The Daily Show: Ears Edition - This Week's Top Stories - Trump's Taxes, Amy Coney Barrett's Nomination & A Nightmarish Debate

Episode Date: October 3, 2020

The New York Times details President Trump's tax avoidance, Trump nominates Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, and the president refuses to condemn white supremacists. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Donald Trump has refused to show the public his tax returns. And now, we might finally know why. Breaking News, tax bombshell. The New York Times gets its hands on President Trump's taxes, showing staggering business losses, crushing personal debt, and a tax bill that's just a fraction of what most hard-working Americans have to pay. This morning the New York Times reporting that President Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes the year he won the White House and the same amount his first year in office. On top of

that the paper says that of the 18 years they examined he paid no federal income tax in 11 of them. Whoa, hold on. Hold on. Hold the president. The president. The president. The president. The president. The president. The president. The president the president the president the president the president the president the president the president the president. The president. The president. The president. The president. The president. The president. The president. The president. The president. The president. The president. The president. The president. The president. The president. The president. The the president. The the president. The the president 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 paper. The paper. 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. the the the the the president the president the president the president the president of the president of the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the tax in 11 of them. Whoa, hold on, hold on. The president of the country almost never pays taxes, and when he does, he only pays $750. Yo, that shit pisses me off. Because Trump is always out there like, we're building back our military. We, no, mother fucker, we're building back the military. You didn't pay for shit. If you didn't chip in, you don't get to put your name on the card. And just for those keeping score, Trump paid $750 in taxes and $130,000 to a porn star, which means if the IRS wants to get money from Trump, you guys know what you've got to do it.

And this story didn't just expose how little Trump has paid in taxes over the years. It also revealed some of the accounting tricks that he used to do it. The paper also accuses the president and his companies of claiming questionable deductions. The article reveals that among the write-offs Trump has taken over the years are more than $70,000 for hair cuts while on the apprentice. Nearly $96,000 paid for Ivanka Trump's favorite hair and makeup artist, and approximately $2 million for Trump and Donald Trump Jr's legal defense for the Russia inquiry. He also wrote off more than $109,000 for linens in silverware and nearly $200,000 for landscaping at Marilago. Trump reportedly racked up $26 million in quote, unexplained consulting fees. The Times finding that Ivanka Trump was the recipient of some of those payments, which would

raise flags because she was also an employee of the Trump organization. Okay, first of all, you're not supposed to pay an employee a consulting fee. But also for Trump, there's a cruel irony that the one payment to a woman that might actually get him in legal trouble was to the one woman he can't sleep with. And the craziest thing to me is that he took a $70,000 deduction on his hair. Because to me, now it looks like two crimes might have been committed here. One is Trump's tax evasion, and two is whoever other hand, though, $70,000 for Trump's hair might actually make sense, because whoever did that

needed to bend the law of physics, and I'm pretty sure that ain't cheap. And if you ask me, the worst part of the story for Donald Trump, isn't that he got out of paying taxes, because, I mean, letaires paying their fair share of taxes is like someone going to a pumpkin patch and not Instagramming it. It doesn't happen. But what the story exposes isn't just that Trump is bad at paying taxes, it's that he's even worse at business.

The investigation paints the picture of a businessman whose empire is seriously struggling. According to the times, most of the president's core businesses, including his golf courses and hotel, just blocks from the White House, report losing millions, if not tens of millions, year after year. The time says documents show the president reported more than 47 million dollars in losses in 2018 alone. And he faces a personal debt totaling $421 million, money that could come do while he's in office if he's elected to a second term. Okay, can I just say if you decided to lend $400 million to Donald Trump, that's on you.

Yeah, I hope he doesn't pay you back because you are the one person on earth worse with money than he is. But just take a second to think about what all this means. If Donald Trump does win a second term, his creditors will come asking for their $400 million while he is still president. I don't know about you, but that has me worried. Because I don't want the president's decisions for the country getting influenced by his deep financial troubles. And also, because there's a good chance that Trump is going to pay off his debt by selling off American treasures. How much will you guys give me for the Grand Canyon? It's a priceless testament to nature's majesty. I'll let you have it for 400 bucks.

350, deal. I gotta say, guys. After reading this story in the New York Times and learning this about Trump, everything makes so much sense now. Like this tax story is the Rosetta Stone that helps us figure everything out. Trump doesn't actually want to be president. He just really needs that secret service protection.

Shit, if I had $400 million in loans coming due, I'd also be trying to cancel the election. It also explains why Melania isn't leaving Trump. I mean, if she divorces him, she gets half of the $400 million in debt. I also now get why Trump was rooting for Bernie Sanders so hard. He wanted him to win so that the government would bail him out. I mean, it all makes sense now, people. It even explains why Trump has been destroying the post office.

Good luck collecting your money when you can't mail him a bail. Either way, people, America's president is in big trouble. He has a mountain of debt, and his thi and his thi and his thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, toe, toe, toe, toe, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, toe, toe, toe, toe, toe, toe, toe, toe, toe, th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. the, the, the.a.a.a. toe. toe. toe. toe.a. toe.a. toe. toe. toe.a, toe.a, trouble. He has a mountain of debt and his businesses are failing, which is why Africans have come together to try and help out those most in need. Hello, I am here with a message for my fellow Africans. Over the years, America has given us so much help, but now there is an American who needs our help. The President of the United States is in deep death. He is so poor, he has to eat out of buckets.

He cannot afford to educate his children, and now they are so stupid. And every day he struggles to drink water. But for just the price of a cup of coffee a day, you can help the President go from being in enormous debt to being in just a lot of debt. And if you donate today, you will get a personal letter from the President you have. But please hurry. He is so man-noucest he has begun

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Listen to 60 Minutes, a second look, starting September 17th, wherever you get your podcasts. The Supreme Court. The only people who have more control over your life than Jeff Bezos. For decades now, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was the cornerstone of the court's liberal block. But over the weekend, Donald Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett as her replacement. And it looks like having three names is the only thing she and her predecessor have in common. 37 days out from election day, the president selecting Judge Amy Coney Barrett to fill the seat vacated by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. At the age, the the the the the the the the the 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, the, was the, th, th, was th, was th. tho, was tho, was tho, was tho, was, was, was, was, was, th. th. th. th. th. th. th, th, th, th, th, th, th. th, th, th. th, th, th, th. th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, the, the, the, the, the, the, the. thean, thean, thean, thean, thean, thean, thean, thean, the. the. And, the, the president selecting Judge Amy Coney Barrett to fill the seat vacated by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

At age 48, Amy Coney Barrett would become the youngest member of the Supreme Court, a native of New Orleans, she went to college in Tennessee and graduated from law school at Notre Dame where she taught law for 15 years and is a devout Catholic. Barrett, a former clerk for Justice Antonin and Scalia could reshape the court for decades to come, pushing it further to the right. In 2003, she suggested that a key Supreme Court decision upholding Roe v. Wade and a right to abortion was wrongly decided. If she's confirmed, the court would be more likely to uphold efforts by the states to restrict access to abortion, and the court would probably be more likely to broaden the reach of gun rights. If she's confirmed by the time the Supreme Court hears a make-or-break challenge to

Obamacare in mid-November, she might be inclined to rule for the Red State challenging the law. She's been critical of the court's 2012 ruling upholding it. That's right, people. Trump's nominee to replace RBG could help overturn Roe v. Wade, kill Obamacare, and expand gun rights. So that means someday in the future a fetus can shoot you and you won't have insurance to pay the hospital bills. This is like Mike Pence's wet dream if he was allowed to have them, of course. And what's really shocking about these issues is how out of touch the Supreme Court could be from the country at large. I mean, 63% of Americans want Rovee to to the to to to to to their to to to to their to st st st st ste to ste to steter to stiiuiuiuiuiui. th. th. th. large. I mean, 63% of Americans want Roe v. Wade kept in place.

56% support Obamacare, and 64% support stricter gun laws. I guess this is what the founding fathers always wanted, you know, a branch of government that would act like an evil stepparent for the rest of the country. Please, ma'am, may I have some health care? No, now go to your room and play with your AR 15. And those are just some of the issues she'll rule on in the next couple of years. Because keep in mind, Barrett is only 48 years old. So she'll be sitting on the bench for

decades, which is really bad news for liberals. And really bad news for her. I mean, sitting on a bench for decades with no seat cushions, that's going to get uncomfortable. Or is that not how it works? They've got like, ah. Now, usually, confirming a Supreme Court nominee can take up to three months. You need time to vet the nominee. You need time to hold the hearings, and you need time to take them their glamour shots. But since the election is just five weeks away, Republicans are putting the process on fast forward. And based on the schedule that they've put forward, they

are going to vote to confirm Amy Coney Barrett just days before the election. And you almost have to appreciate how balsy this is. I mean, this is the same party that went from, you can't confirm a Supreme Court justice during the same year as an election. And now they they they they they they they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're they're their, their, their, th, th, th. th. th. th. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, tho, th. And, th. And, th. And, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi, thi, thi. thi, thi. thi. thi's thi's thi's thi's theee. And, thi's thi. And, thi. And, thi. And, thi. And, thi. And, thithe same year as an election. And now they're practically confirming someone on election day. It's a complex legislative maneuver known as the shrug emoji. And you know, I wouldn't mind Republicans doing a complete 180 on this. If every now and again, they flipped on a different belief, you know,

like how poor people don't deserve to live. You know, do a 180 on that one, spice things up. And right now, Democrats don't have a lot of options to stop the nominee. In fact, Joe Biden has resorted to appealing to Republican's sense of decency and urging them to vote against filling the seat right before the election. But I'm gonna be honest, Republicans are not giving off a strong decency vibe right now.

From notorious RGV to notorious ACB, the Republican grassroots fund-grazing group, Wynraid, is now offering limited-edition t-shirts referring to President Trump's new Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, as the notorious ACB. The shirt is a play on the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who is often referred to as a notorious RBG. The shirt comes one week after Ginsburg's passing. Ah yes, nothing says class indecency like mocking a deceased Supreme Court justice by stealing her nickname. Not only is this insulting to R.B.G.S. to rap because there's no way Amy Coney Barrett even knows who Biggie Smalls is. I bet if you asked her she'd probably

think you were taking measurements for her robe fitting. In fact, Amy Coney Barrett is the exact opposite of RBG. So technically, she should be Tupac. I mean, if you're going to do it, do it right. Those should be Thugged Pro Life T-T-shirt, you dumb asses. So, look, this was not a shining moment in the American history books. Political observers referred to it as a shit show, a dumpster fire, the worst debate in history. And with all the interrupting and cross-talking, it might have even been hard to remember if anything important happened last night.

But there was one moment that really stood out. Are you willing tonight to condemn white supremacists and militia groups and to say that they need to stand down and not add to the violence in a number of these cities as we saw in Kenosha and as we've seen in Portland? I'm willing to do anything I want to see peace. Say it. Do it. Say it. Do you want to call them? What do you want to call them them them them them them them them them them them them them them to to them to call to to call to call to call to call to call to call to call to to to to to to to to see peace. Then do it sir. Do it. Do it. Say it. Do you want to call him? What do you want to call him? Give me a name. White supremacists and right? Proud boys. Stand back and stand by. But I'll tell you what. I'll tell you what. Somebody's got to do something about Antifa and the left because this is not a right-wing problem. Wow. There you have it folks. Trump. There. 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. W. W. th. th. th. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. Why, th. Why, th. Why, th. Why, th. Why, th. Why, th. Why, th. Why, th. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. th. th. th. th. the. the. the. the. th. th. the. the. th. the. the. W. th. W. W. W. W. W. W. Trump had an opportunity to be like white supremacists,

I don't fuck with you. Instead, he's like, stand by guys, I never know when I'm going to need you. Telling white supremacists to stand down and telling them to stand by are not the same thing. All right? That one little word makes a huge difference. Like the difference between a blowout and a blow job. Do not ask for the wrong one at Supercuts. Again, to the staff at Supercuts, I apologize. I hadn't slept and I didn't read the menu properly.

And even for that non-condemnation, Trump had to be dragged into it. Like, no president should ever have to be pressured this hard into condemning white supremacists. It's the easiest thing. Trump did it so grudgingly, he was like one of those guys who refuses to make real apologies. What, I'm supposed to apologize for tailgating at your dad's funeral?

Fine, I'm sorry. I'm sorry that you're unable to have a good time. Some of us are still living. And by the way, you know that you've truly botched your condemnation of a hate group, when that hate group says, thank you for the endorsements. The proud boys, a far-right extremist group, immediately celebrating the president's comments on social media. They went nuts on social media celebrating. They put out those words as a rallying cry. Stand back, stand by.

Within minutes, the group's members were posting on private social media calling Trump's comments, quote, historic. The New York Times reports that some group members labeled it as a tacit endorsement of their violent tactics, while another posted, the group was already seeing a spike in new recruits. Yes, thanks to Donald Trump's failed condemnation, this hate group is now seeing an increase in recruits,

which means in the history of television, that might be one of the worst answers ever given. And that's coming from someone who once guessed the number seven on Will of Fortune. I didn't know it had to be letters. That was just like, I was new to America. The proud boys liked Donald Trump's answer so much that they're even adopting it as their new slogan. And that actually might piss off Trump, because the one thing he definitely believes in is getting royalties.

Well, well, well, nobody should be advocating the white man without giving Danny his cut. I'd be careful if I were the proud boys though. Because if there's one thing we know about Donald Trump, it's that once he invests in you, you have about five years until you go bankrupt. So yes, in a debate that consisted almost entirely of three old men trying to shout over each other, this one moment was horrifying enough to break out and get noticed. And you know it's bad when even Trump's own supporters are left saying, you're done f-fied up.

The president, well, he would not condemn white supremacists. I agree that the president made a bad error, and I think that was a huge gap. He was, he was kind of like playing around. I didn't like that he equivocated when he could have slam dunk that I think he misspoke I think he should correct it if he doesn't correct it I guess he didn't misspe Donald Trump brew the biggest layup in the history of debates by saying not condemning white supremacist I don't know if he didn't hear it but he's got to clarify that right away that's like are you

against evil why the president just knocked out of the park the park, I'm not sure. Yes. Why didn't the president condemn white supremacy? Hmm, it's a real mystery. Maybe he didn't hear the question. Or maybe he misspoke, or maybe he thought they said, Sprite supremacists, and he's really into sprite. I can't think of any other explanation Watson By the way, did you notice that even when Fox people acknowledged Trump did something really bad

They still give him the benefit of the doubts I wish I had friends that were that loyal, you know if I shut my pants in public none of my friends would be like Trevor didn't shit himself His butt misspoke before we go. Please remember the West Coast is battling horrific wildfires that are destroying millions of acres of land and???????? thensensensensensensens. thats. thats. thats. I. I. I thous thous thous thous thous thous thous. I thous. I thous. I thous. I thous. thous. th. thous. th. th. thous. thi. thousands. try. try. try. try. try. tr. tr. tr. tr. tr. tr. tr. tr. tr. tr. tr. tr. tr. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the th. the th. the thu. thuu. the the thu the truu tru tru to truu tru tru tru tru tru tru the tru tru thu thu th West Coast is battling horrific wildfires that are destroying millions of acres of land and displacing thousands of people. Climate change has been a key factor in increasing the risk and the extent of these conditions. And one organization that has been working to find practical solutions for climate change and other environmental threats is the Environmental Defense Fund. If you can help them and you would like to join in their cause, then please visit the link below and donate whatever you can. The Daily Show with Cover Noa, Ears Edition.

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