These days conspiracy theories are a dime a dozen—but Trevor Noah’s got one for the ages. On Wednesday night the Daily Show host offered a grand theory of Donald Trump’s immigration policy—one that just might explain everything. “I think,” he said, “Donald Trump is trying to deport Melania.”

It’s no secret that a lot of Trump’s policies are hypocritical when his first lady’s own history is considered—but when you stack all the details together, Noah argued, it paints a particularly damning picture. “You might be asking, ‘Why would he want to deport his wife?’” Noah said. “I don’t know. But things haven’t exactly been perfect between them. First of all, it’s no secret that Melania barely spends any time at the White House. Secondly, when he tried to hold her hand in public, she tried to slap it away like a Slovenian Dikembe Mutombo.... And who knows? It may have even created some tension between them when Trump allegedly banged a porn star and paid her to be quiet and then the whole country found out about it!”

Either way, Noah said, all of Trump’s policies seem to be aimed at kicking his wife out of the U.S.

For instance: Trump complains about people who come to the United States “the wrong way and work in the country illegally.” Melania herself has described having a visa that would not have allowed her to work in the U.S. during the time she was modeling. Another favorite complaint of Trump’s, as Noah put it, is immigrants who get into the country by “claiming that they were special when in fact they were not.” At first, Noah said, he thought Trump’s target was people like software programmers from India—but Melania herself secured a so-called “Einstein visa.”

“Which seems strange,” Noah said. “Although I guess if you spend enough time standing next to Donald, anyone starts to look like Einstein.”

And finally, there’s one of Trump’s favorite immigration complaints: chain migration. “Yes, one of the things Donald Trump hates most about America’s immigration policy is that immigrants’ families can come live with them in the U.S.,” Noah said. The problem? Melania’s parents immigrated to the U.S. that way.

“So that’s what Donald Trump was trying to stop!” Noah said. “He was trying to turn his in-laws into outlaws. Which is super hardcore.”

This theory also explains Trump’s new policy, Noah argued—one mandating that immigrants who require government assistance might not be allowed to stay.

“Well, guess who lives in a free house provided by the United States?” Noah quipped. “Melania fucking Trump!”

“I see what you’re doing, Donald,” Noah continued. “And I’m not gonna let it happen. In fact, we’re not gonna let this thing happen. Daily Show fans, join me now. Help me get the word out by tweeting #DontDeportMelania. Because if this great immigrant is forced to leave this country, then the United States can never truly be best.”

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