The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Trump Gets a Golden Crown in South Korea While SNAP Cutoff Causes Panic in U.S.

Episode Date: October 30, 2025

Desi Lydic covers Trump's state visit to South Korea, where he was honored with a "Yas King" rally, a golden crown, and the unofficial U.S. presidential anthem, "YMCA." Meanwhile, millions of Trump's constituents face a hunger crisis as SNAP benefits run out of funding due to the never-ending shutdown, and the GOP pretends there's nothing they can do about it. Not to worry, though, because Michael Kosta has a list of billionaire sugar daddies who are happy to step in and help, as long as Americans don't mind getting a little freaky. Democrats have been riding high since the success of the “No Kings” protests and the emergence of Democratic prospects like Zohran Mamdani. But why is the Democratic Party so afraid to harness this energy? Charlamagne Tha God breaks down how to swap this tired system for an energetic change. Emmy-nominated actor Aubrey Plaza and writer-producer Dan Murphy join Desi to discuss their new children’s book, “Luna and the Witch Throw a Halloween Party.” The best friends and co-writers recall how they met 20 years ago doing community theater in Wilmington, Delaware, and credit a healthy balance of closeness and space as the key to their creative collaboration. Plaza, a self-described witch, also shares how her grandmother inspired the book and talks about her return to theater in Ethan Coen’s Off Broadway play, “Let’s Love!” To get simple, online access to personalized, affordable care for ED, Hair Loss, Weight Loss, and more, visit http://hims.com/dailyshow 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, Desi Linens. Welcome to the Daily Show. I'm Dundee Lightick. We've got so much to talk about tonight. The government's still leaving us on red.

South Korea holds a yes-king rally for Trump, and Democrats can't stop cucking themselves. But first, Trump continues to eat, pray, love his way through Asia. So let's get into it with another installment of Trump Meets World. International humiliation, one after another. Today, Trump was in South Korea, where he was dismayed to learn that the hot demon hunter babes are, in fact, not real people.

But don't worry, he's still got a warm welcome, and the South Koreans even honored our rich American heritage. Overnight, President Trump touching down in South Korea, grieved with the YMCA on the tar map. Unbelievable. The village people must be so proud that their song became America's official presidential anthem. To think, when they wrote it, they just wanted to make a jaunty tune about getting railed at the gym. But this is how it's been at every stop on the trip.

Trump arrives, they throw a big party for him, then they immediately try to buy his affection with gifts. So South Korea, what do you got? Korean president lead lavishing Trump with gifts, including a replica of a golden crown. We present this old crown to you on the story's occasion of your state visit to Chengju. Thank you very much, everybody.

Thank you. Wow, a golden crown. What a lovely, thoughtful gift for our president. South Korea, can I just talk to you over here real quick? Hey, South Korea, what the f*** are you doing? Seriously. All right, we have been trying real hard over here to gently steer our president away from the whole king thing.

And then you come along, oh, hey, President Trump, check out this cool crown. Try it on. Take it home with you. Not helping. Please, just give them a sack of money like a normal country and stop f*** up our shit. Everything's great. We were just having a little chat.

Anyway, while Trump is collecting more items for his dress-up bin back at home, the government shutdown has stretched to day 29, or what we think is 29. The guy who counts the days has been furloughed. Now, so far, many Americans have been insulated from the worst effects of the shutdown. the airports are mostly still running. Social Security checks are still going out, and the FBI will still kick down your door if you even think about copying a VHS tape.

But two days from now, a lot of people are about to feel the shutdown in a big way. Snap Food Assistance, a lifeline for roughly 42 million now set to run out of money by the end of the week. Food banks already stretched to the limit are seen even longer lines. A food crisis, some experts say

could be the worst since the Great Depression. all because of the government shut down. Come on, are you serious? On top of everything Americans are dealing with, now people might lose their food? Not food, that's our favorite thing to stress eat. But okay, no need to worry. We have a whole government whose job it is

to keep its citizens fed. I'm sure there's something they can do at this point. There's, you know, there's nothing we can do at this point. Trump has done all he can to minimize it, but there's nothing else he can do. The Trump administration has done his business. best to try to minimize these hardships, but ultimately it starts to run out of funds and run up against the bounds of law, and there's really nothing more they can do.

This is a national safety net, and you're talking about it like it's a return after 30 days. Oh, sorry the pants gave you a camel toe. There's nothing we can do. So according to the Trump administration, the only way to keep it. SNAP funded is for Democrats to end the shutdown. And sure, I get why they want people to think that. But what's interesting is that when the Trump administration needed to find funding to pay the troops, they shifted money around and they found it. Hell, they even got help from one of their billionaire friends.

The New York Times reports reclusive billionaire Timothy Mellon gave the government $130 million to help pay troops during the shutdown. The... Our military has a sugar daddy? I swear, ever since Epstein Island shut down, billionaires do not know how to spend their cash. However they do it, it's very clear that when our leaders want to fund the things that they care about, they find ways to fund it.

So I'm sure the Secretary of Agriculture has some ideas about how Americans can feed, how America can feed its citizens. I don't want to speak on behalf of my boss, If George Soros wants to step up and write a $9.2 billion check to keep those benefits moving for the month of November, I am guessing that that would definitely be on the table. Oh, come on. Are you serious, George Soros? The guy's already footing the bill for all the paid protesters.

Come on. Look, dinosaur costumes are not cheap. So once again, our lawmakers are coming together to say that they can't come together to fix our problems. And as always, it's up to everyday people to step in and fill the void. A New Jersey Food Bank delivering four tractor trailer loads of food to workers at Newark who are not getting paid this week. Landing in Washington, D.C., World Central Kitchen, Jose Andres' food charity, often deployed to war zones and natural disasters, It provided free meals for furloughed federal employees. Now, some have resorted to unconventional methods to help,

like TikTok influencer Kelsey Martin, taking advantage of Halloween, putting out non-perishable goods like ramen and microwavable meals for trick-or-treaters in need. Wow. It really is inspiring to see people stepping up to help their neighbors in a time of need. This is what we need more of. That said, if I was a kid going trick-or-treating and you hand me, a cup of noodles, I will egg your f***ing house. For more on the fallout over the government shut down,

let's go live to our very own Michael Costa. Michael, this is very concerning that so many Americans can't count on their government. Well, Desi, our government may not be able to provide basic services, but what we do have is a massive reserve of reclusive billionaires, which is good news. In fact, right now, I'm in the subterranean castle

of Thomas B. Weatherbottom. He's the heir to a railroad fortune, and this is the only photo of him ever recorded. No one knows why, but we believe it's because he's ugly. Anyway, he's agreed to donate $120 million to help feed Americans in need. Oh, well, that's very kind of him to pay for all that food. Yes, specifically chowder. He says it has to be chowder.

And thanks to Mr. Weatherbottom, Americans can enjoy all the chowder we want, as long as he's allowed to watch us eat it with a spoon that's too big for our mouths, so it spills on our bare chests. Wait. He gets to watch us eat? No, no, he has to watch us eat.

The slurping sounds calm him and appease him. Mr. Weatherbottom is as generous as he has. is a freaky rich hermit man. Okay, even if I was okay with this, and I chowdergirled a little bit through college, but it doesn't really solve the problem. We have a lot of government programs that need to be funded.

Yeah, and we got a lot of freaky little billionaire boys, like Fattiest P. Wormwell, air to the whale blubber and baby powder fortune. I met with him and his pleasure Zeppelin soaring over the Himalayas. He's committed 500 Millie to fund the National Park so he can hunt the park rangers for sport. Jesus, Costa, I want the parks open, but not if it lets some weird billionaire hunt and kill the staff.

Desi, please. The thrill comes from the hunt, not the killing. Mr. Wormwell assures me it's a catch-and-release situation. From when father took him on fox hunts at Blickenstaff Manor, on that cold winter when he first learned that the dark thirst within him yearned for prey that would squeal, not wither. What?

I said he's offering free dental. Michael. Michael, is this really what America has come to? I don't want our public services paid for by deranged billionaires demanding something in return. Desi, don't be so cynical. Our billionaires have America's best interests at heart. So they'll pay for IRS agents to collect taxes? or the EPA to regulate their businesses?

Well, sort of, but I did get word from another billionaire, Dr. Atticus von D. Yorkenshire Witsenberg. He's the heir to the Swiffer Wetjet Fortune. What the f*** is that? Is that him? Oh, yeah, he's super inbred. Anyway, we were talking on his luxury Winnebago that orbits the sun. He won't pay for taxes or regulation,

but he will give the American people two-for-one coupons on Swiffer wet-jet refills. And all he asked for in return is that we play barefoot soccer where he's the soccer ball. No. I'm not doing that. Well, I know what you're thinking, but it's not that. He just wants to eat our dead foot skin as we kick him.

No. I'm not doing that. Well, I know what you're thinking, but it's not that. It's sexual. No, I'm not doing that. Jesus Christ. Michael Costa, everyone. When we come back, Charlamagne the God will give us his opinion, so don't go away.

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Welcome back to the Daily Show. We all know I've got great opinions, but I'm not the only one. Studies show that other people also have opinions. So here with another installment of In My Opinion is our good friend, Charlemagne the God. Hello, hello, hello, hello. Look, here's a controversial opinion.

I love the weekends. I know, I know, cancel me again, but I do. because lately weekends are for fun family and saying f-you to fascists. An estimated 7 million people gathered across some 2,700 no kings rallies in cities from coast to coast and what has been described as one of the largest single-day demonstrations in U.S. history. Protesters flooded streets, squares, and parks in both big cities and small towns. I'm 90 years old and I've never seen my country in this condition.

Wow, 90 years old, and this is the worst she's ever seen in this country. She lived through the Great Depression, a world war, polio, but she's like, at least back then, I never had to hear about Arnold Palmer's dick, okay? And look, all that energy, seven million people in the streets. Yeah, I thought white people only got that excited when a new LaCroix flavor drops. All right? Clearly, the country is angry. People are screaming for change.

Democrats, let's see you harness that energy. Let's dive into the facts. The so-called big, beautiful bill, which is really a big, ugly betrayal, cuts a trillion dollars from health care, insurance premiums will go up 93%. No, no, no, no. We want you to match our energy.

Try again. Debbie Wasserman Chols here. Can you see you? Well, of course you can't because the Republicans turned the lights off. Yeah, I knew Dems had no power, but I didn't know they meant literally, okay? Let's try it one more time with energy. These Republicans, they are not the party of law and order. They're the party of lawlessness and disorder in all of the ways,

including the ongoing crime scene at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Come on, people are angry. So why is Hakeem Jeffrey's talking like he's Chuck Echee-Cheez-Obama? Okay? What are we doing? What are we doing? Come on, man. Come on, come on, come on.

Clearly the Democrats don't have the leaders they need to meet the moment. Okay, fine. Anyone who is a fan of sports knows sometimes you need a rebuilding year. Okay, get some draft picks, develop young talent, and at some point, the old guys need to retire. LeBron. So... What the DIM should be focused on is picking exciting new candidates.

What you got? Maine Governor Janet Mills has launched a bid for Senate. The 77-year-old was heavily recruited by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to join the race. If Mills wins, she would be the oldest freshman senator in U.S. history. Damn. This is the new candidate, okay? She shouldn't be running for Senate. She should be throwing her Titanic necklace back into the ocean.

You know what? You know what? Forget it. Look at Zoran Mundani, okay? Young, lots of excitement around his campaign, overwhelmingly won the primary. You guys can just endorse him. Many Democrats in Washington are still hesitant or even against showing support for Mamdani. All I can tell you is I'm going to continue talking to him.

What's the hold up? I've got to continue talking to him, and that's what I'm going to do. Is part of the calculus that if you endorse a Democratic Socialist, you're worried it will be damaging to your party? Maybe it have been your chances of winning back the Senate? I'm going to continue talking to him. Dana, you can ask me again. Can someone go reboot Chuck Schumer? Okay? Clearly, that man is a love.

allergic to energy, all right? That's not the kind of leadership we're looking for, okay? These are the same Democratic leaders that shove their shitty candidates down our throats and say we have to support them because it's vote blue no matter who. Hell, you did it after Joe Biden shapped the bed in the debate. President Biden, as I've said repeatedly, is our nominee. He has a tremendous track record of success.

President Biden is our nominee. The voters have spoken. I'm all in, no daylight. As I've said before, I'm with Joe. As I've said before, I'm with Joe. As I've said before, I'm with Joe. before, I'm with Joe. We're riding with Biden.

We're riding with Biden. Did anyone mention characters? You're riding with Biden. See? After that train wrecked debate, you stood arm and arm with Biden. Sure, it was mostly to stop him from wandering offstage, but still, you stood arm and arm with him, okay? You don't love everything about Mondani well in the immortal words of young thug. Whoopty-doo!

All right? Get out there and support him anyway, and I'm going to text and email you every day until you do. Chuck, democracy is on the line. To save our country, cash at me $5 at seat of God, bald and beautiful 69. That's right. That's right. And that brings me to the real problem. Democratic leaders never support candidates who might disrupt the capitalist system.

But guess what? The current system isn't working. Americans want it remodeled the way Trump is remodeling the East Wing, all right? Dems act like they'll get a cookie for being the most. rational people in the room. No one cares. You're trying to win voters, not get a signed headshot from Ezra Klein.

Also, if you'd like a signed headshot from Ezra Klein, cash at me at sea to God, bald and beautiful, 69. Okay? Democrats don't understand how ready people are to act. Look at the Jimmy Kimmel thing. Do people mobilize so fast, Disney backed down in less than a week. People affected change,

and they didn't even have to leave Roku City. Yeah, and that's the point. If you can turn this energy into collective action, you can get shit done. Yeah. That's right. And if the Democrats can't lead, we the people will take action in our own way,

whether it's protests, corporate boycotts, sit-ins, even a national worker strike, all right? Imagine if me, Steve Harvey, and Tyler Perry, stopped working. That's only three people and it's 70% of black radio and TV. Because in America right now, our political energy is like a fat ass.

Follow me on this one, okay? See, right now, America's got all this ass. And I'm sorry to say the Dems don't know how to hit it right, all right? Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffreys ain't got enough D for this ballot. So maybe it's time they get primaried and give someone else a chance to hit this ass.

But hey, that's just my opinion. When we come back, Aubrey Plaza and Dan Murphy will be joining me on the show, so don't go away. Welcome back to the Daily Show. My guests tonight are an Emmy-nominated actor and a writer-producer who have written a new children's book together called Luna and the Witch Throw a Halloween Party.

Please welcome Aubrey Plaza and Dan Murphy. The Halloween Queen is here. So easy. Oh, my God. You guys have been best friends for 20 years and creative partners. How did the two of you meet? Murph? Um, um, we met going to in community theater in Wilmington, Delaware. That's where we're from.

I was directing a show for the summer, one-act show, and I cast Aubrey in it, and she dropped out of it. And we were 16 years old. Oh, babe, just a couple of years ago. That's right. Oh, look at you! Wow! This was obviously a Halloween party. That was last year.

Uh-huh, last year. Dan, you were obviously dressed up as Indiana Jones and Aubrey. You were Tulsi Gabbard? Sure. Yes. Yes. Thank you. Thank you.

You were so ahead of your time. Only one that got it, yeah. That's right. This book is so adorable. I want to know about the creative process together and what it's like working when you're that close friends. Because it can be, it's Landmine City working together when you're that close like that.

Do you have any advice for people who are friends working together? Hmm, good question. Not that I need it. No one here wants to be friends with me. Oh, no, I understand. Oh, I understand. For people at home. I think why we are always so good at working together

good at working together is because we kind of give each other space when we need it. Oh, yes. We go in separate rooms and shut the door. Ignore one another. Yeah, for however long it takes. But we sleep in the same bed a lot. And that's helpful too. Not like that.

No, of course not. No, that's part of where good ideas come from. Just spooning. Space and then extreme closeness. Yeah. No, that makes sense. But a balance. Is one of you more of the leader and the other one kind of plays backup?

you switch that role sometimes? I think we switch. Yeah, I think we play both. We play both. We play both. We're on both teams. We're both teams. We're most teams.

This book is really, it's so sweet and it's silly and it's funny. Luna and the Witch, they're a Halloween party. Now, the Department of Education has been gutted. Will it be a problem for you that kids can't read? Oh, no. Oh, no. No, we'll just, we'll just sing, sing the book. Just sing it right to read it out loud for them.

Creepily, creepily, and, yeah. You talked about this being inspired by your grandma. Tell us what the story's about. OK. Well, yeah, no, my grandma, I dedicated it to my grandma because she's like a powerful, beautiful witch in my life. But yeah, the book is kind of about a young girl named Luna who very bravely knocks on the door of an old woman named

Feeney's house on her block. All the other kids think that she's a creepy old witch and she's going to put them in an oven or something. But Luna's like, I'm not afraid. And I want to see what's going on with this old lady. And so she finds out that Feeney is just a silly old witch that wants to throw a Halloween party, but she just can't figure out how to do it. And so they team up together and it's kind of a generational love story. And it's silly. Fini is kind of silly witch she thinks that the kids want to eat real spiders and troll fingers and things and Luna has to say like no no Feeney like you know they they don't want that they like candy yes there's some very sweet themes to the book kind of this

whole like don't judge a book by its cover thing working together and the illustrations are beautiful who did the I assume it wasn't either of you too no no what was it like taking on a third. She's British, so it's interesting. It's a very talented artist named Hannah Peck. She's London-based, and we sort of met her through our publisher, and we just thought she was fantastic. She's really cool and really got the vibe of it.

Yeah, and she loves to do kind of fun little details and Easter eggs, and so we had fun kind of working back and forth with her. Aubrey, you've always described yourself as being very witchy. When was the first moment that you noticed your witchiness? Right out of the womb. Yeah. I believe that. I came out in an evil formation.

I just, yeah. I was spat right against the wall. That's how it happened. I even had a tiny little hat on. You did. You came out in a witch hat? I literally came out in a hat, witch hat. On a broom.

You couldn't even see my body. I was just shoved all the way in the hat. Wow. Yeah, they pulled me right, they pulled me out of the womb, then out of the hat. That is unbelievable. Now, were you also born this way? No, I was born normal. I see the dynamic now.

I'm really getting a picture of the dynamic. You're also in an off-roadway play, Let's Love. Written by Ethan Cohen. Ethan Cohen, yep. I mean. I know. And you met him on the last movie that, one of the movies that you did, Honey Don't. Honey Don't, yeah, the last movie with Margaret Qualley.

Yeah, I mean, he's awesome. He's a Cohen brother. I'm such a huge, yeah. And then, yeah, he's just the best. I mean, I love him. I love working with him. So when he asked me to do the play, I was like, yes, it's so funny. And it's happening right now.

Yeah, you should be there on stage right now. Very soon. But selfishly, I'm going to ask you more questions. No, no, it's fine. No, no. You're like, I really, Desi, I have to get the f*** out of here. Okay, one more question. No, no, take it down.

Well, I do want to ask you about. I want to ask you about the play, what do you love about doing live theater that you don't quite get to do doing TV and film? I mean, I think it's just like you get to, you just, you get a do-over every night. I mean, it's fun. It's like, for me, I love just doing it. And so, you know, when you do a movie or a TV, you only get a couple chances. But in theater, it's just every night, every night. And you lose your mind.

You go insane. But it's worth it. And I'm already insane. So it balances it out. Yeah. No, no, I like it. It's a, it's, yeah. I think you wear it well.

Oh, thank you so much. I think you wear it very well. One more question before I let you two go. This book is all about throwing parties. If one of you were to get kicked out of a party, which one of you would it be? And for what reasons? Hmm. What?

What? Have I ever gotten kicked out of a party? I don't remember. I think so. Maybe a couple of college parties. I think so. Yeah, I would say, I would say over. I'd say me, and I would probably say number one, fighting.

Fighting. It depends on what I'm drinking, but some of those drinks make me want to fight. Yep. And I fight. Don't take mommy's medicine. That's mommy's medicine. That's mommy's mom. That's mommy's mom.

Yep, yep. And she keeps these over here. That's mommy's. But you know I like to fight, Mer. Yeah. I always pick one person and I go, she's looking at me? You find one person at the party. Yeah.

Yeah. Well, it all started from the moment you were born as a witch. I know. So it's all coming together. I know. All right. Well, we're going to keep you from getting into any fights. Oh, thank you both for being here.

Congratulations on everything. This is a joy. Luna and the Witch are a healthy party. It's available to now. Aubrey Caza and Dan Murphy. We're going to take a quick break. We'll be right back after this. Now streaming on Paramount Plus

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