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Jon Stewart may be missing from late-night television these days but he weighed in on Donald Trump's highly-criticized Charlottesville reaction during a guest appearance at Dave Chappelle's stand-up show in New York City this week.

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00:00Jon Stewart has now weighed in on President Donald Trump's highly criticized reaction to

00:05Charlottesville. The former Daily Show host made his feelings known during a guest appearance

00:09at Dave Chappelle's stand-up show in New York City this week. New York Times culture reporter

00:13SoPan Deb was in the audience and transcribed Stewart's comments, sharing them on Twitter.

00:17According to the reporter, Stewart said,

00:20"...it wasn't so much that there were Nazis, it was really the reaction by certain presidents."

00:25The comedian reportedly exclaimed,

00:26He joked that America used to be with the Allied powers, but it seems like Trump signed a treaty

00:37that nobody knows about. Stewart continued,

00:40"...in the president's defense, he is a terrible person," adding that he doesn't think that

00:44every person who likes Trump is a Nazi, but everybody who is a Nazi sure does seem to like him.

00:49He went on to tell the story of how Trump tweeted about him four years ago and said,

00:53"...if Jon Stewart is so above it all and legit, why did he change his name from Jonathan Leibowitz?

00:58He should be proud of his heritage." Stewart told the crowd,

01:01"...basically, it goes back to an old white supremacist trope, which is Jews amongst us."

01:06He added that Trump was basically saying to people,

01:08"...just so you know, he's a Jew," and,

01:10"...signaling to the underworld that Jews are amongst us." The comedian added,

01:14"...honestly, if Jews controlled the media, why wasn't I on a network?"

01:17For more from Stewart's Thursday night stand-up set, check out THR.com and let us know your thoughts

01:22on Stewart's take in the comments. I'm Tiffany Taylor for The Hollywood Reporter News.

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