Donald Trump and Jon Stewart accuse each other of property fraud

Donald Trump and Jon Stewart, the American satirist, have renewed their long-running war of words with a squabble over inflated New York property values.

Stewart launched the first salvo in a Daily Show segment about Trump’s $454 million New York civil fraud judgment for inflating the value of his real estate holdings to get better terms on loans and insurance. The former president’s bond was lowered to $175 million this week while he appeals.

Stewart criticised Trump for describing the judgment as “appalling” and “un-American”. He pilloried the assertion that it had been a “victimless crime” and said Trump’s alleged behaviour had encouraged the financial system to become “incentivised for corruption”.

Trump used his Truth Social platform to share a story from the New York Post that said Stewart had sold a property at an inflated price

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Trump responded — though without direct comment — via his Truth Social platform on