No matter what your thoughts are on her bloviating husband, it’s hard not to feel at least a little bit sorry for Melania Trump.
The first lady has been forced to suffer a parade of indignities over the past year, including numerous affair and abuse allegations leveled against the president. And the tension in the relationship is palpable: Just this week, Melania was caught on video repeatedly rejecting her husband’s hand-holding attempts during French President Emmanuel Macron’s state visit.
So you’d think that Donald Trump would at least get her something nice for her birthday.
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“Normally when Trump has a bad day, we know Trump watches Fox & Friends and yells at the TV. But today he did the same thing—and we all got to listen in,” said Trevor Noah on Thursday.
Tonight at 11/10c, Donald Trump celebrates Melania's birthday with a batshit morning rant on "Fox & Friends." pic.twitter.com/cEtj3WNi8k
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) April 27, 2018
The Daily Show host addressed Trump’s bonkers call-in interview earlier Thursday with his favorite morning show, which soon devolved into a series of shouty rants. During the chat, the president also revealed that it was Melania’s birthday, saying, “I picked a very, very special day, because it’s Melania’s birthday. So I said, ‘Let’s do [the interview] on Melania’s birthday.’ So happy birthday to Melania.”
But then, when the hosts of Fox & Friends asked Trump what he got her for her birthday, Trump replied, “Well, I better not get into that, because I may get in trouble. Maybe I didn’t get her so much… I got her a beautiful card.”
“How did Trump mess up the world’s easiest question?” said Noah. “It’s like they threw him a softball and he swung and hit himself in the dick!”
He added, “And I mean, it’s her birthday. I can’t believe Donald didn’t get Melania anything for her birthday. Now she might think he’s not a very good husband. Also, I would pay anything to know what he wrote inside that card that he definitely didn’t actually get. Roses are red, love is a mystery, I had a historic Electoral College victory.”