“Daily Show” correspondent Desi Lydic on Wednesday clowned Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent after he defended President Donald Trump’s comments that children may just have to live with fewer dolls as a result of his tariffs.
Bessent — in a Fox News appearance on Tuesday — said he would reassure a little girl with two dolls instead of 30 that she’ll have a “better life” than her parents and will have “economic freedom” because of the president.
“Yes, if there’s one thing children love, it’s the concept of economic freedom,” Lydic quipped.
She added that it’s “very clear” that Bessent was never a little girl, as they would “never be on board” with affording fewer toys.
Lydic, doing an impression of a little girl, declared, “I don’t want that stuff, I want Barbies. You can’t make economic freedom scissor each other.”
She later identified the “one job” Bessent would be “even worse” at: impersonating Santa Claus.
Moments earlier, Lydic noted that Trump’s doll example wasn’t hypothetical. Mattel — the maker of Barbies and other popular toys — announced this week it would raise prices on select products to offset higher costs tied to Trump’s tariffs.
“Yes, they’re raising prices on Barbie, even she has to cut back. She had to move out of Barbie’s Dreamhouse and into Barbie’s dream studio apartment with two roommates,” Lydic quipped.
“Her pink convertible is now a 2007 Toyota Tercel, it’s very sad. Come on, don’t make Barbie tighten her belt even more, she only has a one-inch waist.”
Watch more of Lydic’s Wednesday monologue on “The Daily Show.”
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