On Daily Show, Obama Jokes About Executive Order to Keep Jon Stewart Where He Is

President Obama sat down with Jon Stewart for his final Daily Show today, and reporters have already tweeted out some of what he said.

Right off the bat, Stewart ribbed the president about his fundraising and the president responded by joking about Stewart’s impending departure:

Stewart on @TheDailyShow intro of Obama says, “no one’s interested in my BS tonight. Let’s get right to it I’m sure there’s a fundraiser."

— Fred Lucas (@FredLucasWH) July 21, 2015

Obama via pool: “I can’t believe you’re leaving before me. I’m going to issue an executive order. Jon Stewart cannot leave the show."

— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) July 21, 2015

As for substance, they ended up talking about the Iran deal, and Stewart ended up challenging the president on a few things:

Obama says to Jon Stewart that Iran deal critics claim "if you had brought Dick Cheney to the negotiations, everything would be fine."

— Kevin Liptak (@Kevinliptakcnn) July 21, 2015

Obama to Stewart: People who had Hope posters thought everything would be fixed right away. Stewart: "We didn't make those. You made those."

— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) July 21, 2015

Via pool, Jon Stewart pressed @POTUS on the VA. Obama: there were more vets. Stewart said “when you got a lot of wars” that’s not surprise

— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) July 21, 2015

President Obama to Jon Stewart on The Daily Show: re the media "Sometimes it gets distracted by shiny objects.." pic.twitter.com/8ilkYIGRYx

— Stephen Crowley (@Stcrow) July 21, 2015

Obama told Jon Stewart he hopes to tackle climate change & fuel efficiency standards next; wants to persuade China and India to do same

— Katie Rucké (@katierucke) July 21, 2015

.@POTUS blames Congress for passing "a crummy law" on non-profits' political activity & IRS staff for implementing it "poorly and stupidly."

— Juliet Eilperin (@eilperin) July 21, 2015

Check back tonight for Mediaite’s coverage of the full interview.

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