“Daily Show” host Desi Lydic on Wednesday did a quick 180 on her vow to not let Donald Trump distract her with “some crazy new idea” after the president proposed that the U.S. take over the Gaza Strip.
“It is exhausting and unsustainable,” said Lydic of Trump’s tendency to bombard Americans with “ridiculous” policies only to outdo them with “something else more absurd.”
She then flashed a script full of “important issues” she’d rather tackle on the show.
But, after airing a clip of Trump’s plan to permanently resettle roughly two million Palestinians out of Gaza, she dropped her script in a shredder.
Trump, in a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, proposed redeveloping the territory into “the Riviera of the Middle East” and described it as an opportunity to “do something phenomenal.”
“What the fuck?” Lydic exclaimed.
“Trump is going to turn Gaza into the Riviera? He couldn’t even turn Atlantic City into a nicer Atlantic City.”
Lydic then pointed to a photo of White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, who had a shocked look on her face during the Trump-Netanyahu meeting.
“She looks just like she won Best Country Album at the Grammys,” the host quipped as she compared the snap to Beyoncé’s recent viral reaction.
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Check out more of the host’s Wednesday monologue in the clip below.