The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Jordan Klepper Follows Trump Supporters to January 6

Episode Date: August 3, 2023

Former President Donald Trump has been indicted for his efforts to overturn the 2020 Presidential election. And in his Into the MAGAverse special, Jordan Klepper reflects on his year of on-location coverage aimed at better understanding the MAGA movement that lead to January 6th.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hey everybody, John Stewart here. I am here to tell you about my new podcast, the weekly show. It's going to be coming out every Thursday. So exciting. 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. You're listening to Comedy Central. Hey, what's going on, everybody? Trevor Noah, here. During last year's presidential campaign, we sent our very own Jordan Klepper all around the country to attend as many Trump rallies as he could. And he did.

From Pennsylvania to Iowa, all the way to the capital riots on January 6th. Now that some time has passed we thought it would be a good idea for Jordan to look back at what he saw, catch up with the people he met and reflect on that year and its violent conclusion. So tonight we present to you Jordan Klepper's journey into the Magaverse. I'm Jordan. I'm Jordan Clepper and I'm back where it all began in the very same parking lot where I interviewed hundreds of fired up Trump supporters here in Herschellap. I'm back where it all began in the very same parking lot where I interviewed hundreds of fired up Trump supporters here in Hershey, Pennsylvania, or Lancaster, Pennsylvania, or

shit, this might be Jersey. The point is I've definitely been here before because I remember doing a badass hero shot over there, interviewing some women drinking wine at 10 in the morning and walking out of that cornfield like a boss. Although there's no more cornfield, so thanks a lot President Joe Biden. Last year I followed Trump supporters to his rallies from parking lots just like this one all the way to the steps of the Capitol, then I stopped because seditions not really my thing, I'm more of a jaywalking guy. But now that the election's over and the glass has been cleaned up from the Capitol, I wanted to look back and reflect on this past year and see how this led to this. Because ultimately they were about the same thing, a fervent devotion to Donald Trump

above everything else. And that's something I learned early on in my travels. The picture of Donald Trump that his supporters have in their heads is more flattering than, well, almost any picture of Donald Trump. But don't ask me, just ask them to describe Donald Trump. Trump. Trump. Trump is my hero president. Trump is kind of a force.

His aura came in the room before he did. Donald Trump is our first rock star superhero president. He's a very tall man, a little bit shorter than yourself. Very big man, nice big hands. He's a man for all the people, I think. He didn't need this job whatsoever either. The White House is honestly like a downgrade from his penthouse suite and everything. It feels like it's a downgrade for America too. He's just a peaceful person in general I think. And he puts those protesters done like that.

Yes. Which causes peace pretty quick. Yeah. He's got skin. He's got skin. He's got skin. He's about as thick as it gets. Who does? Donald, he's, he's mad if a celebrity makes fun of him on Twitter. Yeah. He's the real life Tony Stark, they should call him President Iron Men. Well, Tony Stark gave a shit about science. Uh, of course you can't be a true superhero without some tragic flaws. Sometimes I don't like what he tweets. I don't 100% agree with the way the way the way the way the way the way the way the way percent agree with the way the guy talks. Admittedly his personality is a bit rough around the edges. If he's doing a

good job, why can't you just vote for him? Yeah he's an ass sometimes. All right. We'll end on that last part. I think it's something we can all agree. No, he is an ass sometimes but that's him. That's him, right. that's him, right right him right him right thi thi thi thi thi right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. th thi. thi. thi. thi. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. th. th. th. th. the. the. the. the. t to. to. to. to. tee. to. the the the the the the the the the the the weather, not a looming impeachment trial, not a full-time job as leader of the free world, and definitely not COVID-19. Even at the height of the pandemic, the Trump rallies still drew a crowd because Trump rallies are worth it. Just ask anyone who isn't Herman Kane. Besides, there are simple effective health precautions that can limit risk at these events, like wearing a mask. But for many Trump rallygoers, this was a face diaper of oppression.

Trump is all about transparency. As you can see on the faces of his supporters. Trump is pretty jealous of these mouth breathers. Trump is all about transparency. I'm pretty jealous of these mouth breathers. Whenever they report it, they just talk about cases and death. They don't talk about recovery. They just tend to focus on the number.

Negative stuff. Yeah, the scary stuff. Too much focus on the number dead. Let's focus on the other uplifting stuff. Correct. I'm worried about COVID. Why no mask? Frankly, I forgot it in my car. Why aren't you worried about it in my car?

Why aren't you worried a mask? I mean, again, it's a personal choice, I think. If everybody was wearing them and everybody said put a mask on, I would respect everybody's wishes and put it on. We're not cheap. You're not cheap. But if everybody here was wearing masks. If everybody was wearing masks.

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some COVID hospitalizations, and some unpaid bills. So what happens when the president of 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 iffs the locals on an invoice. Just ask the mayor of Albuquerque, New Mexico, who's still looking for his money. Mr. Mayor, thank you for joining us. What happened with the city of Albuquerque and the Trump campaign? Trump came for it, and we decided to try to bill the campaign for it, and we have yet to just build a campaign for it, and we have

yet to get paid. So how much does Trump owe? $200,000, roughly. $200,000. That's it. He's into Deutsche Bank for $350 million. You think you're going to get your money from him? He doesn't even pay the IRS. the to get your money from their, their, and $, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and the, and the, and the, and the, and the, and the, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and.... the, the, the, the... the. the. the. the. the. to. the. the. to. the. the. to. the. the. the. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. half where we couldn't even function as a city. What have you tried to do to

get money back from Donald Trump? No phone calls have been returned. So we hired a collection agency. You actually hired a collections agency? He should be getting these annoying voicemails that like we get usually from scam companies where it's like you owe debts. I mean I think Marlago is now getting those calls. A collection agency for Donald Trump I feel like they could specialize predominantly in just Donald Trump claims. Like did you ask for a number 12? We know other cities just from news reports have also build the campaign. Yes the King of Debt is very good at staying on brand because he owes lots of cities money. Maybe you send a tough guy to go get money from him. Like you're the mayor of New Mexico,

you don't know Mike from Breaking Bad? I don't, but I haven't actually as a person, he's a great dude, and he really also loves Albuquerque. When people out there hear that a city that a city doesn't get $200,000, what would that money go? Really what happens it just goes into the general fund and we use it to operate the city. So please force or fire all of those services. Is it fair to say that Donald Trump has effectively defunded the police? I mean I knew it was happening somewhere in America. Apparently it's happening somewhat in Albuquerque. By that definition you could say that. Knowing that he owes $200,000 to Albuquerque might mean might th. It th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the th. th. the th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the the the th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. 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 the the the the the th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. t. t. t. ttoge. toge. toge. toge. toge. toge. thae. thae. tha. tha. th. th. th. Knowing that he owes $200,000 to Albuquerque might mean he'll never come to Albuquerque again and is that worth it? That's all right with us. We're totally fine with that. I got

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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. If there's one thing Trump supporters hate, it's fake news, which news sources do they trust. We used to like Fox, we don't like MSN We don't like MSNBC. We don't like CBS. We don't like any of the fake news channels because they lie all the tut. What happened to Fox? Was it their COVID coverage that turned you off? No. What about Hannity? I like Hannity? Tucker? So just two hours every day of Fox news, otherwise? the the th? the news? th. the th. th. th. th. the th. th. th. th. th. th. the th. thi? thi? thi? thi? thi? thi? thi? thi? thi. thi. thi. thi? thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. toe. toe. toea. toea. toea. toea. toea. toea. toea. toea. toea. tha. tha. tha. tha. Yes, absolutely. Will you accept Joe Biden as president of the United States on the 20th? No, I will not accept it already. No, I will not.

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Are the people I talk to real? Is what they say scripted? Do they agree to be interviewed? Was I ever close to getting my ass kicked? The answers are yes, no, sometimes, and oh boy, definitely. Here's a look behind the scenes at how the MAGA sausage got made. We're going to roll in, George. Should we get closer? Yeah, we're gonna... Here, this guy's got a loud, a loodd majority shirt on. They saw them at the front. Let's grab him. Did I see you at a rally in Hershey? No. You weren't in Hershey? No.

No. Is this your first rally?hey? No. You weren't in Hershey? No. Harrisburg? No. No. Is this your first rally? No? No? No? Starting to get deja vu. Finding the right person to interview is a subtle art. You surveyed the scene, looking for the perfect shirt, hat, sign, or you could just walk up to the lady with a megaphone. Are you going to interview? Yeah, guys. Here we go, here we guys. Trump train, true, tru, tru, tru. We're coming to a towe near you. Many people wonder if we get permission to film them,

and we do, which is apparently much harder than getting them to send surprise recurring donations to the Trump campaign. Before I show this, I just need a signature signature signature signature all right. I'm not doing it. Daily show with Trevor Noah. Are you Trevor? No. He's in New York. He's not it. This is Jordan. Tell me your name.

Just here. Just here. He's right. Yeah, perfect. Trevor Noah is the day. to their of release? You guys going to ask me a bunch of dumb trick questions and say there were 10 people here today? I want to know how many you think.

Sometimes these people are so enthusiastic, they don't even wait for their turn to talk. Oh yeah, this is a conspiracy against the United States. Thousands of people tried to murder people inside that very ridiculous. Sometimes the ridiculous lie. That's a ridiculous lie. Sometimes their anti-media anger is surprisingly personal. Hey, Clever, you're not funny. You're not funny. I don't know what the positions are on that, but I'm not funny. If Biden is legit, he would not fight a retrial.

Let's say I got some fancierge. You're a wuss. You're not a man of God. I have not. No, no, you're a wuss. Just like Trevor Noah. Aresoles. Aerosles. Whatever, no, thank you. We're gonna take a break after that. So they're a little bit upset.

They're a little bit upset here. You can tell. Peace, shit, peace, peace. Are you guys the liberal media? I have one word for you. You are controlled by the deep state. That's like four, five, six words, ten words. That's even two.

That's even two. But that's okay. Here's a moment when you might think the heated conversation is over. And at a MAGA rally, it rarely is. Fake news, you guys are pink news. You are green-washed by the cabal, and I have one word for you, thin' the tipa'-no'-a'-fahe, and I have one for you, two words. Go fuck yourself, Libremedia. No, f-fee-ssef yourself. You want a message? Go f-f-foo yourself.

Go fuck yourself. You're such a f-sett. Are you ready to fight for your presence? Good. Woo! You guys are little pieces of shit! All right. Where is it?

We are? We got fired. But every so o the anger, the vitriol and the combativeness melts away. And we have a conversation that you could almost call civil. I appreciate your questions. You weren't feeding me these leading questions that I appreciate. You get very genuine. And they were important questions too. I mean, a lot of people don't, they're not forced to answer these sorts of things.

Well, that's the part we're going to use. Obviously, I'm biased, but I'm trying to be more intellectually honest. I would say you're doing this all wrong. At this point, you're supposed to call me fake news and insult my testicles. There are some people in the news to gives, but I thoes, but I their their their their their their their their their their th, but I their th, but I th, but I th, but I th, but I th, but I tho, but I thoes, thothat. Hey everybody, John Stewart here. I am here to tell you about my new podcast, The Weekly Show, coming out every Thursday. We're going to be talking about the election, earnings calls. What are they talking about on these earnings calls? We're going to be talking about ingredient to bread ratio on sandwiches. I know you have a lot of options as far

as podcasts go, but how many of them come out on Thursday? Listen to the weekly show with John Stewart wherever you get your podcast. Donald Trump is more than a president. He's even more than a man. He's a brand. A brand associated with power, opulence, and the cuts of meat you find next to foot massagers at the sharper image. And no one loves the Trump brand more than his supporters. Every MAGA rally was a vast field of tasteful maga merch with bright colors and copyright violations as far as the eye could see. Here are just a few of my absolute faves. People say it's uncool to wear the merch of a band to their own concert. Well, those people have never been to a Trump rally.

You don't see a Buddha Judge RV like this. Even a Kia is tastefully adorned with like one bumper sticker. Is that a Trump hat on top of a cowboy hat? Yeah, it's actually my dad's hat. That's sort of like the turducken of patriotism. Has this impeachment been fair? Um, I think it's a joke. I just needed to build something as tough as Trump, so I made a Trumpinator.

So a ruthless, heartless, automaton has come from the future to destroy our hope? Is that what's going on here? But like any unlicensed merchandise merchandise, sometimes the official branding messages can get lost. Why are you here? Well, because two weeks ago, I had a dream, and in that dream, I was given this vision. This, you had a screen printing dream. Your dream told you that Trump is gonna win, and then Ivanka, and then Don Jr. and Eric. Tiffany is going to win in 2048 and then Baron.

Great. All right. But Baron only serves one turn. No, two terms. No, that's only one term. That's four years. Yeah, actually these are mostly one-term presidents. No, you're not reading it right, brother. No, I'm like 202, no, this is 24 to 28. That's four years. And then another four. No, no, no, that's the one-term. Ivanka, thiiii. thi' th. And th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi. th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi, thi, thi, thi, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. theeeea, that that that that, that, that, that, that, that, that, thi, Jr. one term. What's the date? Ivanka is 2024, 2028. That's eight years. That's four years. No, you have a four-year period year where somebody else gets elected. It doesn't say anything about re-elected.

It does. It says, has her getting elected in 2024 and 2028? Your math is wrong. And while these patriots love America, they do think that Old Glory could use a little jazzy note. It's not the size of the flag that matters. It's how many boats you get the electoral college system. It's not the stand on your flag. It's a big flag.

Not an American flag. The stars and stripes on a brother, just appreciated me. It feels like it's mostly Donald Trump obscuring. Still, appreciate if you don't stand up. Be honest, if anybody's disrespecting a flag, I think it's the 10-foot high Donald Trump. What is that? Is that Trump on a Confederate flag? That's Confederate flag, yeah. See that's that CNN? Dix she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she she's th. Cinks. Cinks. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. theea. thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. thea. thi. thi. tha.. Buddy, you don't know how to pick a winner.

You might as well put a Jets hat on. And the MAGA merch isn't just fun. It's functional, because on January 6th, it was a great way to identify all your fellow insurrectionists. I was worried that we were in trouble, but then I saw that we got the tyranny response team here and I feel a lot better. Thanks for all you do. Look into your f-h. Heart, okay? It's not a joke. Look, you make a good point, but you are wearing, you're wearing a one, a onesy that is a flag. I suppose if you bought all of these flags and all of these garments you got to do something like this I mean they've been prepping for this at least sartorial for years What was the mood at a tru. A. true.

their. What was the mood at a Trump rally? What was the feeling? Fun? Sure. Comrade? Yeah. What else? Oh, yeah, rage. I watched it simmer at these rallies for years. Then billed during the campaign, and I was there on January 6,

when it finally boiled over into the Capitol building. Here's what that awful day of insurrection looked like on the ground from the point of view of a guy who was just there to find some laughs. I'm here in the nation's capital. They're boarding up some of the buildings here and I overheard a man in fatigue say they're worried about Antifa. Yeah, that's who they're worried about man in military fatigues say they're worried about Antifa. Yeah, that's who they're worried about, man and military fatigues. Being on the ground on January 6th was really unnervy, from the very beginning. Even the night before the insurrection,

when we checked into our DC hotel, we knew this was different. We overheard wild conversations in the lobby, full of MAGA Faithful. Massless supporters claiming COVID stories of packed emergency rooms were lies, and they were all in fact empty. See, in a lot of cosplay here. There's military here, and then there's a lot of these people who are pretending to be military here.

You know how you know? Because they don't have badges. They just have notes from their wife that says you can go for the weekend and hang out with your friends but be back on time. My producer wanted to ease into the interviews after seeing the charged crowd full of Proud Boys, Oathkeepers, Q and the to'n't believers and anyone else willing to toss aside our democracy. It's getting a bit hectic there so I wanted to find some space. Luckily there is some here at the National museum the the the the the the the to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the to the the to be some to be some to be some to be some to be some to to to be some to to the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Then we spotted a group of Proud Boys appearing to leave the event, heading east toward

the capital, well before Trump finished his speech. Cowboys tighten it up! We found filming on the national mall was a safer, more effective way to get real conversations, for a while. Then we found a man acting unhinged with a pitch for. This is a warning! We can mobilize a million people to any city in this country now. Make no mistake, that's the situation.

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It's our house. Democracy should look more organized than what we're seeing right now. But we've been organized. You have to do something else because they don't do it properly. Go ahead. Go ahead. We play for the gate. It's withtrying to be sil- They don't do it properly. Go ahead.

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Let's go to the push through and now they're heading into the capital. No violence. No violence. No violence. Other than shoving that down and carrying pitchforks. There was a mix of the scary and the absurd, Maga in a nutshell. There were the scary... They don't hear our voices today, you'll hear our boskis tomorrow. There were the absurd. Can I ask you some questions? Are you afraid if you run out of

batteries for the last stand that you'll be thwarted? Uh-oh. Good luck. I hope you don't run into bumpy terrain or stairs. Personally I don't th th th th th th th th thi th th th thi th th thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi the the the the the their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their to to to their their their th. I'll th. I'll th. I'll tho-a thu-a tho-a tho-a tho-s to too-s. I'll toe. toge. toge. toge. toge. today today today today toe toe toe. to to to tho' to to the. thwarted. Good luck. I hope you don't run into bumpy terrain or stairs. Personally, I don't think I'll ever forget talking to a man on a segue who is attempting to topple the greatest democracy on earth. The Democrat Party, progressive socialist Marxists, pose a far greater threat to this nation than any person on the battlefield. We looked around and we were shocked, but not surprised. The last 14 months tipped it pretty good. The total distrust of facts and information, their cult-like devotion, not to their country or ideals,

but to a person. Of course, they weretime to leave the way. And we knew it was time to leave. We continued listening to the escalating insurrection unfold in the only place a comedy show should, from the quiet car of an Acella rushing back to New York City. Of course, as we all know, the insurrection failed. Trump left office and the MAGA supporters who aren't awaiting trial have returned to their hometowns and their old lives. But before I walked away from this story, I wanted to connect one more time with a Trump rallygoer.

One-on-one, away from the cameras and insults and sense of impending doom. So I caught up with Edward the debt collector to hear what he's up to. I've talked to hundreds or what feels like thousands of Trump supporters and there've been a few folks who truly stand out like Edward. I'm literally making four times as much as I was making when Obama was president. What do you do? I work for a debt relief company. Yeah, it's good to be a white debt relief collector. Besides being first at line at the Harrisburg PA rally. P P P P P P P P. P. the the th. P. P. the th. the th. P. A p. A p. A th. A th. A th. A th. A th. A th. A th. A th. A th. A th. A th. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. A. I's th. I's th. I's th. I's th. I's th. I's th. I's th. I's th. I's th. I's th. I's th. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I'm. A. t. A. A. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. th. th. th. th.'s good to be a white debt relief collector. Besides being first at line at the Harrisburg PA rally, he spent the better part of last year at rallies, on the local news, and in the papers, preaching the Maga Gospel. I truly believe that Donald Trump was sent by God. I wanted to see if the ultimate rally head had any misgivings post January 6,

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And at one of the rallies, I figure which one it was, I was near the front, and he pointed me on. And he said, there's that guy. There's that guy. That's how he talks to his children. He said, I said, I see this guys. MAGA crew, people you run into the rally? I've developed some lifelong friendships with the MAGA crew. What's the MAGA crew up to now? Avoiding subpoenas?

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I can sell it. But we had a wild time the first two. We didn't cause any trouble. We had a lot of fun. So that when a president stands up and says, you need to fight for me, that might literally go and fight? We're playing semantic games now. You went there with the complete intention to disregard what Donald Trump said. Yes. Whoever went into the Capitol building, these were not Trump fans because nobody would have walked out in a speech. They broke in, he was still speaking for half an hour. Who were those people? Well, you know, I've heard news reports, one of them was an integral member of Antifa or whatever happened on January 6th, they, meaning the people who don't like President Trump, the Democrats, that Nancy Pelosi allowed this to happen. They were trying to kill Nancy Pelosi. Was she saying, bring it up? Let me tell you, some of them I

think maybe you're being unfairly persecuted. Really? Yeah, the FBI came to my house after the rally. Well, at least they're doing their job. It gives me a little bit of hope. Did you flip on anybody? I'll flip on anybody. I'll flip on anybody. Did you turn somebody in?

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but he has a lot like Mel Gibson. All right. Can we agree on that? I'll give you that. I knew we'd find some common ground. I guess some ground is better than no ground. So, that's it. The Maga rally journey is over. And President Trump's ending is not unlike that of the ancient King Asimandius.

His wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command, looking across this vast emptiness that was once his empire. Look on his works, ye mighty and despair! Anyway, I'm just going to stay here so I can be first in line when the rally start up again in 2023 or when Don Jr. runs in 28. I'll always be here I guess. This is my life now! Ha ha! Ha! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Ha ha ha ha ha!

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