ABC News
After nearly nine years away, Jon Stewart made his long-awaited return to The Daily Show desk on Monday night, delivering a scathing 20-minute monologue in which he relentlessly mocked the two leading presidential candidates for their age-related gaffes and missteps.
Stewart’s criticism of President Joe Biden, however, did not sit well with the majority of The View’s hosts on Tuesday, who complained that it was “offensive” and ageist. At the same time, they groused that focusing attention on the president’s increasingly frequent public miscues only helps Donald Trump, who they described as a “stupid fascist” who would lead America into a world war.
During his Monday night broadcast, Stewart described Trump and Biden as “similarly challenged” when it comes to questions about their mental fitness and advanced age, noting that they are by far the two oldest candidates to ever run for the White House. While noting that Biden has “lost a step” and ridiculing the president’s latest blunders, especially in the wake of a special counsel report that depicted Biden as an “elderly man with a poor memory,” Stewart also noted that Trump and Biden are not the same.