Jon repeats Prez props

WASHINGTON — Jon Stewart, no fan of President Trump, on Sunday stuck by his praise for the Trump administration’s handling of the cash-strapped program that aids ill and dying 9/11 responders.

“The Trump Justice Department is doing a good job running the Sept. 11 Victim Compensation Fund,” Stewart told the Daily News.

Stewart spoke after Trump on Sunday night retweeted a supporter’s post of video showing Stewart praising the Justice Department’s handing of the fund.

In testimony to Congress on Monday, Stewart (inset) — normally a harsh Trump critic — offered kind words for the Justice Department’s stewardship of the 9/11 program.

“The claims are moving through faster, and the awards are coming through,” Stewart said.

As Stewart spoke, Trump was aboard Air Force One on his way to Vietnam for a summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un. Evidently, it took Trump until Sunday night to catch up with Stewart’s praise.

Now Stewart would like to see just a little more out of the Tweeter-in-Chief — he wants the President’s support for a bill that will renew and add new money to the 9/11 fund, which is running low on cash.

The biggest obstacle the new bill faces is the GOP-controlled Senate, where only three Republicans have backed the bill so far. Trump could sway enough of his party to guarantee the bill passes sooner rather than later, before payments start getting cut.

“I am hoping that President Trump and his administration can support the bipartisan legislation that would fully fund and extend the VCF and allow it to continue compensating injured and ill 9/11 responders and survivors,” Stewart told The News. “They need it and deserve it.”

Victim Compensation Fund Special Master Rupa Bhattacharyya announced last month that $5 billion of the $7.4 billion fund has already been paid out. Claims that are pending now will be cut by 50%. Claims that came in after Feb. 1 will be cut 70%. After 2020, the fund will close unless it is renewed by Congress.