This Week's News | Jon Stewart on Elmo’s Knicks Betrayal & Desi Lydic on Trump’s Iran Oil Heist

The episode opens with a satirical take on Elmo’s neutral NBA Finals comment, which sparked outrage among New Yorkers who demanded loyalty to the Knicks—only to be outshone by the president’s own orange-and-purple face paint and chaotic presence at Game 3. Jon Stewart skewers Trump’s performance in a Meet the Press interview, revealing how a seemingly calm rain-soaked conversation devolved into a tantrum when challenged on his broken promise of 'no new wars.' The real story, Stewart argues, isn’t the rain—it’s the president’s inability to withstand scrutiny, exposing a pattern of deflection, baseless claims of voter fraud, and a complete lack of evidence. The episode then pivots to absurdity: Melania Trump’s AI speech written by ChatGPT, a UFC coin scam priced at $12,000, and a fabricated Iran ceasefire—only for Trump to cancel the deal to host a UFC fight on the White House lawn. The satire reaches its peak with Trump boasting about secretly stealing oil from the Strait of Hormuz, a claim debunked by the fact that Iran doesn’t read The New York Times. The episode ends with a biting reminder: the real war isn’t with Iran—it’s with truth, and Trump is losing it.