By Katherine Tinsley
3:48pm PST, Feb 4, 2025
Stewart later joked about Senator Chuck Schumer's response to Trump's imposition.
"His trade war has awoken a sleeping giant," Stewart began. "Not Canada, not Mexico, but the Democratic minority Senate leader. Release the Schumer!"
"It's going to affect beer, okay? Most of it, Corona here, comes from Mexico," Schumer warned in a clip Stewart played. "It's going to affect your guac, because what is guacamole made of? Avocados."
Stewart was seemingly annoyed with Schumer's comments.
"Your response to the trade war is to f—— tell us guacamole is made of avocados?" Stewart questioned. "Democrats, can you please stop f—— trotting Schumer out there every time Trump traverses into the unreal? He's not good at this."
Stewart couldn't understand Schumer's role within the party's argument.
"What is the decision-making process here? 'Hey, who should we get out there to effectively battle one of the most savvy presidential media manipulators in history?'" he asked.
"Oh, I don't know, how about Schumer? He's uninteresting, but at least he's monotone," the comedian joked. "Oh wait, and Chuck, before you go out there, you look too young! Put on these readers and lower them on your nose. Perfect!'"
Trump's stance on putting America first led to the commander-in-chief causing tension with Canada's President, Justin Trudeau, and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum.
"Honestly, listening to Chuck Schumer speak on almost any topic makes me want to bomb Canada," Stewart added.
Trump continues to share details about diplomatic relations with Mexico and Canada on Truth Social.
"I just spoke with President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico. It was a very friendly conversation wherein she agreed to immediately supply 10,000 Mexican Soldiers on the Border separating Mexico and the United States," Trump told his followers after he threatened to implement a 25 percent tariff on Mexican goods if the countries didn't agree to monitor drug trafficking at the borderline.
"These soldiers will be specifically designated to stop the flow of fentanyl and illegal migrants into our country," he continued.
As Trump and Sheinbaum work on securing the Mexican-American border, the president shared he will pause his additional tax on Mexican imports.
"We further agreed to immediately pause the anticipated tariffs for a one month period during which we will have negotiations headed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent, and Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, and high-level Representatives of Mexico," Trump explained.
"I look forward to participating in those negotiations, with President Sheinbaum, as we attempt to achieve a 'deal' between our two countries," he added.
Trump later defended his controversial economic plan.
"Anybody that's against Tariffs, including the Fake News Wall Street Journal, and Hedge Funds, is only against them because these people or entities are controlled by China, or other foreign or domestic companies," he claimed in a Truth Social post.
"Anybody that loves and believes in the United States of America is in favor of tariffs," the reality star stated. "They should have never ended, in favor of the Income Tax System, in 1913. The response to Tariffs has been FANTASTIC!"
