Comedian and "Daily Show" host Jon Stewart tore into former President Donald Trump on Monday evening, following the first day of his historic criminal trial in Manhattan.
In particular, Stewart lambasted Trump for his campaign-rally tribute in Pennsylvania to the Battle of Gettysburg, one of the most famous campaigns of the Civil War — which he apparently didn't know the first thing about.
"If you thought Lincoln consecrated Gettysburg with his soaring rhetoric, well, buckle up," he said before playing the clip.
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"Gettysburg, what an unbelievable battle that was," said Trump on Saturday. "The Battle of Gettysburg, what an unbelievable, I mean, it was so much and so interesting and so vicious and horrible and so beautiful in so many different ways, and it represented such a big portion of the success of this country. Gettysburg, wow."
Stewart paused for several seconds to let his studio audience laugh.
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"That is plagiarized almost directly from my 7th grade book report, 'Gettsyburg. Wow,'" he said, putting up an image of a book report with a D-. "I did not do well."
"It was vicious and horrible and beautiful," Stewart continued. "Is he talking about a Civil War battle or a horse giving birth? It was bloody, but it's life..."
This is far from the first time the former president has tried to bluff his way through understanding of history and culture.
During a 2016 campaign event at the right-wing Liberty University, Trump was attempting to explain his commitment to the Christian faith and received widespread mockery for incorrectly naming one of the Biblical books as "Two Corinthians." And in 2019, Trump caused widespread confusion when he explained how the Continental Army "took the airports" while fighting the British in the Revolutionary War.
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