On a recent episode of This Past Weekend, comedian Theo Von took time to address an Easter message posted by Donald Trump on Truth Social, calling the remarks inappropriate and deeply troubling.
During the podcast, Theo read aloud the Truth Social post, which stated: “Tuesday will be power plant day and bridge day all wrapped up in one in Iran. There will be nothing like it. Open the f**king strait, you crazy b**tards, or you’ll be living in h*ll. Just watch. Praise be to Allah, President Trump.”
Von responded immediately, expressing disbelief at the timing and tone of the message.
“I mean that’s just on Easter. That’s unbelievable,” he said. “You know when people are hoping for something new, literally on the day when people are hoping and are believing with their hearts as much as they can and are celebrating something new, a rebirth, a resurrection, a possibility. To write that is, it’s diabolical. It’s insa ne.”
From there, Von talked about the geopolitical situation, voicing concern about what he sees as a rapidly escalating pattern of conflict across the Middle East.
“I think my fear is that after Israel just moved from Gaza, then now it’s Lebanon and it’s Iran,” he said. “They’re on a time clock. And I don’t know why they’re on a time clock, but they’ve pressed the fast forward button on control at any cost.”
He also warned about the potential long-term consequences of modern warfare technologies, suggesting that tools used in foreign conflicts could eventually be deployed domestically.
“I think my biggest fear is that that stuff could come here,” Von said. “With the technology they used to m*rder, I mean it’s in Gaza. With the technology they’re using, they can, if they can instill that here, then we will be living under the watchful eye of like drones that could take you out if they don’t like something you write online. And that’s scary.”
Von then shifted his frustration toward the question of who ultimately benefits from military escalation, framing the issue through the lens of everyday Americans trying to support their families.
“What American is this helping besides the war, the industrial war complex?” he asked. “What guy who’s trying to take care of his family, or a single mother who’s a nurse who’s going to work and has to get home and get to her kids’ ball game and has to be both parents. What farmer is this helping? What regular person is this helping? I just don’t know. I don’t understand.”
He concluded the segment with a critique of the current leadership and the direction he believes the country is heading.
“That’s what our president’s up to and it’s baffling and it’s sick and it feels like he’s just been compromised by Israel, by this dark government over there,” he said. “It’s dark. Where do we get some leaders? I guess we start just by leading ourselves.”
