The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart America vs. The Rest with Alastair Campbell
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Mar 25, 2026 
Alastair Campbell, former Tony Blair press secretary and political strategist, joins for a sharp look at America, Iran, and a shaky Western alliance. They dig into NATO’s hesitation, why standing up to Trump matters, the failures of regime change, partisan media’s protection racket, Netanyahu’s reliance on force, and whether democracy can still win back younger voters.
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Doing War the Right Way Still Failed
- Jon Stewart says Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya produced similar disasters even when sold through alliances, U.N. channels, and polished diplomacy.
- He presses Campbell on whether the failure is intervention itself, not merely Trump's reckless version of it.
Trump's NATO Skepticism Now Looks Pro Putin
- Alastair Campbell says Trump was always ambivalent about NATO and now appears aligned with Putin over Ukraine and even Greenland.
- He argues Trump's first-term frustrations taught him to return organized, hubristic, and convinced experts were wrong whenever chaos did not immediately follow.
The New Alignment Is Woke Versus Unwoke
- Jon Stewart says the new divide is not democracy versus communism but woke versus unwoke, pushing Trump toward right-wing authoritarians.
- He argues Trump aligns more naturally with Putin and Orbán than with Macron or Starmer because nativism and authority now define the alliance.