Comedian Jon Stewart is once again drawing controversy for his political commentary, this time by insisting that President Trump is not comparable to Adolf Hitler because Hitler was popular."
According to Gateway Pundit, Stewart advanced the claim during Saturdays episode of *The Late Show with Jon Stewart*, where he mocked frequent comparisons between President Trump and the Nazi dictator. People keep saying this guy is Hitler. No, hes not. And Ill tell you why hes not. Hitler was popular, Stewart declared, before adding, This guy is not. It aint flying in a lot of places where you think it might be flying.
The attempt at humor glosses over the historical reality that Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party, though initially elected, quickly imposed a murderous totalitarian regime in which dissent could mean death. By contrast, President Trump has prevailed in three consecutive presidential contests despite relentless hostility from legacy media and the political establishment, underscoring a durable base of support that elites routinely underestimate.
Since returning to television in 2024 after a lengthy hiatus, Stewart has become known less for balanced satire and more for erratic tirades aimed at the current administrations critics. Just last week, he attempted to rationalize the actions of Renee Good, an anti-ICE activist shot after allegedly attempting to run over a federal officer performing his lawful duties.
When I look at that video, I dont see both sides in a dogmatic stance, Stewart said, recasting the confrontation in sympathetic terms. I see a woman, maybe naive, sitting in a car thinking she has to do something and shes going to block something, and a wildly extreme overreaction to that small act of defiance.
And then, like, I justwhen they say, like, she was radicalized, I just think, well, there are masked gunmen in her neighborhood who shes read about taking 17-year-old kids and pulling them off the street. During an interview with CNNs Christiane Amanpour, Stewart went even further, arguing that the media should intensify its anti-Trump bias because, in his view, that remains the most effective form of resistance, a stance that confirms what many conservatives have long observed about the corporate press.
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