'Daily Show' Takes Trump's Latest 'Bribe' In A Brutal On-Air Demonstration

LOADINGERROR LOADING“Daily Show” correspondent Josh Johnson on Tuesday roasted Donald Trump for getting snacks involved in his series of attempts to distract from talk about late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.Johnson — in his first monologue since being added to the show’s rotation of guest hosts — turned to coverage of the president’s claim that he convinced Coca-Cola to use real cane sugar in its signature drink.The company confirmed Tuesday that it will release such a version of the drink later this year.Advertisement “This is so insulting.

Trump’s treating Americans like a kid you can bribe with a treat.Allow me to demonstrate what Donald Trump is going for here,” said Johnson before taking a Coke can from under his desk, cracking it open and taking a sip.“Mm, I don’t care about pedophilia anymore!”Johnson stressed that Trump, who was friends with Epstein for years before a falling out in 2004, is “desperate to move on” from files tied to Epstein and the backlash his administration has faced for its handling of his case.He flagged how House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) abruptly shut down House business early for a five-week recess on Tuesday to avoid a bipartisan effort to force a vote on the release of files on Epstein.Advertisement “Do you understand that they clear Congress out for the summer like they found a dookie in the pool?” Josh Johnson joked.He later highlighted the administration’s release of hundreds of thousands of FBI records related to Dr.

Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1968 assassination.“That’s how bad things are for Trump, his back is against the wall so hard he’s releasing more Black history,” Johnson quipped.Advertisement The MLK files release sparked a blunt response from the late civil rights icon’s youngest daughter, Bernice King, who suggested Trump release the Epstein files next on Monday.“Damn, that is cold.Do you know how much you have to screw up for Dr.

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