Jordan Klepper took the helm of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show on Tuesday and used the opportunity to highlight his latest man-on-the-street segment, where he attempts to show Trump supporters that they aren’t the brightest bulbs in the chandelier. However, it was Klepper that looked rather foolish as he tried to compare Saturday’s Army parade to festivities in Moscow and Pyongyang.

Klepper asked one couple, “Have you ever been to an event like this?”

The woman replied, “Yes, but it was local” or “Local parades,” while the man professed the same thing, claiming they were on a “smaller scale.”

That’s a reasonable answer, but that didn’t stop Klepper from trying to argue, “Moscow, Pyongyang?” The man held his ground, “No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Not like that.”

Trying the same tactic with another woman, Klepper wondered, “Who do you think will do this parade better, us or the North Koreans?”

Why not us or the French? Why does it always have to be the North Koreans? As for Klepper’s interviewee, she answered, “I don't compare myself to anybody because everybody in the world would love to be in America at least for a day.”

In a voiceover, Klepper mused about what he thought were the real reasons for the parade, “Looking around, I wonder, was this a military celebration or more of a make Donnie feel like a big boy authoritarian leader party?”

Klepper really wanted to find Trump supporters who would tell him that the parade was actually all about Trump, so he focused his attention on people wearing Trump hats or other clothes. After another man excitedly claimed, “It's not his parade. It's the United States Army's 250th anniversary. Woo!,” Klepper tried to focus on the man’s friend's hat, “I keep getting confused. I keep looking at these hats, and I'm like, there is a tiny American flag on the side. Now I see it.”

The first man was then brought back to add, “It makes me mad, listening to the people that are saying this is all about Donald Trump and his birthday. No, it's not. I love Donald Trump, but technically, we are here to support our military.”

Klepper was interested in the idea that the man’s pants had “Trump” written across the top, “Your focus today is just on the military. And that's why you wore your dress blues.”

The man then conceded, “Well, I’m not in camouflage to support the military, I’m here to support Trump because it is also his birthday.”

Time and again, this is the pattern with Klepper’s man-on-the-street interviews. He picks a small handful of people that he thinks fit his idea of a crazy Trump supporter, but, even here, the man with the Trump pants admitted to doing the extremely normal act of attending a local military parade, and, for some reason, Klepper’s first thought was Russia and North Korea. Maybe he’s the crazy one.

Here is a transcript for the June 17 show:

Comedy Central The Daily Show

6/17/2025

11:16 PM ET

JORDAN KLEPPER: Have you ever been to an event like this?

WOMAN 1: Yes, but it was local.

MAN 1: Smaller scale.

WOMAN 1: Local parades.

KLEPPER: Moscow, Pyongyang?

MAN 1: No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Not like that

KLEPPER: Who do you think will do this parade better, us or the North Koreans?

WOMAN 2: I don't compare myself to anybody because everybody in the world would love to be in America at least for a day.

KLEPPER: Looking around, I wonder, was this a military celebration or more of a make Donnie feel like a big boy authoritarian leader party?

MAN 2: You know, one thing about Donald Trump, he's been the greatest leader this country has ever had.

KLEPPER: Is that why we are throwing him this parade?

MAN 3: It's not his parade. It's the United States Army's 250th anniversary. Woo!

KLEPPER: I keep getting confused. I keep looking at these hats, and I'm like, there is a tiny American flag on the side. Now I see it.

MAN 3: United States Army’s 250th anniversary.

MAN 1: It makes me mad, listening to the people that are saying this is all about Donald Trump and his birthday. No, it's not. I love Donald Trump, but technically, we are here to support our military.

KLEPPER: Your focus today is just on the military.

MAN 1: Yes, sir.

KLEPPER: And that's why you wore your dress blues.

MAN 1: Well, I’m not in camouflage to support the military, I’m here to support Trump because it is also his birthday.

KLEPPER: Was there some debate about where to put the “U”?

MAN 1: Nope, not at all.