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Desi Lydic Roasts Trump for Pulling Out All the Stops for Xi

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Desi Lydic roasted President Trump on Thursday's 'Daily Show' for his reaction during a military flyover honoring Chinese President Xi Jinping at Joint Base Andrews. Lydic mocked Trump's flinch as B-1 bombers roared overhead, saying, 'Oh, my god, that is so embarrassing! Why did you wince like that? You are the one who ordered the flyover!' She compared it to 'a baby farts so loud that it scares itself.' Other late-night hosts joined in: Seth Meyers said Trump looked 'like you're stoned at a Mets game,' Jimmy Fallon remarked it was 'like he just saw his approval rating,' and Lydic warned the incident undermined U.S. negotiations on trade, A. I., and Iran, noting 'President Xi knows all he has to do to rattle Trump is drop a book on the floor.' Meyers added Trump was 'treating him like he's got a Netflix movie coming out' despite Iran intelligence concerns.

The segment also covered press access restoration at the White House, with Jimmy Kimmel joking reporters were 'more unwelcome in the Oval Office is a salad than CNN,' and Fallon noting the reflecting pool 'must be nice.'.