Jon Stewart Slams 'Fragile Man-Baby' Donald Trump After President Walks Out of 'Meet the Press' Interview
As one might readily expect, Jon Stewart hardly held back in criticizing President Donald Trump for storming out of a recent Meet the Press interview during a series of back-to-back fact checks from interview Kristen Welker.
On Monday's episode of The Daily Show, the 63-year-old Stewart likened Trump's reaction to the fact checks as a "hissy-fit," wryly calling the commander-in-chief a "fragile man-baby."
"Now, you could view this as the hissy-fit of an incredibly fragile man-baby, whose paper-thin skin can't handle venturing out of the sycophantic embrace of his tongue-bathing acolytes," said Stewart. "Or, actually, I don't know how else you can view it. It really is just that. It is sad. It's very sad."
Stewart's comments come only a few short days after Trump's icy conversation with Welker on Meet the Press. In the course of their interview, Trump touched on a variety of polarizing comments and policies, ranging from the controversial $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund geared towards individuals who were prosecuted by the federal government, such as the January 6 rioters.
"I don't know what's going to happen with the weaponization fund," Trump told Welker. "I love the idea, because people like you, the fake dirty press, the crooked press, people like stupid Biden, he's not smart enough to know what's going on, but people that surrounded him, surrounded his beautiful Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, what they did to the lives of people, they destroyed people. They sent people to jail who did nothing wrong."
After the conversation turned to Trump asserting his belief that the 2020 election was "rigged," Welker once again fact-checked the president, prompting Trump to walk out of the interview.
"You're a one-sided crooked network," Trump said to Welker. "Sorry. Let's call it quits because I've had enough. Thank you, darling. Have a good time."
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This story was originally published June 9, 2026 at 10:02 AM.