Jon Stewart has declared his hopes of staying on as host of The Daily Show after his current contract with the late-night show expires in December, even as others making fun of Donald Trump are suspended or fired.

The 62-year-old was discussing his future at Comedy Central, which is owned by the newly-merged Paramount Skydance Corporation.

Since Stewart announced his contract extension last year, Paramount has axed CBS’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, shortly after the talk show host had called out Paramount’s $16 million settlement with Donald Trump over editing in a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris that upset him.

Colbert called the settlement a “big fat bribe” ahead of Paramount’s merger with Skydance, which had to be approved by the Trump administration and the FCC.

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