'The Daily Show' gleefully parodies the Fox News reaction to Trump's Qatar plane

"Why is the left trying to cockpit block our favorite president?"
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Sam Haysom
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The Daily Show's Jon Stewart has already taken a deep dive into Donald Trump's airplane gift from Qatar, but in the video above Desi Lydic takes on right wing media's reaction to it.

"So why is the left trying to cockpit block our favorite president? Well I've been watching Fox News for 747 hours straight, and I'm ready to Foxsplain why it would be more scandalous not to accept a free jet from Qatar," says Lydic, embodying the energy of the pundits she shares clips of.

"How about instead of focussing on whether the plane is objectively illegal, you focus on the fact that it's objectively badass," she says. "The current Air Force One is 40 years old. All it does is nag nag nag nag nag nag nag. The new plane does pilates."

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Sam Haysom

Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.


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