Trevor Noah did a deep dive into the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Tuesday evening, and praised the mettle of the Ukrainian resistance that has reportedly surprised and stymied the Russian military. “Everyone around the world has been inspired by the resistance that they’ve put up so far, and their ability to tell Russia to go fuck itself in so many different ways,” the Daily Show host explained.
“Despite the overwhelming odds, you have to respect the fight, man!” he continued following several defiant, profanity-filled clips of Ukrainian civilians. “You have to respect the fight that the Ukrainian people are putting up. Civilians are grabbing shotguns. Farmers are towing tanks. Like, one thing we’re learning from this war is if you’re going to invade a country, maybe don’t pick the one where the grandmas don’t know how to turn their knitting into a firebomb. “But as brave as these people are, everyone is still terrified about the potential outcome of this war,” he added. “And that’s mainly because the madman who has launched it is really, really, really unpredictable.”
Trevor Noah pointed to intelligence reports that Vladimir Putin is isolated both socially and geographically, that the only people talking to him are sycophants feeding his resentments, and that he grown increasingly hostile and frustrated. The reports mark a departure from Putin’s usual emotionless stance, what Noah described as a “weird combination of being super calm and super dangerous” and compared to a “cobra who took too many edibles”. “It makes complete sense that he’s lashing out now,” Noah remarked. “Remember this: Vladimir Putin doesn’t know what it’s like to lose. He wins every re-election without campaigning. He wins judo matches against world champions. Now suddenly he’s having trouble beating a country that’s a fraction the size of his? No wonder he’s mad.”
