"Daily Show" host and comedian Trevor Noah devised a viral conspiracy theory that President Donald Trump is targeting First Lady Melania Trump with his immigration policies.
"Now you might be asking, why would he want to deport his wife? I don't know, but things haven't exactly been perfect between them," Noah said. "First of all, it's no secret that Melania barely spends any time at the White House. Secondly, when he tried to hold her hand in public, she tried to slap it away like a Slovenian Dikembe Mutombo."
Noah argued during his Wednesday night show that Trump must be targeting the first lady because he's cracking down on immigrants who've illegally worked in the country, those who've sponsored family members for US citizenship (also known as "chain migration"), and those who may require government assistance. Noah claimed the first lady is guilty of all three offenses.
Noah laid into the first lady for sponsoring her parents' for US citizenship, for her allegedly "shady visa history," and over her use of taxpayer-funded housing.
"Yes, one of the things Donald Trump hates most about America's immigration policy is that immigrants' families can come live with them in the U.S.," Noah said. "The problem? Melania's parents immigrated to the US that way."
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The Trump administration's latest policy seeks to restrict low-income people, who might become a so-called "public charge," from emigrating to the country.
"Well guess who lives in a free house provided by the United States? Melania Motherfucking Trump!" he joked.
He concluded by asking his audience to tweet the hashtag, #DontDeportMelania.
"If this great immigrant is forced to leave this country then the United States can never truly be best," he said, poking fun at the first lady's anti-bullying campaign.
Is Donald Trump trying to deport Melania? #DontDeportMelania pic.twitter.com/aWoNOErfbV
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