The Daily Show: Ears Edition - MAGA Rages Over Missing Trump Phones & POTUS Heads to China with Elon and the Boys | Neil deGrasse Tyson

Episode Date: May 14, 2026

Jordan Klepper covers Trump calling a reporter a "dumb person" over questions about his ballooning ballroom project and dives into the president's CEO-spangled boys' trip to a major summit in China. Plus, while Trump is away overseas, MAGA pops off on Don Jr. and Eric’s Trump Mobile phone company for failing to fulfill its orders for roughly 600,000 people. The Constitution forbids Trump from being elected president again, but that hasn't stopped him from floating the idea with an endless stream of "jokes" about a 2028 run. Charlamagne Tha God looks at how Republicans are giving Trump cover by shrugging off his third-term talk as playful trolling, all while refusing to state whether they think he's bound by the 22nd Amendment. Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist and best-selling author, sits down with Jordan Klepper to discuss alien etiquette and his new book, "Take Me to Your Leader: Perspectives on Your First Alien Encounter." They talk about what the Pentagon files mean for the reality of UFOs, leaving flat-earthers at home for your first extraterrestrial encounter, what movies and pop culture are getting wrong about alien depictions, and whether intelligent alien life would be interested in meeting Donald Trump. -- The Daily Show airs weeknights at 11/10c on Comedy Central. Stream full episodes on Paramount+ Follow TDS: YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You're listening to Comedy Central. From the most trusted journalists at Comedy Central, it's America's only source for news. This is The Daily Show with your host, Jordan Clepper. What's what you talk about tonight. The 2028 election has given us deja vu. Maga bitches about their phone plan, and Trump's in China where he will definitely do the accent.

So, let's get right into our coverage of his international trip with another installment of Trump meets worlds. International humiliation, one after another. President Trump left for a major summit in China yesterday, where he's sure to discuss important topics such as trade deals, the war in Iran, and whether the Chinese can help get his fingers out of that pesky trap.

Honestly, this trip could not have come at a better time. Things have not been going great at home, and at a press conference, just before he left, you can see just how testy he's getting. So what happened is we have a ballroom that's under budget. It's going up right here. The price is double. I double the size of it, you dumb person.

You are not a smart person. Whoa, calm down, Mr. President. Go to your happy place. Well, not literally. That party's over and your wingman is MIA, but metaphorically. The point is, I think both Trump and us could benefit from this time apart.

I mean, nothing wrong with a little break. Get some distance, reset. You know what? You can take your boys with you. Making the trip with him, several of the nation's top CEOs, including Elon Musk, Tim Cook, and Jensen Wong, the head of Nvidia. That's your crew? Those are your boys? Not exactly the rat pack here, is this?

That's the kind of bachelor party that makes a stripper want to get her life back in order. In fact, you can tell that that was not a fun flight by watching Donald Trump walking down the staircase after he landed in Beijing. Look at that. That is a man who spent 19 hours sitting next to Elon Musk. Yeah, sure, yeah. All right, let's hear Grock do the Borat voice again.

Oh, yeah, all right, apartheid South Africa was very nice. Yeah. When do we land? Luckily, China was there to perk him up. though, with a Jennifer Hudson spirit tuttle of business casual children. That chance

translates to ballroom now, ballroom now. Ballroom now. And then, of course, Tim Cook got off the plane and was like, hey, you kids, get back to work, huh? I'm not paying you a nickel an hour to sing. Get back there. Anyway, you know what? I'm sure Trump will have a good time, and while he's gone,

Maybe we can have a little check-in back here at home. You know, I'm talking to you, Maga bass. Hey. Hey, Maga pals. What's up, guys? You know, there's a safe space. Donald's gone. It's just you and me, your old pal, Jordi Klep, you know?

Let's rap. Not in an urban way. Don't worry. So how are we feeling, you know, about everything? Hey, Trump supporter here. This goes out to Don Jr. and Eric. Where the f*** is my phone? Well, it's in your hands, sir.

That's how you're recording this, but maybe you're talking about the new Trump mobile phone that Don Jr. and Eric are backing. You must have ordered one of them. I ordered three, no, four gold Trump phones in the summer. Now we can't get any updates on them. Well, I stand corrected. It was full.

four phones from the world's top phone makers, uh, Eric and Don Jr. Look, look, for those of us who don't remember, last June, the Trump sons introduced the Trump mobile phone, which had one major selling point. You're gonna have, um, phones that are made right here in the United States of America.

We're gonna be building phones in America. That's about time we bring products back to our great country. Build for Americans, by Americans, by Americans. For Americans, buy Americans. Sort of like Fubu. For people who call the cops on people who wear Fubu. But still, a $500 phone made in America.

Say what you want about the Trump brothers. This is an incredible deal. And of course, the haters will say that you can't build a phone in America. That the only thing we make here anymore are nepo babies and look smacksers. And that this whole thing was just a scam aimed at anyone gullible enough to fall for it. But 600,000 people ignored the haters and put down a hundred buck deposit because they knew they would be proven right when those phones arrived in August. August came and went. September came and went. At one point, we were promised a November 13 date. Okay, fine, not August. Okay. But November's not bad either.

And then November came and win. December came and went. And here we are in May of 2026, and there appears to be no sign of it. Okay. Or December, January. We all know the names of months here, okay? So it's taken a long time. But so what? It's worth the wait to finally have a phone that's made in America.

USA! USA! The company's website states that the phone, which was originally advertised as being made in America, will now be designed with American values in mind. Mind. It's not as chantey as you'd like it to be.

Okay. All right, okay, so the phone went from made in America to designed with American values in mind. This reminds me of shopping for my kid's fruit snacks. Some are made with real fruit, and some are inspired by the idea of a strawberry. All right, fine, it's disappointing that they couldn't make it in America,

but hey, the important thing is that you're absolutely still getting a phone. The company behind Trump Mobile, quietly updating its pre-order terms, and conditions last month to clarify that it, quote, does not guarantee that a device will be produced or made available for purchase. Holy shit.

After people bought the phone, they changed the terms and conditions to say there might never be a phone. That feels less like a terms and conditions and more like a gotcha bitch. And no wonder the Maga bass is so upset. I mean, I'd be furious too. And the Trump sons must have heard the cries

from inside the F-150 because, Suddenly, the Trump phone is about to come out again. Some of President Trump's mobile phones should be shipped out this week. That's according to Trump Mobile CEO Pat O'Brien. This week, where on earth are they going to find 600,000 phones to ship? Oh, okay. Okay. That's why they brought all those people to China with them.

Now I get it. It comes down. Quick. Everyone, grab all the phones as you can. I would do it myself, but this thing is more complicated than I thought. Grab it. How do I do it? Look, I don't know if these phones are actually being shipped soon or ever,

but there is a way to describe the kind of person who put down $100 for a phone made by Eric Trump. But I don't really want to say it. You dumb person. Okay. He said it. not me. Still, I have to think that deep down,

some MAGA people have got to start feeling a little resentful for being constantly tricked and deceived by the family they seem to idolize, which is why they might appreciate the newest Trump product that will never let them down. Here at Trump Industries, we've come up with a lot of products

to separate our supporters from their money. Trump Bibles, Trump NFTs, Trump watches that are missing the letter T. And frankly, we're getting a little tired of coming up with ideas. That's why we're introducing our latest product, the Trump, give me $100. Here's how it works.

You give us $100. And that's it. Nice and simple. There's no product, no pre-orders, no supply chain problems. You want to see the supply chain? You take that $100, and it travels from your wallet to our wallet.

It's simple. And best of all, it's fast. The second you send us $100, You will have sent us $100. Some common questions you may have. Can I deduct this from my taxes? No, there is nothing in this for you. You're giving us $100 and you're losing $100.

Can I send $99? No. If we wanted $99, we would have called it the Trump. Give me $99. Don't be cute. Do you really think we'll fall for this? Absolutely. You'll do whatever we say.

Oink for me. You did it, didn't you? You dirty little piggy. And best of all, there's no. find print. There isn't even regular print. It's just me telling you right now, give us $100. The new Trump,

give me $100. Act now and will double your order to $200. You know what? Screw it. We're doubling anyway. Oinkoing. Studies show that other people also have opinions. So, here with another installment of, in my opinion,

is our good friend, Charlemagne the God. What's happening? The 2008 presidential races around the corner. Democratic candidates are getting ready to throw their hats into the ring. Gavin Newsom is hitting Costco for that industrial-sized hair gel. Kamala Harris is perfecting a two-year-old TikTok dance. John Federman is asking his friend George to tell him about the rabbits. And of course, Stephen A. Smith is just hoping people say his name on TV.

You're welcome, Stephen A. But on the Republican side, everyone is holding their breath to see if one candidate in particular is going to run again. Maybe we do one more term. Should we do one more term? Do one more term. Should I run again? You tell me, am I allowed to run again? Mike is a whole story about running for third term.

They do say there's a way you can do it. When I get out of office in, let's say, eight or nine years from now? You see the new hat? We have four more years. Trump, 2008. I have not been more angry about a hat since that Jack Harlow video. What the hell is going on here? He looks like if Che Guevara went to Morehouse.

Let's make this clear. Under the Constitution, Donald Trump cannot run for president again, all right? Putting something on the hat does not make it real, although just in case. But yeah, Trump wants to keep going for another eight or nine years, you know, just so he can see that four-week war with Iran all the way through. But hold on, maybe this isn't what it looks like. It was a joke and people need to take it as a joke. That was tongue-in-cheek, of course. He's just having fun with it.

You know, it's just having fun with it. It's very much a troll. Spoiler alert, he was joking. Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope. Jokes about abusing power. Don't hit his hard when you're actually abusing power, okay? It's like breaking out of whoopee cushion after you already shit your pants in the middle of a meeting. Nobody's in the mood to laugh, okay?

Even if Trump is kind of joking, he's doing it in a way that's becoming real. Like, you ever do a fun little bit for so long and it becomes a genuine part of your personality? like I would jokingly in every conversation with my 17-year-old daughter like, bye! And now it's the only way I can hang up the phone. That's essentially what's happening to Trump, except worse because he can't seem to say bye to the job. And no matter how many people say Trump is joking,

his actual judicial nominees, the people who would interpret the Constitution to see if he's allowed to pull this off, they're clearly taking it seriously. Mr. Mark, is President Trump eligible to run for president again in 2028? Senator, without considering all the facts and looking at everything, depending on what the situation is, this to me strikes more of a hypothetical.

Is he eligible to run for a third term under our Constitution? I would have to review... Anybody else brave enough to say that the Constitution of the United States prevents President Trump from seeking a third term? Anybody willing to apply the Constitution by its plain language in the 22nd Amendment? Nobody. All right, let's move on. Did you hear that side from Mr. Coons?

That was so long, the stenographer had to type out Sound of Soul, leaving Senator's body. Also, side note, this was confusing for me because Mr. Coons is actually my nickname for Clarence Thomas. Now, why would you have to say, you know, you have to review the 22nd Amendment? It's not complicated. No person shall be elected to the office.

to the president more than twice. Okay, done. I reviewed it for you. Five stars, great amendment, would recommend. But Trump's judges are treating the 22nd Amendment like Kevin Durant treats the hairbrush, just refusing. I mean, just refusing to acknowledge it exists. Like, come on.

Seriously, what's going on here, Kevin? You want to borrow a hat? And Trump obviously doesn't care what the Constitution says about running for a third term because no matter what the issue is, voting rights, birthright, citizenship, war, tariffs, Trump never cares about the Constitution. She says the Constitution gives me certain rights.

Gives me certain rights. And I demand that I be given these rights. Get the hell out. You do not feel like you need guardrails. No, I don't need guardrails. I don't want guardrails. Guard rails would hurt us. They say it's not constitutional, but I think it would be good.

Don't you need to uphold the Constitution of the United States as president? I don't know. You don't know? He doesn't know? upholding the Constitution was like 90% of your oath of office, okay? And the other 10% was your name. Trump's blatant disregard for the Constitution is the most disturbing thing I've ever seen. And I've seen Rachel Dozaw's only fans.

But you don't even need to hear any of that to know he plans to stay in office. All you need to hear is him talking about his big, beautiful ballroom. Do you seriously think he's building that for the next guy? You think he likes J.D. Vance that much? You think he's doing that level of solid for Marco Rubio? No. On January 20 of 2009, Trump is going to go into that ballroom with a stack of hustlers and a crate of Big Macs and lock the door from the inside. Okay?

But I'm not asking Trump not to run for a third term. Trump's going to trump. What I'm asking is for the Republican Party to be honest for once and tell us whether or not you want this man to be king. Okay? I'm tired of edging dictatorship. I'm getting red, white, and blue balls, people, okay? Waiting to find out if our democracy still matters. And do it soon, because right now, America is standing at a fork in the road,

and we need to know which path to choose, or if we just stick the fork in us because we're done. But, hey, that's just my opinion. Bye. Take me to your leader, perspectives on your first alien encounter. Please welcome Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Astrophysicist here in person. That is true.

That's how I think of myself. Yes. Man, it's, first of all, it's a big week in the world of what is beyond this universe. Every week is that, to me. You're always looking at the stars. Sometimes for fashion advice and sometimes just for career opportunities. I want to talk to you about these UFO files. From the Pentagon.

From the Pentagon. Yes. They came out. Nildegras Tyson. Did you look at him? Did you see anything of interest there? It's all of interest. Yeah.

But, but yeah, okay, yes. Okay, yes, I guess Pentagon files are all of interesting. Yeah, whatever comes out of Pentagon is always interesting. Yes. And it's an alien. There's a difference just to be clear between what was once secret and what you might otherwise call a cover-up. Obviously, the military keeps secrets. That's not something new or weird.

So many of these files were previously secret, and now they're released. And they pretty much match in spirit the testimonies we've seen in front of Congress from 2023 to 2020. three years of testimony, sworn testimony from insiders, whistleblowers, from intelligence agencies, from the military, basically telling us everything we see in these files. So I was not surprised by it. And if it's consistent with what human beings are telling you under oath, then there it is.

If people tell us under oath, they see things they don't understand. But then cheap documentaries will tell us, ooh, there's aliens out there. there. Yes, that's a leap at that part. That is a leap. Yeah, because if it's a UFO or UAP, as it has been rebranded. Which one do you go with? UFO or U.A.P? I'm an old school. A UFO. It's more fun. Yeah.

Unidentified anomalous phenomenon. Come on now. Hard to say. Yeah, yeah. And it's hard to say. Yeah. Right. So UFO. My issue has always been, if you don't know what it is, to you, it's a UFO. But if I know what it is, then it's an an IFO that's just get real here, okay? And I know a lot about the night sky and weather,

and clouds and all of this. And I've never seen anything I couldn't explain. But I don't want to deny that of other people. And in the old days, it was the farmer in the back 40 and something floating in the back, in the back, and they report it, or drunken revelers coming out of the bar. So it was easy to discount that. But with people of such high rank and privilege and access,

you can't just sweep it away. So I'm not sweeping it away. And in this book, it's a sense. celebration of how much time, energy, and creativity we've invested in thinking about aliens. There's a real human desire for that. Apparently. You mentioned in this book, you mentioned this book, though, it's an English-speaking phenomenon. Oh, yeah. So if you look at a map of the world of all reported UFO sightings, they concentrate in United States, Canada, UK, Australia, and New Zealand.

Is there anyone else who speaks English in the world? That's kind of it. So could it be just our potent pop culture where every other movie there's an alien portrayed, evil or otherwise? I don't know because our movies go worldwide. So there's something else going on. And I concluded the aliens only want to land

in English-speaking countries. I don't know. If you're going to watch one story, We have a pretty compelling one going on right now. It is. There's the answer. Maybe the aliens can't read subtitles. Is that what it is? So my point is, right now you go up to another person and say,

do you believe in aliens? But no one asks you, do you believe in whales? Well, I still haven't seen proof of it. What do you believe in elephants? You don't have to ask that because you've seen an elephant. You've seen a whale, if not beached or otherwise. Come to our museum. We got one hanging from the ceiling.

Okay. Museum of Natural History, New York City. Okay. Okay. People promote a lot of shit on the show. Yeah, yeah. I thought I slipped down in. I thought I slipped down in.

I'm going to look at it. So, of the Pentagon Files is, bring out the alien. Is that too much to ask? Let us see for ourselves. Bring it out. Then you don't need a two-hour documentary extolling the title and pedigree

of who is claiming a truth. You bring out the alien and then, hey, do you see that alien? That's cool. Okay. And then it's no longer do you believe in it. It's just there. Isn't that? And so in here, what I do is, in case there really is an alien

that they want to bring out, it's a primer on how to interact for your first time with an alien. Can I share a couple of things? Please. I don't know. You got time? I got time. What do you got time? Yes. I got time. I've interviewed another alien special exam. What do we need to know?

Yeah, you need to know. So, for example, if it comes up to you and there's some appendage there, don't grab it and shake it. No. Because you don't know what part of the alien anatomy that is. I don't think you want to know, okay? Or What a great way to make friends.

Let me say, if somebody grabbed me there now and a man who's been married for 12 years, I would take it, I would take it. Come on, Alien, just grab it. Give me some connection, please. Plus, what do you look like to them? Let's say you befriended them. And then after, you know, some hours go by,

you say, excuse me, you know, Mr. Alien, I have to lay down horizontally and go semi-comatose for one-third of Earth's rotation. They'll look at you like, what's wrong with you? What is this? You're not even responsive. You're mostly dead, okay? And so you don't know if they sleep,

because if they don't sleep, you sleeping is going to look really weird. So just be ready for that, okay? Little things. Like even eating probably looks strange. That could look strange. If they were plant-based, then eating would look really weird.

Because they just have to lay out in the sun to get their nourishment. So they were like, what are you putting in these weird holes that you have? Not only that, it's why you kill you. living things to put in your mouth. Oh, they're judgy?

I got your time. They have, like, the temperament of a vegan. Is that what you're telling you? No, it's worse. Oh, geez. Because even vegans, everything they put in their mouth was once alive. In fact, the two things that are expressly excluded

from the vegan diet did not require the death of another animal. It was milk and honey. That's even biblical. But you're not supposed to eat that. And I'm thinking, nothing had to die for you to eat the milk and honey. That's the best die.

at all. So if a plant-based animal comes, alien comes, you're safest, you say, I just eat milk and honey. You're not dangerous to their plant, brethren, in the world. Don't touch their cocks saying you eat milk and honey. That's not. That's what you said. The scientist

said it. I'm getting it. I'm getting. Anything else we need to know? That's it. That's got a cover, right? So you want to... Okay. Eve, the flat earthers at home. Really? You don't want them to meet the alien. You want to leave the best impression possible on them. And if they know you have flat earth friends, they're going to leave.

They're going to say, no sign of intelligent life here. And they go back to their home planet. So in the book, I have a whole chapter on how to befriend them with science and math. Because that's universal. The laws of physics on Earth are established across time and through space itself. And math is the language of the universe. and if the alien is going to come to earth and you're going to talk to it,

it better be in that language. Oh, Neil, I hard disagree on this one. That kid in middle school comes up and is like, I want to be friends. Let's talk math. I did not make friends with it. I think you talk classic rock with these guys, all right?

Well, you don't know if they have the same sensory exposure to the world that we do. Okay, so they might not understand music. They might not hear it at all. Uh-huh. There's a saying from Nietzsche, those who could not hear how does this quote go

those who were dancing were judged to be insane by those who could not hear the music oh so he didn't say it Nietzsche said I remember that he said it can I get some credit for that you didn't you memorized a Nietzsche thing

cool so in here so I celebrate so what I do is There's aliens in TV shows and movies and all of this. There's even an alien opera with the Globulinks. Did you hear about them? No, I don't know about this. Written in the 1960s. These Globillings come to terrorize this school of children,

and they pick the wrong school, because this is a musical school and all the children sing, and the Globblinks are completely irritated and allergic to melody. Is that a plot for opera or what? Yes, yes. Okay. So what I do. I explore all the ways we've imagined aliens to be

and compared it to what an alien could be like, just so that you can enjoy the conversation as all this unfolds while you're waiting for the actual alien to come forward. Here's what I'm curious about in this. You mentioned, too, the aliens that we've created in pop culture are somewhat of a reflection of us. Here it is, here it is.

The evil alien trope? Where did that come from? Who? What? Why? Okay, I think it started with War of the World, H.G. Wells. The Martians came, they didn't ask questions, they just slaughtered us all. Okay, and then that kept going in other stories. And so I thought about it. We don't have any actual knowledge of the conduct of aliens, but you know what we do?

We have actual knowledge of our own conduct with one another. And so anytime humans of higher technology have encountered civilizations with less technology, it has never boated well for the civilization with lower technology. They've been enslaved, killed, slaughtered. So we have seen the enemy, and it's ourselves. Oh, is that Nietzsche?

No. Foisted, and we have cast our own worst, light upon what could be completely innocent friendly aliens. Just trying to explore the galaxy. Now, I want to explore that a little bit more. I want to show you some aliens. I can get something behind the desk here. I got some aliens here, and I want your take on what it says about us.

But you have aliens? You have pictures of aliens. Pictures of aliens. To be clear. This man is knocking over boxes and tables looking for aliens everywhere. There's no aliens back here. You said I've got aliens here. Here's an alien.

All right. Oh. Baby Yoda. Baby Yoda. I see a cute, lovable, thoughtful mischievous. I don't want you to be prevented from entering Comic-Con. That's Grogu. That's Grogu.

Okay. I know his technical name is Grogu. Yes. Well, what's his name? Is your technical name Jordan? No, it's your real name. All right. So bring him back.

Yeah, but if I would look like an adorable baby Yoda, people would call me Baby Yoda. Or like Horsehead. I was called Horsehead for about four years of high school. I would still respond to it. Why the long face? Okay, leave it to me, all right. All right, here it is. Here it is.

So, we have furry, cuddly creatures on Earth. Yeah. With eyes and feet and mouth. And so, and with even ears that look like this. Yeah. So this is not creatively alien. And so I'm disappointed in this. You're disappointed?

Yes. Because this is too much of a reflection of what we already have. It's got two ears, two eyes and nose, mouth, arms, and legs. Okay. So it's kind of humanoid in that sense. Oh, do you give it pointy ears, and all of a sudden that's alien? No. Dogs have some...

Dober them and pictures have pointy ears after they trim them, but the pointy ears. All right? So, pointy ears alone, you've got to do better than that. Because on Earth, humans and bananas share 20% identical genes. And we're from the same planet. So if you come from another planet in a galaxy far away, then I'm going to expect you to look at. at least as different from humans,

as humans and bananas look from each other. So you're saying, this morning over breakfast. Wow. Okay. Give me another. Also, what a buzz killed at this morning over breakfast. I committed an act of cannibalism. Okay, here's one.

All right? How about this one? You had a banana for breakfast. The three-breasted woman from Total Recall. Okay. So, again, we think aliens, they just have another appendage or another. There's an old episode of the Twilight Zone

where there was a Venusian there who was working behind a counter and he was wearing a fez hat and at the end he lifts up the hat and the third eye in between. Ali and a third eye. But he's still got two eyes and nose and mouth and he's a short order cook at a freaking restaurant. So, so

I need, they gotta do better that Hollywood has to do better. Dale! Three tips! There's three breasts. You only have two hands. Did I say that? You heard it. Yet again with the Nietzsche.

I've got to tell you. Okay. You want a unique one. Okay, the alien from a rival. Oh, okay. That one was a septipoid. It had seven legs. Very octopus-like.

Yep. But my issue, I had two issues. One, this is an invertebrate creature. It's just sort of flesh. how is it building spaceships that cross the galaxy? How is it doing that? I don't know.

I'm just saying if you're squishy, how are you going to pick up a hand? Or screwdriver, what do you? You're just all squish. Yeah. So that's one. Second, it had like squid ink, and you remember it would paint a circle

on the other side of this transparent wall, possibly glass. And we would analyze that. And I say to myself, how do they know that they're seeing it correctly if it's drawn from the other side. They're actually looking at a mirror image

of what is being drawn from inside the glass. That was never addressed. And they're decoding it. Plus, I feel bad, but I said it. I tweeted when I saw this, that a physicist and a linguist investigate this. And I'm saying, no,

you need a cryptographer and an astrobiologist. Are they SAG eligible? No. And then I realized, Linguists never get into movies. Where astrophysicists are in all sci-fi movies. So I felt sad because I cashed on a whole profession

because they were very excited that one of their own got in there. Give the linguists a movie. All right, let me see. Oh, here's an alien. Can you explain this one to me? Oh! Do you remember men in black, they had the wall where they were tracking all the aliens on Earth?

Okay. And you recognize these people, but they all look just a little different. Yeah. It was like Michael Jackson was there. You know, when he turned white, after he turned white. Just everybody. So they were the aliens on Earth, just posing as humans until they would be discovered.

Do you see, if you look at the Trump administration, you see there's a chance. Well, I would prefer if he smiled every now and then, you know. Because I don't know. I like happiness. Yeah. He doesn't just expose happiness to you. It looks like he's angry. He does look angry.

And odd, because they're all in charge. If you're in charge, what could you be angry about? This brings up... That was not Nietzsche. This brings up, though, an interesting point. Your book, Take Me to Your Leader. Yes. An alien lands on Earth.

Yes. We say, take me to your leader. Is that the best idea? No, the alien says that to you. The alien says, take me to your leader. Yeah, so they would likely have received our radio signals, which move at the speed of light, not on purpose. They just leak from Earth.

And if they come tracking them, they're going to see. who everyone worships, and I think they're going to expect to meet Taylor Swift. I'm thinking. Or Oprah. There are people who are totally in charge of those airwaves, and so be ready for it to not be an elected official. It could be somebody they've seen on TV. It could be Dr. Phil.

But also, lately I've been thinking about democracies. We elect leaders. Well, if you elect someone based on your personal... preferences and priorities. Maybe we shouldn't call them leaders. Perhaps we should call them followers. Now they're not buying it. The book is a great read. I will read all the way through just in case they let. Do you know when they're coming these aliens?

I'm not authorized to comment further on that. Okay. You'll come back and talk when we do, right? Okay. When they land, you won't have to invite me back because you won't need to ask anyone ever more. Do you believe in aliens? Because at that point, we will know. We will know. We will know. Take me to your leaders available now.

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