--- title: Jon Stewart Says Donald Trump Is Lying description: Jon Stewart joined Stephen Colbert on Monday's The Late Show to discuss President Donald Trump's volatile relationship with the media. canonical: https://time.com/4685256/donald-trump-jon-stewart-late-show-media/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-28T12:54:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T03:34:01.778Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Jon Stewart on Trump: "Nobody Says 'Believe Me' Unless They Are Lying" og:description: "He constantly says the phrase 'believe me'" og:url: https://time.com/4685256/donald-trump-jon-stewart-late-show-media/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt338851a1e08ed44d/6988bc51cf40a80e22c46a43/jon-stewart.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1046 og:image:height: 549 og:image:alt: jon-stewart og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jon Stewart on Trump: "Nobody Says 'Believe Me' Unless They Are Lying" twitter:description: "He constantly says the phrase 'believe me'" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt338851a1e08ed44d/6988bc51cf40a80e22c46a43/jon-stewart.jpg?branch=production ---  # Jon Stewart on Donald Trump: "Nobody Says 'Believe Me' Unless They Are Lying" ## Video: President Trump's CPAC Speech Quickly Turned Into a Media-Bashing Session [Watch (HLS stream): President Trump's CPAC Speech Quickly Turned Into a Media-Bashing Session](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/58eXflu8.m3u8) (1:40)  _Published 2017-02-24. President Donald Trump's speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference quickly turned into a media-bashing session as he took aim at "fake news" and anonymous sources, before he turned to delivering a version of his usual stump speech._ by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Feb 28, 2017 12:54 PM CUT by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Feb 28, 2017 12:54 PM CUT [Jon Stewart](http://time.com/4656270/jon-stewart-stephen-colbert-the-late-show-the-daily-show/ "undefined") joined [Stephen Colbert](http://time.com/4682029/stephen-colbert-trump-friendly-news-special/ "undefined") on Monday’s _The Late Show_ to discuss President [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4681802/donald-trump-cpac-speech-media/ "undefined")‘s volatile relationship with the media. “Trump lies more in one press conference than CNN does in a year — and that’s coming from a guy who hates CNN,” Stewart said. Stewart said Trump lies on purpose. “You wanna know how I know how? Because he constantly says the phrase ‘believe me,'” Stewart said. “Nobody says ‘believe me’ unless they are lying.” When Colbert asked what Stewart thought of Trump’s White House [excluding members from news outlets](http://time.com/4682690/donald-trump-news-outlets-briefing-spicer/ "undefined") like CNN, The New York _Times_, Politico and others from a daily briefing last week, the former _Daily Show_ host addressed his critique to the media. “It is time for you to get your groove back, media. Because let’s face facts, you kind of let yourself go a little bit for these past few years,” he said. “You put on a few pundits. 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