--- ---  # Watch Jon Stewart Compare Scotland's Nicola Sturgeon to Saddam Hussein  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Jun 9, 2015 3:07 PM UTC  <> on June 8, 2015 in New York City. <> on June 8, 2015 in New York City.Slaven Vlasic—Getty Images for Glasgow Caledonian University NY  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Jun 9, 2015 3:07 PM UTC On _The Daily Show_ Monday night, host Jon Stewart started off his interview with the First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon by explaining that her political party, the Scottish National Party, had won an “unprecedented” 56 of 59 seats in the general election. The politician, whom the show erroneously billed as a “comedian” prior to the appearance, quipped that she had ordered an inquiry into why she didn’t win the other three — to which Stewart shot back, “What, you think you’re Saddam Hussein? You get 99%?” In response to his joke, Sturgeon amiably said, “I always think you should aim for more.” ### See Jon Stewart's Career Over the Years  Jon Stewart takes the reins as anchor of The Daily Show in 1999. Comedy Central/Everett  Stewart gets a cameo as Kevin Gerrity in the 1999 Adam Sandler movie Big Daddy. Columbia  Jay Leno interviews Jon Stewart on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno in 2000. NBC/Getty Images  Stewart plays Marion Frank Stokes in the 2002 black comedy Death to Smoochy Warner Bros.  Jon Stewart and his team win the first of many Emmys for The Daily Show in 2003. Chris Weeks—FilmMagic/Getty Images  Jon Stewart hosts the 78th Academy Awards in 2006. Academy of Motion Picture Arts—WireImage/Getty Images  Stewart has a cameo as himself on The Simpsons in 2008 in the episode "E Pluribus Wiggum." Fox  Steven Colbert and Jon Stewart host the Rally To Restore Sanity And/Or Fear on the National Mall on Oct. 30, 2010 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee—Getty Images  Jon Stewart interviews President Barack Obama on The Daily Show at the Harman Center for the Arts in Washington, DC, Oct. 26, 2010. Jim Watson—AFP/Getty Images  Jon Stewart speaks at the 51st USO Armed Forces Gala & Gold Medal Dinner on Dec. 13, 2012 in New York City. Michael Loccisano—Getty Images  Stewart makes his directorial debut in the 2014 drama Rosewater. Open Road Films  Jon Stewart announces his retirement for the end of 2015. Comedy Central Jon Stewart Compares Nicola Sturgeon To Saddam Hussein: Video ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3914177/jon-stewart-nicola-sturgeon-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3914177/jon-stewart-nicola-sturgeon-video/"},"headline":"Watch Jon Stewart Compare Scotland's Nicola Sturgeon to Saddam Hussein","datePublished":"2015-06-09T15:07:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:47:26.725Z","description":"The Scottish politician was a guest on The Daily Show","url":"https://time.com/3914177/jon-stewart-nicola-sturgeon-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9fc90354bf81f517/698853a8f887dc8438e90d7d/gettyimages-476412868.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9fc90354bf81f517/698853a8f887dc8438e90d7d/gettyimages-476412868.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"<> on June 8, 2015 in New York City.","caption":"on June 8, 2015 in New York City.","creditText":"Slaven Vlasic—Getty Images for Glasgow Caledonian University NY","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3914177/jon-stewart-nicola-sturgeon-video/","name":"Watch Jon Stewart Compare Scotland's Nicola Sturgeon to Saddam Hussein"}}]}] ```