This week has brought some good news and some bad news, as Jon Stewart recounted on a new episode of The Daily Show last night. The late-night host spent the majority of his monologue segment celebrating the news that President Bashar al-Assad’s government in Syria had fallen to rebel forces, who united from across the nation against the brutal dictator.

Stewart noted that while “we can often get cynical about the state of things in the world,” the reactions from Syria have offered another perspective. He showed images of Syrian people celebrating in the streets, calling it a “moment of pure, unalloyed joy.”

“You know it’s the real deal because they sealed it with the universal symbol of fallen dictatorships: the traditional toppling of the statues,” he added. “They pulled them down with rope. They toppled the horse one! They knocked over the one where Assad signaled field goal. They even paraded Assad’s head through the streets like a decapitated Charlie Brown in the Macy’s Day Parade.”

Later, Stewart moved on to Donald Trump, who is preparing for his second presidency with televised interviews and visits to Europe. Stewart referred to Trump as the “incoming United States president and, I’m assuming, future statue haver.” He added that Trump’s visit to Paris continued the “long American tradition of not waiting for the inauguration to become president and head overseas and meet with allies and remind everybody how fucking weird he is about shaking hands.”

Stewart also brought up the fact that Trump traveled to visit the opening of Notre Dame with First Lady Jill Biden, which he undermined by releasing a cologne “belittling and sexualizing the moment.” “You won!” Stewart replied, speaking directly to Trump. “You don’t have to push merch anymore. I find it hard to believe I’m saying this, but it’s beneath you.”

Elsewhere on The Daily Show, Stewart invited Ben Wikler, chair of the Wisconsin Democratic Party, to speak about the future of the Democrats following the election.