Jon Stewart Catches Donald Trump Admitting How Miserable He Is
The Daily Beast • • entertainment
Key Points:
- President Donald Trump signed an executive order to fast-track FDA review of psychedelic drugs like LSD, MDMA, and ibogaine for treating mental illness during an Oval Office meeting on Saturday.
- Trump claimed ibogaine could reduce depression and anxiety symptoms by 80-90% within a month and joked about wanting some himself.
- Jon Stewart used his Monday monologue to comment on Trump’s mental state, suggesting the president might be dealing with depression and using busyness as a coping mechanism.
- Stewart and Trump biographer Michael Woolf both expressed concerns about Trump’s mental health, with Woolf noting Trump’s words are increasingly detached from reality.
- Stewart humorously linked Trump’s announcement to invade Cuba to his attempt to stay busy and avoid sadness, framing it as part of an “Art of the Deal” strategy to “outrun the darkness.”
