Jon Stewart compares Donald Trump's Gettysburg speech to 'a horse giving birth’

The "Daily Show" host also mocked the former president appearing to fall asleep in court: "Imagine committing so many crimes you get bored at your own trial."

It wouldn’t be a new episode of The Daily Show if Jon Stewart didn’t mock the latest public appearance from Donald Trump.

During Monday’s episode, the late-night host skewered two Trump headlines for the price of one segment, beginning with the recent rally held near the historic site of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

“Our former president and illustrious historian, Donald J. Trump, spoke near one of America’s most hallowed battlefields,” Stewart began. “And if you thought Lincoln consecrated Gettysburg with his soaring rhetoric… Well, buckle up.”

The Comedy Central show then cut to a snippet of Trump’s speech at the rally, where the former President referenced the Battle of Gettysburg by saying, “What an unbelievable, I mean, it was so much and so interesting and so vicious and horrible, and it’s so beautiful in so many different ways. It represented such a big portion of the success of this country. Gettysburg, wow.”

Stewart joked that Trump’s statement was "plagiarized, almost directly, from my seventh-grade book report, ‘Gettysburg, Wow.'"

As the crowd applauded, Stewart mocked the former President with an impression of his speech, commenting, "'It was vicious, and horrible, and beautiful.’ Is he talking about a Civil War battle or a horse giving birth?”

Stewart then jokingly came to Trump’s defense: "To be fair to the former president, he does have a lot on his mind right now," he said, before pivoting to a discussion about Trump’s latest criminal trial, regarding alleged hush money payments made to Stormy Daniels during his first presidential run. The host cut to a CNN broadcast where reporter Maggie Haberman claims Trump appeared to be sleeping during the trial as “his head keeps dropping down and his mouth goes slack.”

To this, Stewart quipped: “Imagine committing so many crimes, you get bored at your own trial?” Stewart joked. “‘Move on to the good stuff!’”

Stewart then went on to mock the former president further, for comparing his “political persecution” to that of Nelson Mandela or Jesus Christ. You can watch the full segment in the Daily Show clip above.

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