The Daily Show Season 31 Episode 79 Synopsis

Jon Stewart examines Trump's knack for breaking what wasn't broken, from giving a crony $1.7 million in taxpayer money to clean the D.C. reflecting pool - only for it to turn from "American Flag Blue" to Mountain Dew green - to launching an aggressive war on Iran meant to re-obliterate its nuclear program, then landing on a gentle-parenting-style deal that lets Iran keep its nukes and a few hundred billion dollars. New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, authors of "Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump", join Stewart to discuss revelations about the administration, including Trump being absent when his team discussed the Epstein files, the motives behind the tariff rollout and Iran war, and how he controls the terms when reporters reach him by cell phone. They also compare his first term to his second, describing the latter as a story of hubris, gut instinct, and a cabinet's belief that he is someone of destiny.

The Daily Show Season 31 Episodes...

• s31e01 - January 5, 2026 - Sen. Mark Kelly
• s31e02 - January 6, 2026 - Park Chan-wook
• s31e03 - January 7, 2026 - Stephen J. Dubner
• s31e04 - January 8, 2026 - Lucy Liu
• s31e05 - January 12, 2026 - Jenin Younes
• s31e06 - January 13, 2026 - Joachim Trier
• s31e07 - January 14, 2026 - Langhorne Slim
• s31e08 - January 15, 2026 - Wagner Moura
• s31e09 - January 20, 2026 - Artis Stevens
• s31e10 - January 21, 2026 - Simu Liu
• s31e11 - January 22, 2026 - Alexandria Stapleton
• s31e12 - January 26, 2026 - Jason Rezaian
• s31e13 - January 27, 2026 - Michael Urie
• s31e14 - January 28, 2026 - Gov. Mikie Sherrill
• s31e15 - January 29, 2026 - Katherine LaNasa
• s31e16 - February 2, 2026 - Heather Ann Thompson
• s31e17 - February 3, 2026 - Paul Rosolie
• s31e18 - February 4, 2026 - Patricia Lee aka 'Ms. Pat'
• s31e19 - February 5, 2026 - Jon Shenk & Marcus Capone
• s31e20 - February 9, 2026 - Gov. Andy Beshear
• s31e21 - February 10, 2026 - Tim Blake Nelson
• s31e22 - February 11, 2026 - Andrew Jarecki
• s31e23 - February 12, 2026 - Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey
• s31e24 - February 23, 2026 - A. Mechele Dickerson
• s31e25 - February 24, 2026 - Padma Lakshmi
• s31e26 - February 25, 2026 - Jonathan Haidt & Catherine Price
• s31e27 - February 26, 2026 - Christa Miller
• s31e28 - March 2, 2026 - Jafar Panahi
• s31e29 - March 3, 2026 - Geeta Gandbhir
• s31e30 - March 4, 2026 - Erika Alexander
• s31e31 - March 5, 2026 - Mychal Threets
• s31e32 - March 16, 2026 - Mayor Matt Mahan
• s31e33 - March 17, 2026 - George Saunders
• s31e34 - March 18, 2026 - Steve Zahn
• s31e35 - March 19, 2026 - Rebecca Traister
• s31e36 - March 23, 2026 - Jake Sullivan
• s31e37 - March 24, 2026 - Sterling K. Brown
• s31e38 - March 25, 2026 - Joel Martinez aka 'The Kid Mero'
• s31e39 - March 26, 2026 - Eiza González
• s31e40 - March 30, 2026 - Cindy Cohn
• s31e41 - March 31, 2026 - Julio Torres
• s31e42 - April 1, 2026 - Dr. Mary Claire Haver
• s31e43 - April 13, 2026 - Aziz Abu Sarah & Moaz Inon
• s31e44 - April 14, 2026 - Bao Nguyen
• s31e45 - April 15, 2026 - Zoe Lister-Jones
• s31e46 - April 16, 2026 - Lee Sung Jin
• s31e47 - April 20, 2026 - Annalena Baerbock
• s31e48 - April 21, 2026 - Noah Wyle
• s31e49 - April 22, 2026 - Maria Sharapova
• s31e50 - April 23, 2026 - Ben McKenzie
• s31e51 - April 27, 2026 - Jodi Kantor
• s31e52 - April 28, 2026 - Gaten Matarazzo
• s31e53 - April 29, 2026 - Ali Siddiq
• s31e54 - April 30, 2026 - Robert Fitzgerald Diggs aka 'RZA'
• s31e55 - May 4, 2026 - Sherrilyn Ifill
• s31e56 - May 5, 2026 - Paul W. Downs
• s31e57 - May 6, 2026 - Marla Mindelle
• s31e58 - May 7, 2026 - Adam Scott
• s31e59 - May 11, 2026 - Josh Tyrangiel
• s31e60 - May 12, 2026 - Paul Dano
• s31e61 - May 13, 2026 - Neil deGrasse Tyson
• s31e62 - May 14, 2026 - Boots Riley
• s31e63 - May 18, 2026 - Soumaya Keynes & Chad P. Bown
• s31e64 - May 19, 2026 - Brendan Fraser
• s31e65 - May 20, 2026 - Jonnie Park aka 'Dumbfoundead'
• s31e66 - May 21, 2026 - Alfred Matthew 'Weird Al' Yankovic
• s31e67 - June 1, 2026 - Jason Bateman
• s31e68 - June 2, 2026 - Dr. Thomas Mather
• s31e69 - June 3, 2026 - Chase Infiniti
• s31e70 - June 4, 2026 - Beth Stern
• s31e71 - June 8, 2026 - Jane Fonda
• s31e72 - June 9, 2026 - Laverne Cox
• s31e73 - June 10, 2026 - Nina Dobrev
• s31e74 - June 11, 2026 - Martina Navratilova & Chris Evert
• s31e75 - Season 31, Episode 75
• s31e76 - Season 31, Episode 76
• s31e77 - Season 31, Episode 77
• s31e78 - Season 31, Episode 78

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