Jon Stewart the former president said Donald Trump has given America a ‘gift’ by ‘exposing’ political and corporate corruption.
In his new podcast, The Weekly Show, the comedian discussed Trump, the elections and democracy.
He said Trump’s conviction and ongoing trials have lifted the lid on “a reality of crony capitalism, a reality of transactional corruption that is the heartbeat of American business and politics.”
Trump’s exploits have exposed Trump’s shortcomings and shady deal culture American politics and business, Stewart said.
He said: ‘In some ways he’s doing us a favor by saying… you know how they employ a white hat hacker who gets into a system and finds its vulnerabilities.’
In his new podcast, The Weekly Show, comedian Jon Stewart discussed the election and democracy
Stewart spoke with chief Washington correspondent for the New Yorker magazine, Jane Mayer, and president of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, Noah Bookbinder.
He asked them if Trump’s recent criminal conviction The more than thirty indictments involving a hush money payment to Stormy Daniels expose a reality of widespread and deep corruption in America.
He said, ‘Is he exposing a reality? I’m not saying he doesn’t push the boundaries.
“I’m not saying he’s not abusing it, but isn’t he exposing at some level a reality of crony capitalism, a reality of transactional corruption that is the heartbeat of American business and politics?”
Mayer responded, “What I’ve seen is that the money has gotten bigger and bigger and it’s corrupting the government, but it hasn’t always been that way. It’s not the whole story.
“There are incredible numbers of people in Washington who are truly committed to doing the right thing for the right reasons, both Republicans and Democrats.”
Stewart asked whether Trump’s recent criminal conviction for more than 30 crimes related to a hush money payment to Stormy Daniels “exposes a reality” of widespread and deep corruption in America
Stewart argued that even if there are good, dedicated government workers, Trump has demonstrated “vulnerabilities” in the system.
He said: ‘He signals a dissatisfaction and two things can be true. First of all, there are a lot of good, dedicated policy people and good-hearted, high-integrity people who work in Washington every day to make the country work better.
“And number two is that the system is so removed from the needs of its people and so insulated and isolated within the Beltway and within that very peculiar system within the Beltway that even those good-hearted people of the Beltway are unable to actually achieve the goal. integrity wants that.’
He then called for “reverse engineering” of the system, given the problems Trump has demonstrated.
He said: ‘Now he is not doing it for our benefit, but to exploit it. But what I’m saying is, what if we take the information he gives us, which is, here are the vulnerabilities in your system that I can exploit, can’t we reverse engineer that?’
