Jon Stewart was baffled and amused by the latest scandal from the Trump administration, including a particular line from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. He began his Monday monologue with a “quick update” on what he sarcastically described as “an administration that is once again carrying out its plans with competence and professionalism.

Show host Jon Stewart has joked that the US national security advisor was “distracted by The White Lotus” when he leaked a top secret military plan to a journalist via a group chat. Editor-in-Chief of The Atlantic Jeffrey Goldberg broke the story Monday when he reported that members of the Trump administration had mistakenly added him to a Signal group chat that discussed a classified military operation targeting Houthi positions in Yemen.

Jon Stewart says Pete Hegseth was ‘distracted’ by TV when he leaked secret war plans - ‘By the way, I might be in this group chat, I don’t know. I don’t check my group chats,’ joked Stewart