{"id":5061,"date":"2026-07-22T05:36:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T05:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=5061"},"modified":"2026-07-22T05:36:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T05:36:36","slug":"jon-stewart-loses-his-mind-after-spotting-a-backup-trump-behind-president-who-the-f-k-is-this-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=5061","title":{"rendered":"Jon Stewart loses his mind after spotting \u2018a backup Trump\u2019 behind president: &#8216;Who the f\u2013k is this guy?&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Lefty comedian Jon Stewart did a double take Monday after spotting a man with a striking resemblance to the commander-in-chief \u2013 whom he dubbed, \u201cback-up Trump\u201d \u2013 wandering near the president.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=5059\">Tom Brady\u2019s daughter looks just like ex-wife Gisele Bundchen in World Cup photo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Daily Show\u201d host zeroed in on the president\u2019s lookalike after playing a clip of Trump\u2019s remarks to reporters at Joint Base Andrews following the World Cup final in New Jersey.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The clip showed a man in a navy suit and blue tie, who appeared to be around the same age as Trump, and with a similar build and gait, wandering near Air Force One at the same time the president was addressing the media \u2013 which threw Stewart for a loop.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s up with the guy behind Trump? Can we see that again? Can you bring that out?\u201d Stewart said after playing the clip.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho the f\u2013k is this guy?\u201d the dumbstruck comedian exclaimed. \u201cWho in the world is it? Oh my God! Is that a back-up Trump?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stewart went on to jokingly suggest the mystery man may serve as Trump\u2019s body double.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWait, what? Wait, who? What? Is that a back-up Trump or is that Trump?\u201d he said. \u201cWait, is the one we\u2019ve been dealing with back-up Trump or is that Trump?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=5057\">Michael Goodwin: Mamdani and his DSA cronies are fueling a racial rift within the already fractured Dem party<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Trump doppelganger appears to be none other than his father-in-law, Viktor Knavs, who attended the World Cup final with the president and his daughter, first lady Melania Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Knavs would be an imperfect body double, as he is two years older than the president, has grayer hair and is quite a bit shorter than Trump \u2013 but from the camera angle Stewart used, they look eerily similar.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Body double conspiracy theories involving the Trump White House have been floated before.<\/p>\n<p>During the president\u2019s first term, baseless claims that Melania employed a body double flooded the internet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The #FakeMelania allegations even elicited an angry response from the president.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Fake News photoshopped pictures of Melania, then propelled conspiracy theories that it\u2019s actually not her by my side in Alabama and other places,\u201d Trump wrote on X in March 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=5055\">Mamdani admits he can\u2019t arrest Netanyahu \u2014 but rips him as \u2018war criminal\u2019 not welcome in NYC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are only getting more deranged with time!\u201d the president fumed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lefty comedian Jon Stewart did a double take Monday after spotting a man with a striking resemblance to the commander-in-chief \u2013 whom he dubbed, \u201cback-up Trump\u201d \u2013 wandering near the president.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5060,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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