Jon Stewart glibly told the nation last night to not fret about the country’s enormous debt to China, saying the tab was so big that China couldn’t call it in without setting off a global economic catastrophe.
“When a country owes you $1 billion, they’ve got a problem,” Stewart began. “But when a country owes you $1 trillion, you’ve got a problem. ”
“We’re AIG,” he added.
Yet when he ran a series of news clips, each painting a more dire image of America’s economic prospects, Stewart became alarmed. From there, he quickly devolved into feigned hysterics, telling China to go ahead and be the world’s superpower if they wanted to so bad.
“Fine, fuck it, here are the keys,” Stewart yelled. “We’re done.”
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