Nick Offerman Was So Upset About This “Huge Mistake” Trump Made That He Stopped By “The Daily Show” To Give An Emotional Speech

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Nick Offerman has called out President Donald Trump after his “big, beautiful bill” — which he signed into law earlier this month — slashed hundreds of millions of dollars in funding to America’s national parks.

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“Let me get this straight, Mr. President. You cut $267 million to get back $90 million. Now, I’m no mathematician but I believe that’s called shitting the bed,” said Offerman in an appearance on Tuesday’s episode of The Daily Show.

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“But then again, I didn’t go to Wharton Business College.”

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The Parks & Recreation star — who portrayed libertarian official Ron Swanson — turned to several news reports detailing how America’s “pastoral gifts” are “under attack” as staffing levels have seen a notable dip across the National Park System since January, per the National Parks Conservation Association.

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One clip noted that park scientists, in some cases, have been forced to help clean toilets due to staffing shortages.

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Offerman — who quipped that the situation is like “Good Will Hunting but in reverse” — stressed that the cuts are a “huge mistake.”

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“No scientist has the strength to clean the skid marks of a man who’s been eating beans and campfire hot dogs for the past three days! They’re weak,” he joked.

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He went on to refer to Trump “shaking down foreigners” after he issued an executive order earlier this month that calls for foreign tourists to face higher park entry fees, a move that the administration expects to generate more than $90 million annually.

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After highlighting how national parks contributed a record $55.6 billion to the U.S. economy and supported over 415,000 jobs just two years ago, Offerman explained why the parks are a “true miracle.”

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“It is an affordable vacation that everyone can take inside our own borders, whether you’re traveling with your family or abandoning your constituents during a crisis,” quipped the actor as a photo of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) amid his Cancun controversy appeared on screen.

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Offerman, who recently revealed why Ron Swanson would’ve “despised” Trump, then mocked the president for speaking so “fondly” of national parks in years past.

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He turned to a 2020 clip of Trump who, when referencing sequoia trees at Yosemite National Park, appeared to pronounce the park’s name as “yo-semites.”