The Daily Show has mocked President Donald Trump by likening him to a show dog being led around during his tour of Japan.
The Comedy Central favorite gave a running commentary on the “incredibly horny” “Old American Beaver Hound” as he walked around the Akasaka Palace on October 28.
The blow-by-blow commentary follows Trump dogmatically veering off course to the dismay of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.
Trump is now in South Korea, having arrived on Wednesday after visiting Japan as part of a wider diplomatic tour of Asia.
In Japan’s lavish welcome to Trump, newly elected Takaichi walked him around a room filled with military personnel. Periodically, they would stop to inspect them and offer salutes.
“Introducing one of the favorites of tonight’s show,” the skit went, “the Old American Beaver hound.”
A second commentator added a knowing hum before saying, “He’s in the care of expert handlers tonight, Takaichi.”
“Lively, aggressive, and incredibly horny, the Beaverhound is especially popular with rural white families,” the first said.
Trump is wheeled around the room by Takaichi, who keeps him in lock step, pointing and gesturing as he fires off salutes with wild abandon.
But the pageantry was soon derailed, and Takaichi left aghast, as Trump plows on instead of about-facing her troops.
Takaichi can’t help but open her mouth wide with shock.
“Whoops! It looks like he’s wandered away from his handler,” The Daily Show’s commentators said. “That’s going to cost him some points.”
Trump leaves Takaichi in his dust, the Japanese leader stuck trying to catch up to him without breaking into a run.
“Okay, looks like he’s back on track now. Excellent form on that turn.”
“The Beaver Hound’s golden mane is glistening.”
The inspection culminated with Trump and Takaichi stepping up onto a small podium.
“And now one final trick, a leap onto the platform, and… nailed it!”
It was just one of many public appearances in Asia for Trump.
The previous day, he appeared on the USS George Washington in Yokosuka, where he delivered a rambling speech that encouraged Americans to buy Japanese cars and told the Navy that water could destroy their magnets.
Japan has been on a charm offensive with Trump, rolling out the red carpet in a bid to earn his favor. It even floated buying a fleet of Trump-approved Ford F-150s.
He was in Malaysia beforehand. Now in South Korea, he is expected to meet with the nation’s President, Lee Jae Myung, amid a tangle of tariff negotiations.
South Korea was also enraged by the optics of its citizens being led away in handcuffs from a Hyundai-LG factory in Georgia last month.
While there, Trump is due to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping amid a bruising trade war between the two nations.
There had been speculation that Trump was also vying for a meeting with North Korean Premier Kim Jong Un, but the president has now said he “wasn’t able to work out” a time.
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