Jon Stewart took a surprising position on The Daily Show, defending Trump against fascism claims and criticizing Democrat for overreacting.

Stewart took on Trump’s news-filled Inauguration Day (full video, below) during Monday’s episode of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show. During Stewart’s 15-minute opener, he mocked the tech billionaires in attendance, President Joe Biden’s last-minute pardons of his family, Elon Musk’s controversial crowd salute and, of course, Trump’s speech.

Show” host Jon Stewart jokes about outrage over President Trump’s latest DOJ firings and gives advice to his critics.

On this week’s episode of “The Daily Show,” Jon Stewart slammed Democrats for calling Donald Trump “un-American” and “authoritarian” for signing a flurry of executive orders during his first week in office when in reality he is operating within his constitutional rights as president.

Jon Stewart is urging President Trump’s critics not to reflexively call every move he makes “fascist,” saying it clouds the ability to warn about actual authoritarian actions. “This is the cycle we find ourselves in.

"Tell people what you would do with the power that Trump is wielding, and then convince us to give that power to you as soon as possible"

Jon Stewart ripped into liberal media pundits’ recent rhetoric in response to Donald Trump’s first week back in office. Early into his Monday monologue, Stewart played a montage of news anchors referring to Trump’s firing of 17 inspectors general as a “purge.