Jon Stewart on Trump and Middle East: ‘Iran is a circumcision away from becoming Israel’
Key takeaways
- Photograph: Paramount+View image in fullscreen Jon Stewart on the Daily Show, 22 June 2026.
- Prefer the Guardian on Google On Monday night, Jon Stewart addressed Donald Trump turning DC’s reflecting pool “Mountain Dew green”, his blundered Iran peace deal and wasting US taxpayer money.
- On the Daily Show, Stewart joked that the US administration has been trying to find a solution to a “problematic waterway in a dangerous part of the world”.
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Jon Stewart on the Daily Show, 22 June 2026. Photograph: Paramount+View image in fullscreen Jon Stewart on the Daily Show, 22 June 2026. Photograph: Paramount+Late-night TV roundup Jon Stewart on Trump and Middle East: ‘Iran is a circumcision away from becoming Israel’The late night host slammed the US peace deal with Iran, discussed JD Vance’s snub by leaders and the ‘Mountain Dew green’ reflecting pool
Prefer the Guardian on Google On Monday night, Jon Stewart addressed Donald Trump turning DC’s reflecting pool “Mountain Dew green”, his blundered Iran peace deal and wasting US taxpayer money.
On the Daily Show, Stewart joked that the US administration has been trying to find a solution to a “problematic waterway in a dangerous part of the world”. The host was referencing the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool, which has turned green from algae growth after bungled paint job.