The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Trump Brags About Secret “Discombobulator” Weapon Amid Global Epstein Fallout | Jon Shenk and Marcus Capone

Episode Date: February 6, 2026

Michael Kosta covers Trump's loose-lipped revelation of a secret military weapon he calls "the Discombobulator" and how fallout from the latest dump of Epstein emails is affecting prominent global figures, including the Andrew formerly known as Prince being forced into the time-out castle, his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson shutting down her charity, and even Bill Clinton, who is set to testify about Epstein before Congress. Meanwhile, despite Trump's many mentions in the Epstein files, the president continues to remain off the hook. Desi Lydic unpacks Trump’s long-term beef with the NFL over reduced violence, racist name reversals, halftime performers, and the pageantry of the kickoff. After rejecting Trump’s advances to buy the Buffalo Bills, a 2014 conversation with Stephen A. Smith begs the difficult question: Is the NFL responsible for Trump’s presidency? Michael Kosta is joined by director Jon Shenk and former Navy SEAL Marcus Capone, whose experience healing trauma through an experimental psychedelic treatment in Mexico is shared in the Netflix documentary, “In Waves and War”. Capone discusses the treatment process of the ibogaine drug and how it affected him, his nonprofit, VETS, which helps other veterans access the drug, and his advice for young Navy SEALs. Shenk explains what drew him to the story, using animation to illustrate an ibogaine trip, and the movements to bring this treatment stateside. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Jeffrey Epstein's a royal pain. There's a big beef at the Super Bowl this weekend. and the U.S. military has a new top-secret weapon that Donald Trump can't wait to tell us all about. Hey, let's get into the headlines. It's been a month since U.S. forces captured Nicholas Maduro right out of his Venezuelan compound and sent him to Brooklyn to serve out his life as a barista in Bushwick.

And if you're wondering how a military run by these two geniuses were able to pull off that operation, turns out they had a little help. President Trump just told the New York Post that a secret new U.S. weapon was used in that operation that captured Maduro to shut down Venezuelan equipment. He said, the discombobulator. The discombobulator? That sounds like the worst ride at Six Flags. Don't go over there, dude. Somebody puked on the discombobulator. Personally, I don't think our most advanced new weapons should have whimsical names. If I'm shot by a laser

that liquefifies my organs until they leak out of my eyes. I don't want it to tell my family that I was dinky zoinced to death. Can anyone follow up with the president about this weapon? You talked about the weapon, the discombobulator. Well, I'm not allowed to talk about it. Let me just tell you, you know what it does? None of their equipment works. That's what it does.

Okay. So you said you're not allowed to talk about it, but it kind of feels like you talked about it? This dude cannot keep a secret. This is how you know there's no aliens because day one, Trump would have been like I'm not supposed to say anything, but they have three boobs.

But thanks Yeah, three boobs, hell yeah. I love this audience. But thanks for the lowdown on the discombobulator, by the way. Who came up with this name? It was my name. I'm very proud of the name. And it is a great name,

Mr. President. It does not sound like a weapon in Paw Patrol at all. But so, can you be a bit more specific about how the discombobulator discombobulates? Like, is it a laser beam or electrical pulse? Everything was discombobulated.

It was, you know, practically a shot wasn't funny. You know, they were ready. Right. And when we came, they couldn't do anything. You saw this on the video. You could tell. Tom, it discombobulated everything. Tom, you f***ingobulated everything. What part of discombobulator, don't you understand? Do you think I'm just talking nonsense here?

This is almost unbelievable. Trump is announcing a secret weapon that disarms the enemy and ruins their equipment and disables their soldiers. This sounds too good to be true. A senior U.S. official tells us, Senator, that Trump may be conflating several capabilities into a single weapon that doesn't actually exist. Okay, okay.

So I'm starting to think the president might have walked in front of the discombobulator. Let's move on to the story that's been discombobulating the entire world. Everybody is still binging the latest season of the Epstein Files. So let's get into all the fallout in another installment of the very normal and not shady handling of the Epstein Files. Pretty boring stuff. For the past week, people have been pouring over the Epstein Files and learning all the connections he had. to the rich and powerful. Few people have been as disgraced as former Prince Andrew.

But somehow, this next batch has made him even disgraceier. Former Prince Andrew has moved out of his longtime winter home, his brother, the king, evicting him from the royal estate over his links to Jeffrey Epstein. Oh, wow, kicked out by his own brother, who is also his second cousin and his fifth uncle twelfth removed. The point is, there's a lot of incest in the royal family. I'm glad he's getting evicted, and I think we can all agree.

It is much funnier when a British pedophile has to go door to door in their new neighborhood, like, O'y, Governor, I'm a pito, isn't it? Cheerio. Anyway, let's check out the shithole that former Prince Andrew's being sent to. Andrew has moved to a cottage on the King's private estate in Sandringham, far from the public eye. Sandringham is a sprawling estate. It's set on 80 square kilometers of grounds. There are multiple houses and cottages.

are on this side. Oh, no. Not a cottage on the private estate. Only two butlers. And are we sure we want Prince Andrew far from the public eye? That's kind of how we got into this mess. If you ask me, he should have a 24-hour webcam on them

like a pregnant giraffe at the zoo. How is it that it's impossible for any regular person to find affordable real estate and they're giving away fancy cottages to allege pedophiles? Next time I go to an open house, I'm going to be like, honey, tell him you're 12. Look, nobody's going to shed a tear for a prince who has to downsize to the bad palace.

But the ones that I truly feel bad for are the spouses. Imagine being Andrew's ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, right now. How devastated she must be to learn that her husband had so many links with Jeffrey Epstein. The former prince's ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, is back in the headlines. For her links to Epstein, the latest files revealing emails she sent to Epstein, after he was found guilty of soliciting a minor for prostitution in 2008. She wrote, you are a legend. I really don't have the words to describe my love,

gratitude for your generosity, and kindness. Kiss, kiss, I'm at your service. Just marry me. Wow. Wow. That is the worst thing Fergie has ever written. And yes, I'm including the Let's Get Retarded song. You wanted Jeffrey Epstein to be your husband? Really dodged a bullet, Fergie.

He could have said yes, and then you would have ended up married to a huge pedophile. Oh, wait. Either way, I am very happy to present Sarah Ferguson with this Lifetime Achievement Award for having the worst taste in men. Congratulations, Fergie. Better luck next time, Cheryl Hines. It's an honor just to be nominated. So, yeah, this isn't a good look. And based on what happened to Andrew, I assume Fergie would be facing some sort of consequence.

on her own? On Monday evening, Ferguson's charitable foundation, Sarah's trust, announced it will shortly close for the foreseeable future. Ah, the charity is shutting down? That doesn't seem fair. Sorry, kids. The Duchess emailed the pedophile, so no mosquito nets for you.

Now, look, nobody enjoys watching the British royal family squirm more than me. I'm still mad about that whole stamp tax thing. But if we're talking about fallout from associating with Jeffrey Epstein, I think there might be someone else who should be facing some consequences. Hmm? Like not a royal? More like a politician? In Slovakia, a top advisor to the prime minister has resigned after email showed he met with Epstein in 2018.

No, no, not some minister in Slovakia. It's not even a real place. When I said certain politicians should be held accountable, I meant, you know, like someone running a country. There's a world leader facing a political crisis over the Epstein files. It's British Prime Minister Kier Starmor. No, no, no, no, no, not Great Britain. That's not even a real place. Look, I'm going to be very clear about this.

The president of the United States. Someone needs to demand answers from the U.S. president. Former President Bill Clinton agreed to testify in the House Oversight Committee's Epstein probe. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Not a former president. You know what, f*** it. Okay? I guess everybody in the damn files is going to face consequences except for Donald Trump.

And on top of that, he must be so happy that his nemesis, Bill Clinton, is getting in trouble for this. It bothers me that somebody's going after Bill Clinton. See, I like Bill Clinton. I still like Bill Clinton. What do you like about him? I liked, well, I liked his behavior toward me. I thought he got me, he understood me. What? He likes Bill Clinton now?

Hmm. Either Trump just wants to get on Clinton's good side before he testifies about Epstein, or this is just a game-recognized game moment. I'd like to acknowledge that we're standing on sacred land where Bill Clinton got a hummer from an intern. Props to the OG. I can barely wrap my head around all the twists and turns in this story.

Trump is in the Epstein files, maybe more than anyone, but Bill Clinton is the only one who has to testify. about it, but instead of being happy about that, Trump is upset. I feel like I'm losing my mind. This whole thing, it just, it has me, I don't know. Discombobulated. Exactly. That takes out in the NFL. Don't go away. Cafe quality brews without a barista. That's the Ninja Lux Cafe.

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For more, We turn to Desi Leidic in our ongoing segment, The Art of the Altercation. Trump approaches conflict like a professional athlete with focus, dedication, and a team of neurologists ready to lie for him. So it's no wonder that one of his greatest beefs is with the National Football League,

and he can't shut up about it. Football's become soft. These new and very much softer NFL rules, concussion. Up! Up! Got a little ding in the head. No, no, you can't play. for the rest of the season. What used to be considered a great tackle of violent, head-on, head violent, it's become weak. And you know what? It's boring.

Seriously watching football for the violence? Because the rest of us are watching it for the love of the sport. And also the butts, mostly the butts. Yeah, she gets it. She gets it. Also, football is still very violent. Are we sure he's even watching football? The games are so boring now. It's just five gay guys helping people turn their lives around. And what the aspect of the NFL is safe from Trump's ire? Over the years, he's threatened to fire their players. He uninvited the Eagles to the White House. He told the commanders to go back to the racist name

or name their stadium after him. Well, same thing. And who could forget his worst offense of all, calling Rihanna's halftime show an epic fail. Are you kidding me? I'm sorry. Did I miss the Lee Greenwood halftime show where he rocked the Super Bowl while pregnant? What's that? Oh, I did. Oh, it was in 1981? And there's one other gripe he has with the NFL that he just can't let go of.

And speaking of football, maybe we can get the NFL to drop that ridiculous kickoff sit. What the hell are they? What is that? I watched the game the other day. I said, what the hell happened? They just kicked off and nobody moved. Okay. That was the day before the election. His closing argument to the voters was, they don't kick the ball from where they used to kick the ball. It is such a stupid argument that it took them all the way to the White House. Ha ha ha ha ha. He didn't always hate the NFL, as with most of his enemies, he's angry because it rejected his advances. Starting in the 80s, Trump tried to buy a bunch of teams, but he never quite sealed the deal. So he did that. He did

the next best thing. He bought a knockoff from the United States Football League. The USFL was like the NFL's dumb cousin, but not like a not like a hot cousin, more like a weird cousin who's desperate to kiss you because you're the hot cousin. Darren. And Trump let the NFL know he was coming for them. Are you at war with the NFL? The answer is we are in a form of war right now with the NFL. There's no question about it. So we're going to be around for a long time, fellas. Oh, you hear that NFL? The USFL is coming for your ass because Trump...

The league collapses, with many critics pointing the blame directly at Trump. Like I was saying, Trump always wins at collapsing the thing he puts his name on. 3D football. After almost destroying the NFL, Trump set out a few seasons, and then his pathological thirst came out of retirement. And unlike his past attempts, this one had consequences that no one saw coming. Well, no one but Stephen A. Smith. He called me in 2014.

He said, Stephen A. I'm trying to buy the Buffalo bills. If these motherfuck is getting my way, talking about the NFL owners, these motherfuckers get in my way. I'm going to get them all back. I'm going to run for president. That's what he said. For the warning, Stephen A. Smith, heard about and didn't immediately say on camera. We're on the brink of nuclear war over Greenland because you wouldn't let him have the Buffalo Bills? NFL has ever done, and I'm including the time Brett Farb sent dick picks while wearing crocks.

Ooh. To the Super Bowl this weekend, and Trump's already been pre-complaining about the Bad Bunny halftime show. I never heard of him. I don't know who he is. I don't know why they're doing it. It's like crazy. It's and while we're at it, I'd like them to change the kickoff rule, which looks ridiculous. ultimately win the altercation bowl, Donald Trump, or the NFL. No one knows for sure. Well, maybe Stephen A. Smith knows. Hey, Stephen, next time, call us.

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Navy SEALs using psychedelic drug therapies to combat PTSD called In Waves and Ways. Please welcome Navy SEAL veteran Marcus Capone and director John Shank. All right, one of you is a former Navy SEAL, one of you is a film director. Guess which. Who's who? Marcus, thank you for your service. Thank you for all that you've done for this country for having me. Tell us a little about your story and how we ended up here.

So we'd just start. I spent 13 years on active duty. As you mentioned, I was a Navy SEAL. and enjoyed every moment of it towards the latter part of my career, started experiencing, I call it the Hidden Wounds of War. And in 2010, I started seeing some doctors, and I got prescribed my first antidepressant. And from there, I was on them for seven years.

And as we know now, antidepressants fail, about 50% of the people who are prescribed them. And I was one of them. And so I wish had someone gave me a lifeline earlier, but for me it was seven years of failed treatments. Right. And lucky for me, my wife Amber is working in the background, a few doctors, and organized me to go down to Mexico and do an experimental, investigative psychedelic drug called Ibigan. Most people never heard of it.

I never heard of it. And I grew up in New York. I went to Catholic high school. For me, this was extremely foreign. Also, normally people go to Mexico to do drugs and they don't tell their wives. Exactly. This is the opposite. Go down to Mexico, do a psychedelic, and you're going to get better.

So that's kind of how this got presented to me. John, how did you end up making a film about it, and why is that important for you? Well, Amber and Marcus started talking about this amazing treatment that he got in Mexico in 20, I think it was 2017. We heard about it a couple of years later, and we thought, Navy SEALS tripping balls. There's just something, there's got to be a story there. In all seriousness, we met Amber and Marcus, and they told us their story, and we were just immediately hooked. And in the film, you see their backstory, you experience it with them.

And then in the film, you get to go kind of inside their heads because we do this animation that simulates the Ibegain experience. Beautiful animation. We'll talk about that in a second, but, you know, one of the things that blew me away is military members are committing suicide almost four times here in the United States more than combat deaths over there in war. And it's wild to me. We think about the lives over there, but we almost forget about the lives here. And I just, what are we missing?

What are the civilians missing about when you come back? So, Michael, to put it in context, we lost roughly 7,000 those killed in combat since 9-11. Today, we have over 150,000 veterans that have died by suicide. And many people don't know that number. That's a huge number. And so, like, what are we doing? What's wrong?

Is it the system? is it the individuals, like, nobody has the answer, right? But it's happening, and we need to do something about it. We don't need to keep sending people to Mexico to do an experimental drug. We need to research here and do it here. It feels like there's boot, and I'm a civilian. I played college tennis.

So just forgive me for not knowing the terminology. But there's boot camp, there's training to go in. But what happens when you come out? There's not a lot of training. There are some programs set up, but they almost look like they're a check in the box for many. And most of us, especially in the special operations community, we kind of go out and we try to do it on our own. You know, we did it on our own with teammates while we're in, and we try to do the same thing when we're out. It's very difficult, transitioning, running around the mountains of Afghanistan, and next thing you know, you're in a shirt and tie working in downtown Beverly Hills, you know, on a private bank team.

And so very, two different environments. One of the parts of the film that was so moving was you're sharing combat stories and then, 48 hours later, your families are talking about you're sitting at the dinner table, but it looks like they're gone. They're not there. And I'm thinking, how the hell do you go from combat in Afghanistan to sitting with your family having dinner? What was, and I don't even know if I'm using the right word, but what is the experience of taking the medicine or the drug actually like?

You share it very well in the film, but explain to us how that goes down. I tell most people who watch the film, John and the team did an extremely good job. in showing what the experience was like. Yeah. Except for being like on the drug itself. Right. But it was a long experience. It was a long duration.

It's about six to eight hour peak experience. Wow. It's not fun. It's not fun. It's very difficult. They call it the grandfather of psychedelics. It's a very difficult experience. And the more garbage that you have,

and those things turn up during these experiences. And so think of taking five to ten years of talk therapy. Yeah. And literally putting in a couple hours a night. And so there's a lot. You've got to prepare. And so you get filled with and get rushed with all these different. Are you alone? Are you with people? No, you're with everybody. It's, it's extremely safe. You're with the whole medical team. And you do a ton of blood work before. You can screen out. It has a potential heart risk. So you do EKG. You can't have any stimulants in

the system. You can't have any alcohol. So it's a very clinical medical procedure. But once you go in the experience, the individuals are watching you. Usually there's a therapist there. There's There's nurses there, cardiologist is there. The animation's amazing. I mean, you feel like you're in their brain. Did you have to coach the animators on that? Did they get it? Because most animators do a lot of drugs anyways.

How did that come about it? And what was it like seeing your experience animated? Well, we interviewed dozens of special operators who had been down to Mexico to do the treatment. And one thing that always comes up after Ibegain is they describe it like seeing a movie or a slideshow of your life. It's kind of this life review.

And we knew right away we had to put that on screen somehow. And we were lucky to work with these incredible animators in England that ended up doing this thing where you're kind of in the present tense, but you're sort of watching scenes that happened from your life. And you're suddenly able to get insight into that kind of psychological perspective that you might have had difficult getting before the Ibigan. That's really the magic of the drug. Yeah.

What was it like seeing your experience animated? Have you even seen the film, Marcus? I have. You're in it. You're in it. Is it good? No, it's great. No, but I don't watch myself. You know, we worked at John and Bonnie, who just incredible award-winning filmmakers for, you know, for years on this. So we were part of the whole process. And I think initially it was over four hours and it got cut down. But I think they completely nailed it. I was extremely happy. And it premiered at Telleride. And so the team went to Telleride, and we were so nervous watching it because we didn't know what the audience, how they were going to react.

And after the movie was over, we showed it twice, two standing ovations. And I kind of just put my head in my lap and was just like, oh, you know, like it was received well. And I think we did and got across the message we were trying to get across. The day they came to San Francisco where we're based to see the rough cut for the first time was one of the most nervous days. It's so personal. You know, you're putting on screen just the most intimate scenes from these people's lives. But that is what connects about the film is I'm sitting on my couch watching these heroes, these men shedding it and crying and sharing the experiences that we, civilians, on the other side,

we prefer to not think about what's actually happening over there. So a tremendous job. The irony isn't lost on me that American veterans have to go to a different country, not this country, to get help. You've been showing the film for some legislators, right? Some state legislators. Tell me a little bit about that. Yeah, you know, as you probably know, the zeitgeist around psychedelics is changing. You know, it's not the 1970s anymore. We realize that these drugs should not be scheduled one, the most dangerous, you know, It's labeled a scheduled one, which is the most illegal in this country.

Yeah, the high ability for abuse with no medical piece to the drug. And we're realizing, as Marcus often says, the opposite is kind of true, right? There's clearly some value here. And in the film, you see the Stanford team. studying Ibegain in particular. But yes, in Texas, in California, in South Carolina, they're starting to be movement. States are passing laws to funnel money from opioid abatement programs

over to Ibegain research because the drug can be so effective with addiction issues. Wow. So we're starting to see some movement, and we're hoping the federal government changes laws as well. Tell us, yeah. Marcus, tell us a little about vets, veterans exploring treatment solutions. So when I came to the government.

back from my treatment. Amber, I saw her immediately, and she can just tell. She just said, I haven't seen this in, you know, 20 years. You came back? I came back from the trip, and your wife said, she met me. I can tell something different. She said, I walked around the corner and she said, like, you could just see this glow, and I wasn't, I didn't have this dark look anymore. And I didn't say I was okay. They are just, like, always paying attention. I wish we could listen to them a lot earlier, right? But, you know, she's always right. And, you know, I didn't say I'm better. We just kind of hug, embraced. And I just said, this is it. This is exactly what the guys need. I said, we just need to figure out a way to pay this

forward. And that's what started our, you know, our work. So your work helps other veterans go down and do this? So I tell everybody with glue and tape, we put together a nonprofit. We didn't know what we were doing, but we wanted to pay it forward, just like it was for me. And we started, we received our charity status in 2019. And to date now, we've put over 1,200 individuals fully paid for for treatment, but we've helped thousands now through the movie and through word of mouth, and so the word's getting out there. What is it cost, and what's the time commitment for something like this? It's quite expensive.

You know, we'll have to have insurance coverage in the future. It's roughly 10 to 12,000 per individual. But when you think about what that does for generations, it's like a small... I'll tell you what, I've definitely spent that on talk therapy. 100%. Exactly. Yeah, when you think about, you know, kind of an upfront cost versus an expense that goes on for years and years and years, it's actually a relatively cost-effective thing to do.

If people are feeling pain, you want them to feel better. And one of the things that was so interesting was I expected through some of these medicine drug experiences that they would be reliving combat experiences. But for some of the subjects, they almost were reliving childhood trauma that was unrelated. That was wild. That was the big surprise for Bonnie and me as we went through this. When we started interviewing folks ahead of time who had done the treatment, of course, we talked to Marcus and Amber about this, is that they very often get under the information. of Ibrahimagane and they are actually reliving experiences that are trauma relive from their childhoods.

And they're starting to think about, why did I become a soldier in the first place? These are very kind of deep, profound things and the kind of things that might come up in 20 years of talk therapy, right? And that was really kind of the big picture lesson for us. This is not just a story for veterans. It's a story for so many people who are walking around

with trauma in this country and around the world. Excellent film. Thank you for making it. Last question, Marcus, what advice would you have for a younger Navy SEAL or someone starting out now entering the path that you've already been down? What would you say? If I had to do it all over again, I'd still do it. You know, you still, you know, many football players have had trauma. They'd still go out and play football because it's your love, it's your passion, it's what

you want to do. And I say, go do that. But I say, take care of yourself. If you need to take a pause, take a pause. If you want to go back into fighting, go back into fighting. If you want to get out and do something else, do something else. But, you know, just be mindful of how you feel because our systems, they're just not made to go 1,000 RPM consistently. For many, some of my friends, 20 and 30 years,

you know, over 15 combat deployments, they're on that red line forever. And so, you know, sometimes you just need to take a pause. Thank you very much for making the film. Thank you for sharing your story. In Waves and Wars, available to stream on Netflix. For more information on Marcus' organization, go to betsolutions.org. Marcus Capone and John Shank. We're going to take quick break. We're back after this. This prayer breakfast comes at a special time for our country. I'm not a perfect candidate,

but I did a hell of a lot of good for perfect people. We knocked the hell out of him the other day. That was a hell of an attack. What the hell kind of a name is that? He has no idea what the hell I'm saying. Has no idea where the hell he is? What the hell? I said, what the hell?

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