The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Between the Scenes - Trump's Most Powerful Tool Is Wielding Victimhood

Episode Date: October 31, 2018

Highlighting his rhetoric on refugees and the Brett Kavanaugh sexual misconduct allegations, Trevor explains how President Trump is a master of appropriating victimhood. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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you get your podcast. So this weekend was strange because you look at the events as they unfolded, you know the bombs were their own issue, you know, that culminated in, um, you know, the guy being arrested. And then you had the series of attacks that America is now dealing with, you know. And one of the hardest things to do, for myself as a human, and then for myself as a comedian, is to try and provide context and also, I think, some sensitivity when dealing with issues, you know, so the bombings are benign for me now because the person's been caught, it seems like, you know, it's under control, nobody was hurt. You know what I mean? Thank God. So that's that's done on that side. So I can make jokes about that.

When it comes to the other issues that we're going to tackle in the week and we wanted to look at, you look at the synagogue shooting that took place. And you look at the other shooting, again, by a right-wing conspiracy theorist who wanted to go in and shoot up a black church. And again, he couldn't get in because it turns out the door was locked to the church and unfortunately two young black people still lost their lives, you know, he wanted to kill somebody and he did. And these are all stories that you want to cover but you want to give them the right gravitas. You want to give them the right feeling, you want to give them the right context. You know, and so a lot of what we were planning to do this week has been affected by what has happened. And so what we're trying to do now is provide the context for what those stories mean and

how they affect where the conversation is going. Because there are three incidents that took place recently. And I don't think you have to be a rocket scientist to draw the lines between these people and the rhetoric that is being parroted by the President of the United States right now. You know? And I understand that we live in a very difficult time and space where, you know, we have to be careful to not jump and say, you made this happen, Donald Trump, but we can also live in a space where we say as humans, but as president,

we would hope that you would try to avoid or dissuade people from doing the same things. But if anything, it seems like his message post that has been, this is not my fault. I have nothing to do with any of this. And if anything, the media is to blame because they're the enemy of the people, they report certain stories that I don't believe are true and so they're at fault and his message really was we need to come together under my rules. That's what he preaches when he preaches unity, you know what I mean? Trump's not saying let's come together. He's like let's come together in the same way aliens come to earth and they're let's come together as the the same the same as the same as the same as the same as the same as the same as the same as the same as the same as the same as the same as we we the same as the same as we the same as the same as the same as we'll the same as we'll the same as we'll the same as we'll the same as the same as the same as the same as we'll is the same as we'll is their is. their is. their is. their is. the same as we'll is. the same as we'll is the same as we'll is the same as the same as the same as the same. the same. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the tea. teananan. tean. tean. tean. tean. tean. the tean. the tean. the the the the the the the the entire earth. That's the way they do it. You know what I mean? It's like we come in peace but with you it's war. It's like that type of thing. The Daily Show with Covernoa, Ears Edition. Watch the Daily Show weeknights at

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You'll be saying to yourself, TGID, thank God it's Thursday. We're going to be talking about all the things that hopefully obsess you in the same way that they obsess me. The election. Economics, earnings calls. What are they talking about on these earnings calls? We're going to be talking about ingredient to bread ratio on sandwiches. And I know that I listed that fourth, but in importance, it's probably second.

I know you have a lot of options as far as podcasts go, but how many of them come out on Thursday? I mean, talk about innovative. Listen to the weekly show with John Stewart, wherever you get your podcast.