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Jon Stewart Praises 60 Minutes for Pressing Trump on His Finances
On Monday’s The Daily Show, Jon Stewart praised Ross Douthat for challenging Donald Trump during a 60 Minutes interview.
Douthat questioned Trump about his increased wealth since returning to the White House and his ties to a cryptocurrency company co-owned with his son.
Trump said he did not know about his son’s business, and Douthat asked whether Trump would see similar business ties involving Joe Biden’s family as corrupt.
Stewart welcomed the exchange and joked about Trump’s answers on money and finance.
The discussion concerns possible conflicts of interest involving a president’s family business, though the excerpts do not establish wrongdoing.
Stewart also made jokes about other parts of the interview, including Trump’s comments about forgiveness and what happens after death.
Jon Stewart praised 60 Minutes correspondent Ross Douthat for challenging President Donald Trump about his finances in an interview that aired Sunday.
Douthat questioned Trump about his rising net worth and his connection to a cryptocurrency company.
On Monday’s The Daily Show, Stewart said he enjoyed watching Douthat press Trump and joked about the exchange.
Stewart also criticized reporters for not asking Trump more directly about his financial gains.
- Who
- Jon Stewart praised 60 Minutes correspondent Ross Douthat for questioning President Donald Trump.
- What
- Douthat challenged Trump about his rising net worth and financial interests. Stewart praised the questioning on The Daily Show.
- When
- The interview aired Sunday; Stewart discussed it on Monday’s episode of The Daily Show.
- Where
- The interview was on CBS’s 60 Minutes. Stewart discussed it on The Daily Show.
- Why
- Stewart said reporters should press Trump about his finances and financial gains.
Ross Douthat
Donald Trump
Net worth
Ross Douthat
Douthat pointed out that his own net worth had not risen by $3 billion.
Donald Trump
Trump said that everyone’s net worth had gone up in the last year-and-a-half and said he did not know whether his own had increased.
Cryptocurrency company
Ross Douthat
Douthat said Trump was a co-owner of his son’s company and noted its investments from the Middle East.
Donald Trump
Trump said he knew nothing about his son’s business.
Trump’s interview with Ross Douthat aired on 60 Minutes.
Stewart discussed the interview and praised Douthat’s questioning on The Daily Show.
- Interviewer
- Ross Douthat
- Interview program
- 60 Minutes
- Stewart’s program
- The Daily Show
- Reported net-worth increase
- $3 billion
- Foreign golf and real estate schemes
- $125 million
- Legal settlements
- $117 million
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What people are saying
My net worth did not go up by $3 billion.
I think if I told you that story, and it was about the Biden family, if I said Joe Biden is the part-owner of a company and it has all of these investments from the Middle East, you would say that sounds corrupt.
Did the new MAGA-fied CBS ’60 Minutes’ just deliver sass to Donald Trump? I think you’re supposed to ‘yes, and,’ not ‘yes, but.’
I think I’m going to enjoy this. I did not come into this interview thinking I’m going to enjoy this.