The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Trump Gives Himself Credit in the 2019 State of the Union | Frank Bruni

Episode Date: February 6, 2019

Trevor breaks down President Trump's second State of the Union address, the World's Fakest News Team gives a rebuttal, and New York Times op-ed columnist Frank Bruni stops by.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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to show and know to our live, state of the union show, that's right. We're live, 100% live! Super live! You know how live it is? You know how live it is? I can tell you the time right now, it's 1102. I couldn't fake that. Anyway, just a few minutes ago, President Trump finished his second state of the

union address. And yes, his tie was crooked when he walked in. Trump walked past 600 people and not a single one of them had the balls to tell him. In fact, at some point Mike Pence was like, this is the way ties should be from now on. I guess we should be grateful his fly wasn't open. Now, now remember, this speech was supposed to happen a week ago, but it was postponed because of the government shutdown, which is good, because it gave Trump extra time to practice mispronouncing big words. But the show had to go on, because for the political world, this is the biggest day of the year. Almost everyone who was important was there.

For example, the Supreme Court justices were in attendance. Brett Kavanaugh celebrated his first State of the Union, and it looks like he came prepared. Yeah, look at that. In fact, he made it through the whole speech and only puked twice. Yeah, he rarely has grown. Oh, and as for all the other Supreme Court justices, they just wore their normal robes. And like Congressman Steve King, who you saw, he was wearing his normal robe. That's what that was. Now, many people were the the they. the, the, the, the, they. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, tho, thoe, tho, thoom. tho, their, thoomoomooooooooooooooooooooom. thoom. tho, th. And, th. And, th. And, th, th, th, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. And, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. the, the, the, the. the. thean, thean, thean, thean, thean, thean, thean. theanan. the people were asking, where was Ruth Bader Ginsburg? Right?

She wanted to come, but Democrats forced her to stay home in one of those safety orbs from Jurassic Park. That's what they did. They're like, please. Just stay safe, aren't, please. Now, there's a tradition at the State of the Union for the President have chosen to help make a political point of some kind, and this year was no difference. Some Democrats have invited guests to send a message to the president, from undocumented immigrants who have worked on Trump properties, to workers who were furlough during the last

government shutdown and transgender service members. The president invited Joshua Trump. He's a Delaware sixth grader and because he's often bullied for having the same last name, he was invited. Yeah, they say it's the state of the union, but really, it's just an excuse for people to troll each other, right? Democrats invited undocumented immigrants who work for Trump.

And on the other side, to try and show how intolerant the today Trump invites an 11-year-old boy who gets bullied. Yeah, just because his last name is Trump. So both sides are trolling each other so hard. I'm surprised that the Democrats didn't invite the kids bully, you know? Just Chuck Summa up there like, my special guest tonight is a 10-year-old, they call knuckles. One of the top bullies around, he ripped the underwear, You gotta admit though, inviting this kid is a pretty savvy move by Trump, right? It combines two major goals of his family.

Melania's campaign to stop bullying, and Donald's campaign to replace Eric. Now, another custom on State of the Union Knight is that one cabinet member does not attend the speech, and is instead taken to a secure location in case something catastrophic happens during the speech, and someone is needed to run the government. No one knows where that is except for the postmates guy who delivers his food. And tonight that cabinet member is Rick Perry. Yes that's right. If everyone was gone Rick Perry would have been the president of the United States. Yeah, which is fine. I mean he fulfills our new requirement for president. He's been on a reality show. It the to to the to the to the the to the to the the the the to the to the the the the to the the to the the to the the the the to to the the to to to to to to to to the to to to to run. the government. the to to to to to to to to to to to their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. the government. the government. the government. the government. the government. the government. the government. the government. the government. the government. the government. the government. the government. the government. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the te. te. the. the. the. te. the. the. the. the. th. the. the. th. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. States. Yeah, which is fine. I mean, he fulfills our new requirement for president. He's been on a reality show. It works. And here at the Daily Show, we didn't take any

chances either, right? We had our own designated comedy survivor, Ronnie Chang, everybody, just in case the state of the union was catastrophically unfunny. We actually had Ronnie in a secure location watching something else on TV so that no matter what we would have stuff to joke about during our live show. So give it up for Ronnie Chang, everybody. Ronnie, thank you. Thank you so much for being out there. How did it go? Oh, it was incredible, Trevor. I sat in this damp bunker by myself and watched the only other thing on at 9 p.m.

A rerun of property brothers. You want to hear the back-up jokes I came up with? Well, we don't don don't th th we goes. The most, you ever notice how one of the brothers always looks business and the other one always looks casual, but they both always look like doushbags? Yeah, no? All right. Uh, the most stunning reveal of this show

is that neither of these cuddest their twin in the womb, am I right? Yeah, honestly, the rest of these jokes are just about how all twins are kind of weird Oh look, it's another me. Oh wow cool. It's like a mirror who can trick my wife into fucking him Okay, okay, that's probably good enough. Ronnie Chang everybody. I'm glad you're gonna need to put those jokes on the show. Now luckily we didn't need more of Ronnie's jokes because like most of Trump speeches, this one did have its funny moments. So let's get into the speech. Honestly, by Trump's standards, this was pretty chilled. Probably because Melania let him run around outside to tire himself out, you know?

And speaking of Melania, she is really popular. Madam Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of Congress, the First Lady of the United States. Look at that. An immigrant got the first standing ovation of the night. I'm so proud. So proud. My baby. She'd be best. Everyone's like, you stay with her. Well done. Who? We couldn't do it. And with all protocol observed, the president then went on to tell us how great he has made the United States.

In just over two years since the election, we have launched an unprecedented economic boom. 5.3 million new jobs, 600,000 new manufacturing jobs. Wages are rising at the fastest pace in decades. We are a net exporter of energy. We are considered far and away the hottest economy anywhere in the world. Finding great candidates to hire can be like trying to find a needle in a haystack. You might get a lot of resumes, but not enough candidates with the right skills or experience.

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and the only thing that can stop it are foolish wars, politics, or ridiculous partisan investigations. If there is going to be peace and legislation, there cannot be war and investigation. Okay, that didn't make sense, but it rhymes? I wonder if Trump just wrote a bunch of rhymes to try and stop the investigation. He was just sitting in front of the mirror, like,

life is fuller without Robert Mueller. Any collusion is an illusion. If you lock up the orange, nothing rhymes with orange. Okay. But look, man, bragging about the economy and denying collusion, that's just how Trump begins anything he says. Even when he orders McDonald's, he's probably like, no collusion, millions of new dobs, and give me three apple pies, please.

But all of that positive stuff is just his way of clearing his throat, right? The real theme of his speech was that we're all going to die, Mexican style. As we speak, large, organized caravans are on the march to the United States. Ruthless coyotes, cartels, drug dealers, human traffickers, and sex traffickers, criminal, illegal aliens, child smuggling. The savage gang, MS-13, 4,000 killings or murders. Sadistic traffickers, very dangerous border. The president will be available for children's parties if you want to book him, folks.

Seriously, this part of the speech is so scary he should have just been doing it with a flashlight under his chin. They're coming MS-13. But before you feel dejected, my friends, the president has some good news. You see, these problems can all go away for the low, low price of $5.7 billion. In the past, most of the people in this room voted for a wall, but the proper wall never got built. I will get it built. With a powerful barrier in place, El Paso is one of the safest cities in our country.

Simply put, Wall's work and Walls save lives. Really, Mr. President, Walls saved lives. Really, Mr. President, Walls saved lives? Tell that to Humpty Dumpty. He could have been an Instagram star. Now he's just a fratata with 27 likes. Now this was a super long speech, like way, way longer than usual. It was so long Nancy Pelosi got bored and just started looking through the menu halfway

through. Like, what is she doing? I kept expecting her waiter to come over with an order of buffalo wings, just be like, here you go, man. Thank you. But eventually, there was one issue that woke up everybody and brought the whole room together.

We have more women in the workforce than ever before. Don't sit yet. You're going to like this. We also have more women serving in Congress than at any time before. You know, Donald Trump is a rock star, guys. You know, Donald Trump is a rock star, guys. He just took credit for the Democrats electing more women. That is such a rock and roll move. Look at what we've done, folks. Look at what we've done.

I mean, to be fair, Donald Trump has done more to get women Democrats elected than anyone else, so I guess he does deserve the credit? Yes, the same way we should thank smallpox for getting us into vaccines. You know how it goes. Oh, and we should also be thankful to the president for keeping all of us out of hypothetical wars. If I had not been elected President of the United States, we would right now, in my opinion, be in a major war with North Korea. But thanks to me, folks, Kim Jong-un has walked all over the United States, built more missile silos

and given us nothing in return. They can't go to war with you if you've already surrendered folks. I did it. It's a brilliant line of reasoning, right? Where he's like, in my opinion, anything can be right. He's not wrong. In my opinion, if Hillary won, we would all be strawberries. That's my opinion, I can't be wrong. So all in all, this was one of Trump's tamer speeches.

Believe it or not. Border Wall, illegal immigration, economy is doing great, hashtag, no collusion. Same old, same old. Yeah, it was pretty much along party lines. If you're a Democrat, you stayed in the same place. If you're a Republican, you stayed in the same place. But there is one thing we can all th can can a second term, but he's definitely ready for the second grade.

I'm so proud of him. And, and to his credit, he tried to end the speech on a presidential note. I ask the men and women of this Congress, look at the opportunities before us. Our most thrilling achievements are still ahead. Our most exciting journeys still await. Our biggest victories are still to come. We have not yet begun to dream. That's right, folks.

We have not yet begun to dream. In other words, the nightmare is just beginning. Stay tuned. After the break, the Daily Show is still live and we'll go to Roywood Jr. for the Black State of the Union. We'll be right back. Don't go away, everybody. Finding great candidates to hire can be like trying to find a needle in a haystack. You might get a lot of resumes, but not enough candidates with the right skills or experience.

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Listen to the weekly show with John Stewart, wherever you get your podcast. Welcome back to the Daily Show. We are live and we just got out of the State of the Union. Now during tonight's State of the Union, President Trump spelled out his vision for America. I mean, he didn't literally spell it out because spelling isn't something he does, but he told us where he sees the country going. And as his tradition, the State of the Union, was followed by several rebuttal speeches. Former candidate General Javier Bessier, the th, th, the th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, the thi, thi, the thi, thi, the thi, their, their, their, their, thi, thi, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, try. President of try. President of try. President of tr. President of tr. President, President, President, President, President, President, President, President, President their their, President their, President, President their their their, President, President, President their, President, President their, President, President, thiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiii. President, triui. President, tr trueu. trueu.eu. President, Trumpe. tr trueu. President, Trumpe. President, Trumpyu. President, Trumpyu. President, Trump, Georgia, Stacey Abrams, delivered the Democratic response. California Attorney General Javier Becerra gave a speech on behalf of Spanish-speaking

Americans, and Mitt Romney gave a speech on behalf of Americans who think ketchup is too spicy. And here at the Daily Show, we have our own annual response, where we cover the issues that are of special importance to black America. So please rise, but not really. You can just clap, th. th. th. th. thuuuuuuuuuuuuu, thu, thu, thu, thu, thu, thu, thu, thu, thu, thu, to to thu, to to to to to to to to to thu, thu, thu, thu, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, the issues that are of special importance to black America. So please rise, but not really. You can just clap as Roywood Jr. enters to deliver the Daily Show's annual State of Black Shit Address. Good evening, black people, black people, black people, taken their 23 and me results far too seriously.

Good evening. Good evening, black people, African Americans, people of color, and white people taking their 23 of me results far too seriously. Two percent, skim milk. Mm-hmm. I'm Roywood Jr. And I'm speaking to you from the capital of Black America, the corner booth of a waffle house in Birmingham. I heard this the one Dr. King stopped at when he came from Selma.

Mm-hmm. Tonight, we black people are gathered here to once again ask ourselves the question, where we are we are. First of all, we're glad the government shut down has ended. We're glad the government has opened again because let me tell you, this shutdown hit black America especially hard. I was at the airport and I saw a lot of black people working for free. I'm surprised you didn't catch TSA agents singing airport spirituals.

Shoes off and laptops out when you bring your carry-on home. It's a classic. But we will not... We will not allow the shutdown to overshadow our triumphs from the past year. My fellow black folks, I'm here to tell you with confidence the state of black shit is blackish shit. In November, in November, more black congresspeople than ever were elected to the House of Representatives. USA. USA. U.S.A.

USA. Okay. We know where we live. We know where we live. Hmm. And we're even gaining representation abroad. Megan Markle is now the second black person in the royal family. Wait, who's the first? The first one is the Queen.

She drives a the Queen. She drives a the theyntly. She got all them fancy church hats, that's black. Okay, yeah, that is pretty black. Manhats is nice. Manhattan, real nice. Another thing to celebrate. the thanks, the black. tho. tho. tho. thi. thi. thi. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. th. tho. that. that. that. tho. tho. tho. tho. the the the the the 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. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. ta. ta. ta. ta. ta. tha. tha. the the the tha. tha. tha. tha. to thank the president. Obama. Yeah, Obama. You know any other president? What president you thought I was talking about?

That's my president. That's my president. I mean, that's my president. I don't know that, man. I don't know that man. Okay. Now, let's talk about the year we finally stepped up and muted R. Kelly. That made you bastard.

Wait a minute, Madam Speaker, just hold on. A charge led by black women forced our community to finally confront our Kelly. He ain't shit. You understand? Just let me finish. Our community confronted Arkelly and finally said enough is enough. All right, do it now. I said what I said. OK, cool. Now, of course, 2018 also reminded us

that in America today, white people will still call the cops on you just for being black. Being black at a barbecue, or being black at a pool party, or a lemonade stand. Or just trying to sell a little weed out of your apartment. That's illegal. Okay, whatever. Okay. Where was I?

Ah, yes, white ladies. When they called the cops on us for no reason, we changed their names to some shit that they'll never live down. And black people rallied to the white long. When Kanye went to the White House and gave a TED Talk and a Maga Hat, Black people came together and we boycotted the bad songs on his album. And, and to support our brother Colin Kaepinick, we all bought a fresh pair of Nike.

We're in mine right now. Boy, get your foot off this couch, Dr. Keane sat here. I'm sorry. And this lastly brings me to the future of black shit. And the future's looking bright. We finally getting some criminal justice reform. Jordan Pills dropping another scary ass movie. And there's not one but two black people running for president. Kamala and Gori. Mm-hmm. Team light skin.

Not the time for that. That's not the time. Not the time for that. It's not the time. So black people, when you ask the question where we is, I say to you, we're on our way to a future that's looking bright, and a future that's looking black, God bless you, God bless Black America, and God bless the 34 TV shows hosted by Michael Straighthands. I say, good evening.

Good evening. Goose, Sloan, Jamuthy and White, everybody. Coming right back. You shouldn't have to pay for this food. You shouldn't have to pay for it. It's like this for much. I don't think it's like to pay. Look back. Welcome back to your daily show.

Coming to you live up the State of the Union. My guest tonight is an op-ed columnist for the New York Times, a CNN contributor and author of three best-selling books. Please welcome Frank Bruny to the show everybody. Welcome? Let us jump straight into it. What did you make of the State of the Union? Well, you know, I mean, it was a real whiplash experience because the the their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their, thiii. thi. thi. thi. thi. th. to to to you, to to to to you, to you, to you, to you, coming, coming, coming to you, coming to you, coming, coming, coming, coming, coming, coming, coming, coming, to you, to you, to you, to you, to you, to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. to to to thi. to-s. th. to-s. th. their to-s. their to-s, to-s, to-s, thi. What did you make of the state of the Union? Well you know, I mean, it was a real whiplash experience because there were the moments when he was appealing for unity, you know, like saying he wanted to take a bipartisan approach

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Oh yes, of course. I think I would, I think that's part of the two. I mean, when, I mean, I mean, that was probably one of my favorite moments. We talked about it earlier but when, when women stood up in Congress and was like, yeah, that's what we did. Yeah, he made it not do that. No, I mean, this was great because everyone was wondering, how was he going to be affected by Nancy Pelosi, literally being on his shoulder. Right. Like, if you looked at the right camera angle, she was like this head on his left children, right?

Yes. And you thought, is that going to freak a feminist for the evening. He was going to take credit for all the women in whites sitting there. And the truth is if the Republican candidates whom he had advocated for had won, there would not be a record number of women in the house. So that was, his inner feminist is fraudulent, let's say. Just say the least. Just say the least. The lies in and basically went from the state of the union is strong to America is dying very quickly because immigration is uncontrolled and we need to stop it with a wall.

And the caravans are coming. Yes. The caravans are coming. Yes. The caravans are coming. We just found out now that they're coming. There's a new one coming. At what, like, like, the, the, the, the, the, the, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is immigration, is, is, is, is, is, is immigration is, is, is immigration is, is immigration is, is, is, is, is immigration is immigration is, is, is, is, is immigration is immigration is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is, is it, is, is it is, is, is, is, is, is, is it... thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi, how do you even think Democrats begin to combat this narrative?

Is there a thing, or do they just have to legislate around what Trump believes? So far, they've been fighting it with facts, and the American public is on their side. If you look at opinion polls, Americans don't think we should do anything and everything to have a border wall. Right. They blame Donald Trump for to, the it was so unnerving to have Nancy Pelosi's head on his left shoulder. Right. When you look at some of the people they cut to in specific moments, speaking about issues, you know, there was the one cut where they went to, they went to Bernie specifically when he talked about socialism, they're like, socialism will not live in this

kind of they cut to. They're like, like, like, it's like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, it, it, like, it, it, it, it, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, they, they, they, they, the, the, they. they. they. they. they. they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they. they. they. they. they. they. they. they. they. they. they. they. they. they, they. they, they, they, they, they. they, they, they. 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 they're they're they're they're they're. they're specific people, or do you think the news just finds a narrative and they go, this is who this line best applies to? I think all of the above. But I think the socialist line was he, and there is, there are a number of Democrats, Alexander Kazio-Khartez, among them, who wear the label, the their label, and the 2020 campaign, you're going to hear Donald Trump talking more and more about Democrats' desire to turn America into a socialist country, which is, of course, absurd. Right. One of his biggest achievements that he touted in the evening was that we are not

at war because of him, because in his opinion, we would have been at war, we're it not not for him, and North Korea has not done anything because of him. But that's not what his intelligence officials have said. Well, first of all, it was so surprising to hear Donald Trump give himself so much credit, because usually he's so modest about these things. So that... So that... So that...

That sort of threw me off entirely, yeah. But no, it is fascinating because just a week ago his intelligence chiefs were giving public testimony and they were basically saying the opposite of half of what he said in his speech tonight. So you got to give the president credit. He sticks to what he wants to say even if the facts completely contradict him. Right. Going forward, do you think this is going to be one of those nights where people go? He was presidential. He looked like a president up.

like a president up there and he's ready to lead this country? Or do you think the facade of Donald Trump reading words of a prompter has now, it doesn't affect people as much anymore? I'll answer your question with a question. How soon does he begin to tweet? That's when, that's when the presidential aura goes completely away. Oh, that's powerful. Telepromter, Trump and Twitter Trump are two entirely different pieces. find that his tweets directly correlate to what they say about his speech on the news. So you find if everyone on cable news says this was a great speech, Donald Trump is going

to tweet out wonderful things in the morning saying let's come together and if you write something horrible about him, he's going to tweet. So the power is in your hands. Oh wow. I don't know how to have you on again. Frank's Collins appear in the New York Times every Sunday and Wednesday. Really smart, really funny guys. To subscribe to the Weekend News letter. Go to New York Times. to the Daily Show Week Nights at 11th, 10 Central on Comedy Central and the Comedy

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