Fans send Jon Stewart an emotional farewell — by hacking Donald Trump's website

As Jon Stewart prepares to host The Daily Show for the last time on Thursday, he was treated to a big thank you note — posted smack dab in the middle of Donald Trump's website.

Stewart's hacker fans said that Trump.com was the perfect place to express gratitude because "the only way to get anyone to pay attention anymore is to grease a presidential candidate's website," a "regrettable state of affairs" for which they blame "big Quinoa, mostly."

The note went live on Saturday, according to CBC News, and was pulled down by Monday afternoon. Overall, the hack was pretty innocuous, and no damage was done to Trump's website or the server. Harm to Trump's ego was also negligible, with hackers only calling out the Republican presidential candidate in the note's final line:

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"Well that's about it," the letter wraps up, "other than to join you all in celebrating America's first openly Asshole Presidential Candidate. Godspeed Mr. Trump."