Trevor Noah took a mental health break from the Supreme Court nomination battle on Wednesday's Daily Show — "If you took a shot every time the news mentioned Brett Kavanaugh, you would be Brett Kavanaugh" — and circled back to President Trump, elected in part because "he sold himself as a self-made billionaire who would do for America what he did for himself." He dryly proclaimed himself "devastated" by The New York Times exposé that exploded that myth.
"This exposes Trump's whole origin story as a lie — and I mean, like, a total lie," Noah said. "This is like finding out that Superman was actually born in Cleveland and he can't even fly, it's just an elaborate system of pulleys." This wasn't just Trump's dad, Fred Trump, giving him "a leg up in life," he added. "He was basically all of his limbs." Trump's dad gave him three trust funds, made him a millionaire by age 8, and gifted him millions a year into his 50s.
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