Nick Offerman on Tuesday didn’t seem so jubilant about President Donald Trump being the party-planner-in-chief for America’s 250th anniversary.
“Hang on, perhaps I am rushing to judgment,” chirped the “Parks and Recreation” star in a segment on “The Daily Show.”
“We can only hope Trump puts as much love into America’s birthday as he would for Jeffrey Epstein’s.”
The show flashed to an image of Trump’s alleged lewd birthday card to the late convicted sex offender, a card he’s denied writing. (The president’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal, which published a picture of the 2003 card last year, was dismissed by a federal judge on Monday.)
“I abhor the message, but I do appreciate a handwritten card,” Offerman quipped. “Any asshole can go to Hallmark, but calligraphy shows you care.”
Offerman, a known Trump critic who has declared that his beloved Ron Swanson character would’ve “despised” the president, cracked that Trump doesn’t “have anything else going on” before the celebrations around the Fourth of July.
“Gas prices are hovering just below ‘Fury Road’ levels, but have fun picking out the balloons,” he joked.
The actor and comedian later wondered about how Trump is showing the ways “he cares about America” before tossing to a news clip discussing the Treasury Department’s plan to print bills with the president’s signature on it to mark the big birthday.
“Signing the dollar bills? But Mr. President, how can you sign them all? For that you would need — an autopen,” teased Offerman of Trump, who has frequently shamed his predecessor Joe Biden over his use of autopen despite his own (and other past presidents) using the device over the years.
Offerman later weighed in on plans for the U.S. Mint to produce a 24-karat gold coin with Trump on it.
“Wow, a coin with Donald Trump’s face. Finally, a way to lose the respect of a gumball machine,” he quipped.
Watch more of Offerman’s “In My Opinion” segment on “The Daily Show.”
