Halfway through a monologue about the Koch brothers, Jon Stewart was interrupted on Wednesday night by a clip of the famous collie Lassie, who urged the host to come quick and see news of President Obama’s trip to Saudi Arabia.
The host of “The Daily Show” was stunned to see news footage of Obama leaving a recent trip to India early in order to pay respects to the ultraconservative theocratic kingdom’s late King Abdullah.
“He, from what I understand, left behind a stirring list of achievements,” Stewart said.
But several reports calling the king a “reformer” informed him that Abdullah presided over beheadings, public lashings, and oppression of women.
“So a reformer, lower case ‘r,'” Stewart said, until the letter shrunk so small it nearly disappeared.
“Why again was the President so eager to go mourn this fella?” the host asked.
He was quickly answered by news clips stating Abdullah drove down the price of oil.
“Oh, I can’t stay mad at you,” Stewart said quietly, blowing kisses to a map of the Saudi kingdom.
Stewart went on to ridicule the Obama administration for sending over a dozen top U.S. leaders to Saudi Arabia while sending no one to a gathering of world leaders in France following the terror attacks in Paris.
Watch the clip, courtesy of Comedy Central:
