The Daily Show, April 14, 2026 - Bao Nguyen

Trump's eventful weekend of golfing, sightseeing, and ignoring the imploding effects of the war in Iran has Jon Stewart wondering who the hell the president has been claiming to negotiate with overseas, and whether this "top person" even exists. Jake Sullivan, former National Security Advisor, Harvard Kennedy School professor, and co-host of "The Long Game" podcast, joins Jon Stewart to break down the war in Iran, U.S. foreign policy, and the future of nuclear negotiations.

President Trump happily accepts a mysterious "gift" from his enemies in Iran, but forces TSA agents to work without pay as air travellers wait in 9-hour lines. Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated actor Sterling K. Brown joins Josh Johnson to discuss his starring role in political thriller series "Paradise".

Josh Johnson covers updates on the situation in Iran: Al Roker forecasts "haboobs" developing in the Middle East, Tehran defiantly refuses a ceasefire agreement, and Trump declares the war over and "won" while Pete Hegseth's loosened enlistment requirements say otherwise. Comedian, writer, and host of "Mornings with Mero," The Kid Mero, joins Josh to discuss making radio sound like New York again.

Josh Johnson dives into Markwayne Mullin replacing DHS shopaholic Kristi Noem, Melania replacing her husband with a humanoid, and an RFK Jr. story about a raccoon penis that you can't unhear. Actor Eiza González sits down with Josh to discuss her latest film, "Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice."

Happy one-monthiversary of the Iran war! With the Strait of Hormuz still closed, Jon Stewart examines how global shortages are hitting everything from grain to helium to pickleballs. Meanwhile, Americans flood the streets for the No Kings protests. Attorney Cindy Cohn talks to Jon Stewart about her new book, "Privacy's Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance".

esi Lydic dives into Lindsey Graham's wartime day off at Disney World, Pete Hegseth's poetic take on the Iran War, Trump's flailing on the Strait of Hormuz as gas prices reach over $4 a gallon, and the leaked sexcapades of Kristi Noem's husband that make her f**k plane look tame.Award-winning filmmaker and comedian, Julio Torres guests.

Desi Lydic tackles Trump's attendance at Supreme Court oral arguments on birthright citizenship as he pushes to end the constitutional right for "billionaires," and his insistence on continuing construction on the White House ballroom despite a federal judge's ruling to halt it. Plus, Trump unveils plans for a presidential hotel-brary. Board-certified OB/GYN and founder of The 'Pause Life, Dr. Mary Claire Haver, joins Desi to discuss her new book, The New Perimenopause.

Jon Stewart dives into the backlash over Trump Jesus-ifying himself with AI, the president claiming he was just depicting himself as a "doctor" (treating a bedridden Jon Stewart?), and Trump starting an Easter beef with Pope Leo. Plus, JD Vance fails to secure a deal with Iran while ALSO failing to get Hungarian strongman Viktor Orban reelected.

Ronny Chieng dives into JD Vance's ill-prepared excuse for Trump's Jesus AI, the VP telling Pope Leo how to pope, RFK Jr. utilizing his best asset for podcasting, and Trump saying he'll "look into" FEMA head Gregg Phillips's Waffle House teleportation claims.[!CR!]In this installment of In My Opinion, Nick Offerman sounds off on how Trump is injecting his self-aggrandizing jackassery into America's 250th birthday - from slapping his John Hancock onto U.S. currency to staging a UFC battle at the White House - and calls on citizens to find their own way to patriotically party down.[!CR!]Acclaimed filmmaker Bao Nguyen sits down with Ronny to discuss his latest documentary, "BTS: The Return." They talk about following BTS's creative process as a fly on the wall, the big reunion after the band completed their national military service, the documentary narrative around honesty rather than facts, and the band's vulnerable moments when living out their normal lives.

JD Vance continues his apology tour on Trump's behalf at a TPUSA event, begging Gen Z not to leave MAGA over Iran and Epstein frustrations, and Ronny Chieng tries to make sense of Trump's "Diet Coke is healthy" logic. Plus, since Trump's Jesus AI images won't stop, Grace Kuhlenschmidt steps in as a fully supportive, temporary "war pope."[!CR!]Professional naming expert Marco Glennwald III is losing his mind over the president's insistence on naming every goddamn thing after himself.[!CR!]Filmmaker and actor Zoe Lister-Jones sits down with Ronny to discuss starring in the Peacock series, "The Miniature Wife." They talk about co-starring as a billionaire and an evil scientist, portraying power dynamics in relationships through a fantastical lens, being exposed to feminist filmmaking from her video artist mother, and giving her TV series "Slip" - which she wrote, directed, and starred in - a new life on Peacock.

Ronny Chieng plunges into America's evolving war with Iran, how global fuel shortages are making Thai news anchors sweaty, whether Iran's AI video of Jesus casting Trump into hell falls under Hegseth's "patriotic" label, and how all this chaos is somehow improving the U.S. stock market. Plus, Iran's stream of "slopaganda" is inspiring Michael Kosta to do his part in the emerging meme war. Writer and director Lee Sung Jin guests