--- title: Jon Stewart: 'Clearly This Planet's Gone Bonkers' description: The comedian "would consider moving to another planet" if Donald Trump is elected as President canonical: https://time.com/4043102/jon-stewart-donald-trump-emmy/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-21T17:42:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T11:07:38.513Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Jon Stewart May Move to Another Planet If Donald Trump Is Elected President og:description: "Clearly this planet's gone bonkers" og:url: https://time.com/4043102/jon-stewart-donald-trump-emmy/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4b417bc34ea118c2/6988649bcf40a835a1c3fcc7/jon-stewart-emmy.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Jon Stewart at the 67th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sept. 20, 2015. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jon Stewart May Move to Another Planet If Donald Trump Is Elected President twitter:description: "Clearly this planet's gone bonkers" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4b417bc34ea118c2/6988649bcf40a835a1c3fcc7/jon-stewart-emmy.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jon Stewart 'Would Consider Going to Another Planet' If Donald Trump Is Elected President ## Video: Jon Stewart Reveals What He and Obama Did in Their 'Secret' Meetings [Watch (HLS stream): Jon Stewart Reveals What He and Obama Did in Their 'Secret' Meetings](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/NVPrCV6F.m3u8) (2:07)  _Published 2015-07-30. As you might have heard, President Barack Obama asked the inimitable Jon Stewart to his house on two occasions. And Jon finally revealed what he was doing there on ‘The Nightly Show.’_ by [Michele Corriston and Gabrielle Olya / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Michele Corriston and Gabrielle Olya / People Sep 21, 2015 5:42 PM UTC  Jon Stewart at the 67th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sept. 20, 2015. Jon Stewart at the 67th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sept. 20, 2015.Steve Granitz—2015 Steve Granitz by [Michele Corriston and Gabrielle Olya / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Michele Corriston and Gabrielle Olya / People Sep 21, 2015 5:42 PM UTC [Jon Stewart](http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,personsTax:JonStewart,00.html) has no regrets about bowing out of political satire – despite [Donald Trump](http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,personsTax:DonaldTrump,00.html)‘s headline-grabbing run for president. Though the real estate tycoon’s bombastic campaign speeches would have been perfect fodder for Stewart’s _Daily Show_, the Emmy winner told reporters he’s not going through TV withdrawal. “If I would have known what life was like on the other side, I probably would have left sooner. It’s f—— fun out there,” he said at the awards show. “You can do whatever you want during the day. You can get a smoothie at 2.” Stewart, 52, won the Emmy for [best outstanding variety talk series Sunday night](http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20951278%5F20953920,00.html) in honor of his final season on Comedy Central. ([Trevor Noah](http://www.people.com/article/daily-show-trevor-noah-host-replacing-jon-stewart) takes over_The Daily Show_ on Sept. 28.) And the comedian said he wouldn’t ever consider coming back, even if Trump does move into the White House. “I would consider getting in a rocket and going to another planet,” he cracked, “because clearly this planet’s gone bonkers.” _This_ [_article_](http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20951278%5F20954149,00.html) _originally appeared on_ [_People.com_](http://www.people.com) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4043102/jon-stewart-donald-trump-emmy/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4043102/jon-stewart-donald-trump-emmy/"},"headline":"Jon Stewart 'Would Consider Going to Another Planet' If Donald Trump Is Elected President","datePublished":"2015-09-21T17:42:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T11:07:38.513Z","description":"\"Clearly this planet's gone bonkers\"","url":"https://time.com/4043102/jon-stewart-donald-trump-emmy/","keywords":["celebrities","politics","celebrity","Donald Trump","Jon Stewart"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4b417bc34ea118c2/6988649bcf40a835a1c3fcc7/jon-stewart-emmy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Michele Corriston and Gabrielle Olya / People"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4b417bc34ea118c2/6988649bcf40a835a1c3fcc7/jon-stewart-emmy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Jon Stewart at the 67th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sept. 20, 2015.","caption":"Jon Stewart at the 67th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sept. 20, 2015.","creditText":"Steve Granitz—2015 Steve Granitz","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":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4043102/jon-stewart-donald-trump-emmy/","name":"Jon Stewart 'Would Consider Going to Another Planet' If Donald Trump Is Elected President"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Jon Stewart Reveals What He and Obama Did in Their 'Secret' Meetings","description":"As you might have heard, President Barack Obama asked the inimitable Jon Stewart to his house on two occasions. 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