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Comedian Shocks With Controversial Jokes To American Troops In Qatar

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Photo Credit: Lisa Gansky from New York, NY, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Comedian Theo Von delivered a shocking comedy set Thursday at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, entertaining American troops during President Donald Trump’s tour of the region.

“We don’t care if you’re politically correct,” he told the crowd, before launching into a series of jokes targeting drugs, sexuality, and even their Qatari hosts.

“I feel like I’m guilty of something,” Von opened the surprise set. “I didn’t know I was going to be here either, promise you this is definitely court ordered.”

Von said Trump’s team contacted him unexpectedly to perform for the troops stationed in the country.

“Yeah, if you’re hiring me to over there and help with peace, than things are not good,” he said.

“I’m on TMZ right now having a bar fight in Nashville so I think you guys caught me on a tough week for peace, man.”

TMZ ran footage of Von confronting and shoving a man at a bar on Wednesday.

“I was in New York when I got the call, people are so mean in New York man I said hello to a guy, he said, ‘no,'” he said about the encounter.

Joking about the region’s heat, Von claimed he didn’t know who the U.S. was fighting in Qatar, but added, “I realized it’s pretty much dehydration, that’s the number one enemy.”

“I saw a lieutenant sergeant I did with pistol in his mouth, it was a water pistol, and he was shooting electrolytes right into himself,” he quipped.

The podcast host also cracked a joke about the United States’ interest in the oil-rich region.

“I don’t give a sh*t about the oil dude what about the sunblock how much for a barrel of crude sunblock,” he teed up before seguing into Trump-based humor.

“One of the most famous suntans in the world is here today, Donald Trump, oh yeah that dude’s got the best one,” Von lightly jabbed.

“He’s got a tone of his own, he sunbathes as a Sherwin Williams dude they tried to impeach him, he was like, ‘Impeach? I’m peach.'”

“If he hates those jokes, Tony Hinchcliffe wrote them,” he quipped.

The local culture became another comedic target. Qataris, Von joked, were indistinguishable to him because everyone is named Mohammed and dressed in identical robes. He likened the look to a “Ku Klux Sandsman.”

He claimed locals told him he could be gay in Qatar. “I’m not gay in my home country, I’m not going to fly across the whole world just to be gay, I’m not in the Navy,” he said in a jab at the military branch.

The comedian’s set took a controversial turn when he asked, “Where do you think the next 9/11 should happen?”

“Ok now I got your attention,” he said. “Look I know you guys are the ones that are here to stop it and I respect that but every now and then one might fall through the cracks.”

Von contemplated dark hypotheticals, proposing Gary, Indiana or Michigan before circling back to New York City.

“You don’t want somebody where it’s their first 9/11. You want someone who’s been through 9/11, you want someone who knows how to nine who knows how to 11 right?”

After pivoting away to his own hometown and relatively recently sobriety, he admitted to a cocaine habit that led to disturbing choices.

“I’ve done cocaine off a baby’s back I’m not proud of myself but welcome to Michigan dude,” he said. “I’m just huffing off this kid like I’m Joe Biden dude.”

Von’s connection with Trump began during the 2024 campaign, when he hosted the president on his podcast, “This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von,” connecting the then-Republican nominee with younger male voters.

“Dad, you’ve got to do an interview with a guy named Theo Von,” Trump recalled his son Barron saying. “I said, ‘Who the hell is Theo Von?’”

Trump’s appearance on Von’s show drew 16 million views. “We had a good time, right? A good time. We had like 270 million people that listened. So you know what? I think Barron was right. Thank you for being here, Theo.”

Von also attended Trump’s inauguration and appears close with the family. A photo of him dining in Miami with Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner went viral Wednesday. Ivanka posted, “Miami looked good on you @TheoVon! Come back and visit us soon!”

Trump’s own speech followed Von’s performance, where he told the troops, “I have nothing else to do, so let’s have a little fun.”

He covered a wide range of topics, floating plans for a military parade, claiming he won three presidential elections, and even joking about demands for another term.

He also mentioned recent efforts to streamline military leadership, saying, “we let a lot of four-stars go,” and called anyone who doubted his military decisions “freaking losers.”

He shouted out “Top Gun” star Tom Cruise during a story about a 2018 Iraq visit.

“Air Force One was waiting for us. The pilots — best-looking human beings I’ve ever seen, even better-looking than Tom Cruise and he’s a friend of mine,” Trump noted. “These guys were Central Casting and they could also fly.”

He closed his remarks with a dance to “YMCA,” his now-signature send-off.

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