Donald Trump did one smart thing during his first 100 days and that was to opt out of the White House Correspondence Dinner. Daily Show host Hasan Minhaj scorched Trump and his entourage including Mike Pence, Steve Bannon, Rick Perry and Betsy DeVos. Here are some excerpts from his 25-minute speech.
Minhaj starts off with letting folks know where he’s coming from — in more way than one.
“I would say it is an honor to be here, but that would be an alternative fact. No one wanted to do this. So of course, it landed in the hands of an immigrant. That’s how it always goes down.”
Then he hits Trump where he’s most vulnerable — his Russian collusion.
"The leader of our country is not here. And that's because he lives in Moscow. It is a very long flight. As for the other guy, I think he's in Pennsylvania because he can't take a joke."
Minhaj also made some pretty funny jabs at the media.
"Remember election night? That was your Steve Harvey-Miss Universe moment. The look on your faces at 11 p.m. on election night, it was like walking into a Panera Bread and finding out your sixth-grade teacher has a part-time job there."
"You guys have to be more perfect than ever, because you are how the president gets his news: not from advisers, not from experts, not from intelligence agencies. You guys."
Below is the YouTube video of from Saturday night’s event.
The speech is going viral via different YouTube channels and news outlets.
This is not the first time Minhaj made a big splash at this particular event. Last year he also knocked it out of the park. Here is that 4-minute video clip from 2016.
It’s great hearing entertainers tell it like it is, with a touch of humor — something we all desperately need these days.