Jon Stewart Mocks Donald Trump's Mitt Romney Endorsement, John Hodgman Weighs In (VIDEO)

On Thursday night's "Daily Show," Jon Stewart had to admit that he's had a "mogul-shaped hole" in his heart ever since Donald Trump briefly fell out of the media spotlight. So imagine his delight when yesterday afternoon Trump emerged to make an important announcement:

"I haven't been this happy to see an orange face again since the end of Finding Nemo!" Stewart joked.

Unfortunately, the "big news" was that Trump endorsed GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney for President. Stewart wasn't really surprised considering that they both like firing people, love corporations and don't seem to care about very poor people. In fact, he saw the union of this billionaire and multi-multi-millionaire as sort of a beacon of hope. Maybe there really isn't such a huge socioeconomic divide in our country?

To find out, Stewart turned to John Hodgman for a particularly good "Money Talks" segment on replacing the idea of "haves and have-nots" with "haves and soon-to-haves." Like Trump and Romney, Hodgman believes that the 99% should admire and trust the 1% and eventually they'll all be in the 1%, even though Stewart pointed out that it's mathematically impossible -- not to mention a pyramid scheme.

"No, no. A pyramid was a monument to the wealthiest Egyptians built by slaves who worked until they died," Hodgman said. "That would be a terrible metaphor for me to use... Or for our country to put on the back of our money."

Watch part one above and part two below to hear John Hodgman's real feelings on class warfare after he activates the "Dome of Silence" so that the audience can't hear him.

WATCH: Part two

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Comments

[nitwitsRus]

08:02 PM on 02/06/2012

is that
YOUR problem Jon?

[abolaf]

02:40 PM on 02/05/2012

Of course you'll never see the Liberals go after Obama or his doofus sidekick Biden. A wonderful treasure trove of biting Obama satire is the syndicated cartoonist, Mallard Fillmore. Wonderful hilarious and spot-on satire of our COTUS.

[cookmeyer1970]

09:15 PM on 02/05/2012

that actually has absolutely nothing to do with this topic.

[Bellanova]

12:58 PM on 02/05/2012

The Aasif Mandvi's segment in that very same episode, where he asks Florida Gov. Rick Scott, as someone whose salary is paid by taxpayers, to submit a urine sample the way he requires the poor to do, is a masterpiece.

[mangoaddict]

10:45 AM on 02/05/2012

Mrs. Romney looks like she is sucking on a lemon. She doesn't want to be there.

[stroise]

06:45 AM on 02/05/2012

Think Trump is hoping Ranmney picks him as his running mate?!! Trump looks so silly in his Red Tie!! LOL! Such a Prick!!

[Skeptiqone]

11:02 PM on 02/04/2012

Did he give the Donald the finger?? Watch when he says " What's the Donald gonna announce?"

[Americanwoman55]

07:57 PM on 02/04/2012

LOL

[WillCooney]

03:13 PM on 02/04/2012

After all the nasty things that Trump said about Mitt, I'm surprised he accepted the endorsement. Watch for the Democratic ad that features all that nastiness and then, wraps the "birther" albatross around his neck!

[katn1084]

10:45 PM on 02/04/2012

Mitt doesn't have an ounce of self-respect.

[habenae23]

02:41 PM on 02/04/2012

You know I get most of my information from Jon, right?

[LMPE]

02:47 PM on 02/04/2012

same here

[JONNYTHE JIG]

01:07 PM on 02/04/2012

did romney also get an endorsement from that thing living on top of Don's head?

[Lao2stroker]

12:16 PM on 02/04/2012

Mingalabar from Burma. Miss you sooo much, Daily Show. I feel the shakes coming on :)

[nothingchanges]

11:33 AM on 02/04/2012

"I'm endorsing MItt Romney

because through his efforts, and the hard work of the Republican party,

I pay a lower tax rate (by half) than many of my employees.

Is this a great country, or what?"

[MosesDidItBest]

11:10 AM on 02/04/2012

I get my news from Stewart and Colbert and my laughs from Fox News, Rush and Beck. Fear mongering and propaganda should be better than the way they present it because it's not supposed to be laughable.

[lovely09]

09:21 AM on 02/04/2012

Love it!

A Trump endorsement is as good as a Palin endorsement. Kind of gives Romney and Gingrich two fails, doesn't it?

[nitwitsRus]

09:01 AM on 02/04/2012

yep
i can handle
criticism
MUCH easier