Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez may not be very popular in Spain or Europe as a whole, but luckily for him, there’s always the American media for him to run to for his daily affirmations. While in town for the U.N. General Assembly, Sanchez sat down with Comedy Central’s The Weekly Show podcast host, Jon Stewart, on Wednesday to join him in mocking President Trump’s speech.
Stewart began by wondering, “Were you there? Were you in the General Assembly when President Trump gave his address? Were you able to hear it? How was it—did you get a sense of how it was received by the assembly at large?”
Sanchez began by sounding like he was auditioning for MS NOW, “Well I think it was a very, as usual, a very ideological speech. Not backed—supported by facts and data.”
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As Stewart laughed, Sanchez continued, “So, somehow when he speaks about climate change or the war in Iran, all the things that are going on in the Middle East, you know, his political positions are not, let's say, largely supported by many countries worldwide.”
The American media often likes to paint American foreign policy in the Trump era as Trump versus our allies, but Sanchez proves that is way too simplistic. Even America’s other European allies can’t stand the man, but given that Sanchez fancies himself as the West’s most vocal anti-Iran War and anti-Israel leader, the American media ignores all that and keeps trying to turn him into the global leader of the anti-Trump resistance.
The media includes comedians like Stewart, who followed up by asking, “That is a very tactful way of putting it, sir. We have difficulty dealing with his inability to speak in facts. And we're not sure—and I always wonder, leaders around the world, is their eye rolling that goes on. Does he speak that way when he speaks to you guys individually? Is he—or is that a performance that doesn't seem to match what he's like behind the scenes?”
Perhaps given his lack of cooperation on Iran and refusal to join the real world and join other NATO allies in raising defense spending, Sanchez and Trump haven’t had a one-on-one conversation. Sanchez alluded to that when he responded, “I haven’t got the opportunity to have a, let's say, a private meeting about—actual meeting with President Trump yet. But, of course we have the opportunity to meet in, in different forums and formats: the NATO summit and others. And yeah, well, he has this way of expressing his ideas and, of course, as I said earlier, very ideological. And, somehow, you know, when you are president or prime minister, of course, you have your ideology, but also, you know, you try to convince them to represent more people, your country, you know.”
Stewart marveled, “You try to base your argument in things that have actually happened. Interesting.”
Sanchez agreed and lamented Trump is not an eco-warrior, “It will be the, yeah. So he speaks about climate change, and he denies the climate change. So it's denying the scientists and datas and, of course, not only, scientific data, but also the daily life of many citizens around the world, also here in the United States. So, only know what I'm trying to say is that even when you speak about if it’s worth or not for our societies to make this a green transition towards the renewables, I always say that in Spain, at least, our data, our experience shows that is worth for the pockets of households to go for this green transition.”
It would be better for everyone involved if Sanchez were to focus on his own domestic unpopularity due to his scandal-plagued socialist government rather than chumming it up with an American liberal comedian who just wants foreign leaders to validate his anti-Trump feelings.
Here is a transcript for the September 23 show:
Comedy Central The Weekly Show
9/23/2026
JON STEWART: Were you there? Were you in the General Assembly when President Trump gave his address?
PEDRO SANCHEZ: Yes.
STEWART: Were you able to hear it?
SANCHEZ: Yes.
STEWART: How was it—did you get a sense of how it was received by the assembly at large?
SANCHEZ: Well I think it was a very, as usual, a very ideological speech. Not backed—supported by facts and data. So, somehow when he speaks about climate change or the war in Iran, all the things that are going on in the Middle East, you know, his political positions are not, let's say, largely supported by many countries worldwide.
STEWART: That is a very tactful way of putting it, sir. We have difficulty dealing with his inability to speak in facts. And we're not sure—and I always wonder, leaders around the world, is their eye rolling that goes on. Does he speak that way when he speaks to you guys individually? Is he—or is that a performance that doesn't seem to match what he's like behind the scenes?
SANCHEZ: I haven’t got the opportunity to have a, let's say, a private meeting about—actual meeting with President Trump yet. But, of course we have the opportunity to meet in, in different forums and formats: the NATO summit and others. And yeah, well, he has this way of expressing his ideas and, of course, as I said earlier, very ideological. And, somehow, you know, when you are president or prime minister, of course, you have your ideology, but also, you know, you try to convince them to represent more people, your country, you know.
STEWART: You try to base your argument in things that have actually happened.
SANCHEZ: Exactly, exactly.
STEWART: Interesting.
SANCHEZ: It will be the, yeah. So he speaks about climate change, and he denies the climate change. So it's denying the scientists and datas and, of course, not only, scientific data, but also the daily life of many citizens around the world, also here in the United States. So, only know what I'm trying to say is that even when you speak about if it’s worth or not for our societies to make this a green transition towards the renewables, I always say that in Spain, at least, our data, our experience shows that is worth for the pockets of households to go for this green transition.
