--- title: Jon Stewart, John Oliver Roast Trump at Stand Up for Heroes description: Top comedians such as Jon Stewart, John Oliver and Trevor Noah took to the stage armed with plenty of jokes about President Donald Trump. canonical: https://time.com/5015054/jon-stewart-john-oliver-trump-stand-up-for-heroes/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-11-08T16:21:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-12T08:27:42.719Z og:title: Jon Stewart and John Oliver Roast Trump at Annual Fundraiser og:description: “It’s a strange time to be in love with America right now" og:url: https://time.com/5015054/jon-stewart-john-oliver-trump-stand-up-for-heroes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0b36920944107313/6988e4fce76ad222a062fdfe/jon-stewart-stand-up-for-heroes.jpg?branch=production&width=612&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 612 og:image:height: 344 og:image:alt: Jon-Stewart-Stand-Up-for-Heroes og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jon Stewart and John Oliver Roast Trump at Annual Fundraiser twitter:description: “It’s a strange time to be in love with America right now" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0b36920944107313/6988e4fce76ad222a062fdfe/jon-stewart-stand-up-for-heroes.jpg?branch=production&width=612&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jon Stewart, John Oliver and More Roast Trump at Annual Stand Up for Heroes Benefit > Sponsored content. 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TIME sat down with Stephen Colbert as he transitions from satirical new anchor to late night TV host._  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Nov 8, 2017 4:21 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Nov 8, 2017 4:21 PM UTC Top comedians such as [Jon Stewart,](http://time.com/4772715/stephen-colbert-jon-stewart-complete-friendship-history/) [John Oliver](http://time.com/5011095/john-oliver-economic-development-zones-entourage/) and [Trevor Noah](http://time.com/4966892/trevor-noah-las-vegas-shooting-guns/) took the stage at the 11th annual Stand Up for Heroes benefit on Tuesday night armed with plenty of jokes about President Donald Trump. The comics who performed at the event presented by the New York Comedy Festival & the Bob Woodruff Foundation — which raises money for military veterans — poked fun a variety of topics during their acts at New York City’s Madison Square Garden, but Trump was definitely a popular target. Former _Daily Show_ host Stewart, for instance, took aim at President Barack Obama supporters who voted for Trump. “What I don’t understand is that 10 to 15 percent of Obama voters voted for Trump. How does that happen?,” he said, according to [_USA Today_](https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2017/11/08/john-stewart-trevor-noah-take-jabs-trump-weinstein-stand-up-heroes-benefit/843107001/). “‘You know who I really want to vote for? That very professorial gentleman from Kenyan birth — that’s the guy I really love. But since he’s not running this year, I’m going to check out the “grab ’em by the p—y” candidate.’ That seems like a very natural evolution.” Oliver, on the other hand, joked about how it currently feels to be a patriotic American. “It’s a strange time to be in love with America right now,” he said. “Some would offer you are not at your finest. Falling in love with America right now is like falling in love with a girl who’s throwing up all over herself. Just holding her hair back saying, ‘Shh, let it all out. You just made a mistake, that’s all.'” ## Transcript I own him not only the opportunity to have done that great show with him that he created, but his friendship, and the example he set of how to do a show with intention. With intention means you approach the work with urgency. There's something you want out of your guests, there's something you want out of the jokes you're about to do. Now, it can just be To be as silly as you possibly can. There's a great joy in that and that is a great value in that. But sometimes you want to make a point. And to keep your eye on what that is. To be disciplined is another thing I learned from Jon. You can stop at a certain point in the day and say that's good enough. Or you can keep grinding on until you've distilled what you're doing down to, you know, it's not just grain alcohol, it's whiskey now. But that takes discipline to do it to the last drop before you serve it to the audience. They taught him that discipline, which is, it's hard to maintain but it actually makes the show easier. If you drop that discipline, you'll kinda hate yourself at the end of the night. Cuz you know you could have made it better. 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