Jon Stewart Jokes Trump Should Reconcile With Vatican & Catholic Church Since “Both Historically Care Deeply About … Covering Up Sex Scandals”

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Returning to hosting duties on The Daily Show, Jon Stewart addressed everything from President Donald Trump’s spat with the Vatican to the electoral defeat of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

The POTUS recently took umbrage with Pope Leo XIV’s message of peace amid the ongoing U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, but Stewart urged him to reconsider: “And look, President Trump, I know the Vatican’s been critical of your policies, but you gotta remember that at the end of the day you and the Catholic Church both historically care deeply about the same thing — covering up sex scandals.”

Though the GOP leader’s comments against the sovereign pontiff upset many of Christian faith, the late-night host assured “please don’t worry, it gets worse” as Trump posted and then deleted an AI-generated image of himself as Jesus Christ.

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