Trevor Noah discussed Donald Trump’s speech on his Afghanistan strategy – and critiqued the lack of specifics.
During Tuesday’s edition of The Daily Show, the host showed footage of the president claiming that the solution to the conflict was to send more troops.
“I’m sorry, look, I know he’s been president for seven months, but seeing Donald Trump making military decisions is still weird for me,” he said. “I mean, he must be the first human being in history who gets to command an army after starring in a Pizza Hut commercial.”
He then dissected what Trump described and highlighted that the speech contained no real details. “Trump’s actual strategy is like his position on Nazis – it’s unclear,” he said.
Trump also boasted about his ability to solve problems, something that he believed would make him a prime candidate to settle conflict in Afghanistan.
“Trump is a problem solver the same way Godzilla is a city planner,” he said. “The only way Donald Trump could consider himself a problem-solver is if he stops creating problems.”
While many pundits praised the speech, Noah referred to it as just a muted version of what Trump really wanted to say. “One thing we all noticed is that we were listening to book report Trump,” he said. “No crazy tangents, no crowd work, just complete sentences and coherent thoughts, focusing on the words.”
Noah did say it was a refreshing speech “because he didn’t bring up the electoral college for a change”, although he ridiculed Trump for going off script to refer to terrorists as losers.
Trump also spoke about his change of opinion over Afghanistan, after he initially thought pulling out would be a more successful strategy. “The guy’s got five kids – he was never gonna pull out,” he said.
