Nobel prize winner says US institutions have collapsed much quicker than expected under the Trump administration
Speaking to Jon Stewart on the satirical news programme The Daily Show, the journalist and author of How to Stand Up to a Dictator said the speed at which Donald Trump had “collapsed” US institutions happened much faster than she anticipated.
She drew comparisons between the Trump administration and the government of the former president Rodrigo Duterte in her home country of the Philippines, saying: “If you don’t move and protect the rights you have, you lose them. And it’s so much harder to reclaim them.”
Stewart left The Daily Show in 2015 but returned part-time in 2024. He continues to host the show one night a week.
Ressa was speaking to Stewart a day after Kimmel was suspended by ABC for comments the late-night host made in relation to the Maga reaction to Charlie Kirk’s killing.
Before news of the suspension was made public, Kimmel, who has been a long-term antagonist of the president, had been chastised by the chair of the US media regulator, who appeared on a rightwing podcast and threatened ABC affiliates’ broadcast licences if action was not taken against the host.
