‘The Daily Show’ host Jon Stewart exhausted by ‘return to 1600 Trumplvania Avenue’

It’s been seven days since Donald Trump was inaugurated for his second term as president. And The Daily Show‘s Jon Stewart is already exhausted.

“I found last week,” he said at the top of the show, before staring dead-eyed into the camera and pretending to rub tears away, “exhausting. The return to 1600 Trumplvania Avenue was as disorienting and chaotic as I imagined.”

“But then we had a weekend. Serenity now,” Stewart said. “And then we could finally catch our breath, begin to move forward with intentionality. Namaste.”

He then showed clips of news reports saying the stock market was in a tailspin.

He was upset, to say the least. Stewart insisted that he had been promised a new era of “prosperity and greatness.”

See his full monologue in the video below.

The Comedy Central star later mocked news reports on Trump’s “purge,” which many outlets used to describe his decision to fire at least 17 independent inspectors general over the weekend.

“Ah! Trump has ushered in The Purge,” Stewart exclaimed, as he swiped an ax through the air to suggest The Purge movie franchise. “He got rid of 17 inspectors general! That only leaves — no one knows how many left! I have no idea.”

He teased, “Who knows how many generals will now go uninspected.”

The Daily Show host also bashed the Democrats, noting that they had inspired him in the “least charismatic way possible.” He then showed footage of Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer stumbling over his words in a speech to the Senate, as he criticized the new administration.

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“He started again, right?” Stewart asked with glazed eyes. “He said it twice?”

Stewart wondered if Schumer was AI.