of The Daily Show, Jon Stewart accused President Donald Trump of ignoring the 60-day War Powers Act deadline on Iran and warned Congress it is abdicating its constitutional oversight. Stewart mocked the administration's claim that the United States has a depleted weapons inventory, criticized its arithmetic on munitions, and questioned the president's cognitive competence. He also ridiculed the absence of New Jersey Rep. Tom Kean Jr., WHO has been missing from Capitol Hill amid mysterious health issues, saying Republican colleagues had not noticed his absence. The segment matters because bypassing War Powers oversight shifts military decision-making toward the White House, raising the risk of unchecked escalation with Iran and weakening congressional checks and balances.

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