The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Trump's Sales Pitch to North Korea | Eric Garcetti

Episode Date: June 13, 2018

President Trump uses his real estate mogul skills to charm North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, and Trevor sits down with Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Thank you so much for tuning in and I'm telling you everybody. Take a seat, take a seat, let's get into it. Let's get into it. My guest tonight, the mayor of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti is here. The first, the reviewes are now in for yesterday's North Korea. The first, the reviews are now in for yesterday's North Korea summit. And if you thought audiences were disappointed by solo, that was nothing compared to this. I'm very disappointed about the substance of the meeting, to be honest. I'm deeply skeptical that Kim Jong-un and President Trump are going to be besties and that this is going to suddenly change the world.

Did President Obama had done this, I I I I I I I I I I would be the the and that this is going to suddenly change the world. Did President Obama had done this, I would be crushing him today. This is the weakest statement I have ever seen come out of any engagement with North Korea. The president's own failure to really crack his briefing book has really cost the United States dearly. Okay, first of all, you haters need to calm down, all right? There was a real chance this thing could could have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have have thiiiiiiiiii. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, I thi, I thi, I thr-a, I'm thr-a, I thrash, I'm thi, I'm thi, I'm th. I'm, I'm, I'm th. I'm th. I th. I th. I, I th. I, I, I th. I, I, I, I th. I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I, I the the the the the the thi. I the thi. I'm a thr. I'm a thr. I'm a thr. thrue. thrown, thr. thrown, thr. thr. thrue. thi. throwne. thr. thi. thi. I'm of all, you haters need to calm down, all right? There was a real chance this thing could have ended with a nuclear fireball. A little gratitude would be nice, okay? But as it turns out, the problem with Trump's approach, wasn't that he failed to prepare,

is that he prepared for the wrong thing. You see, the world wanted a sales pitch. To help close the deal here, President Trump used his skills as a real estate developer. As an example, they have great beaches. You see that whenever they're exploding their canons into the ocean, right? I said, boy, look at that tree. Wouldn't that make a great condo behind? And I explained, I said, you know, instead of doing that, you could have the best hotels in the world right there. Think of it from a real estate perspective. This man is really special because while the rest of the world was focusing on the missiles North Korea was launching, Trump's attention was on the beaches that they came from.

He's the kind of person who watches saving Private Ryan and cries for what happened to the beach. What a tragedy! So much sand ruined. No! And now, what I'm about to to to seems like a joke, but this is completely true. Trump's big plan was to try and convince Kim Jong-un to quit his life of crime and join the dazzling world of real estate development. And he did this by making a video for the little dictator to watch. He brought it on an iPad. And I'm going to be honest, this video that Trump really did play for Kim Jong-un felt less like a diplomatic presentation and

more like a Florida timeshare pitch. A story of opportunity. A new story, a new beginning. Two leaders. One destiny. A new world can begin today. When a man is presented with one chance that may never be repeated, one of friendship, respect, and goodwill. Will he shake the hand of peace and enjoy prosperity like he has never seen? One moment, one choice. What if? The future remains to be written. I feel like immediately off that tr-

Trump turned on the lights and he was like, ha? Ha? Ha? Because I'm sorry, even if that was a real, real estate video, I wouldn't buy what they're selling. Like, none of it makes sense. There's a random black guy dunking, okay? There's a cameo from Sylvester Stallone. I don't know why. What the hell was with the horses? What does that even mean?

Give up your nukes and your country will be overrun with horses? It feels like Trump's Pinterest just came to life. What does this mean? And it wasn't just the video that the video that that the video that that that the video that that the video that that the video that thoeoueuuuu, the video thioometeauauvueu, thiolomeomeomeome thi thi, thi, thi, thiol- thiol-I was just the the video was just was just was just was just was just was just was just was just was just was just was just was just was just was just was just was just was just was just was just was just was just was just was just was just was just was just was just was just was just was just the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the video the video the video the video the video the video the video the video the video video video video video video video video video video video video video video video video video video video that made this feel like one giant sales pitch. No, even when Trump tried to break down the possible permutations of the deal, he still only knew the language of a condominium hoxster. I told him, you may not want this. You may want to do a much smaller version of this. I mean, you're going to do something, but you may want to do a smaller version. You may not want to do to do to and the everything, you know, super, everything the top. And maybe you won't want that. It's going to be up to them. Like, you know what, let me just put you in one bedroom democracy, you know? Yeah. Just see how you like it.

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the election, economics, earnings calls. What are they talking about on these earnings calls? We're gonna be talking about ingredient to bread ratio on sandwiches. And I know that I listed that fourth, but in importance, it's probably second. I know you have a lot of options as far as podcasts go, but how many of them come out on Thursday? I mean, talk about innovative. Listen to the weekly show with John Stewart, wherever you get your podcast. Welcome back to the Daily Show.

My guest tonight is a Democrat serving his second term as mayor of Los Angeles. Please welcome Mayor Eric Garcetti. Welcome to the Daily Show. Thank you for being here. Before we get into Los Angeles and everything that's going on there, there is major news of the day as the male of Los Angeles. Yeah, are you, are you, is this like a great day for you knowing that you're no longer going to be nuked by North Korea? That's, that's, that's that's fun. It's a pretty good day for Los Angeles. It's a very kind kind kind kind kind kind kind the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. It's a th. It's a th. It's a th. It's a th. It's a th. It's a the th. It's a th. It's the the the th. th. th. 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 to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the the the the the the the th. th. th. th. th. th. the thi. the thi. the thi. the the the the the the the the the the da.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a. the the the the the the the the the tha. that you're no longer going to be nuked by North Korea? That's that's it's a pretty good day for Los Angeles. It's a very surreal day. Yeah. And if peace actually does break out on the Korean Peninsula, it helps us get back to our true enemy Canada.

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they leave you in debt. Are you not worried about the financial ramifications? I 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 thi thi thi thi thi thi thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, that is a thi, that is a thoan, thoan, thoan, thoan, thi, thi, thi, the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the thu. I, thu. I, th. I, than, than, than, than, than, than, than, is than, is than, is than, is than, is than, than, than, thananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananan. thaean, than, than, than Are you not worried about the financial ramifications? I think that's pretty rational for most cities, but LA is a little different. I mean, we've done the Olympics twice before this. This will be our third time, first time the Paralympics. And in 1984, we saved the Olympics, turned a profit, took that money, put it back into youth sports, Russell Westbrook, you know, grew up going to a basketball league that profits from the 84 Olympics paid for.

And I was 13, and it was the greatest experience of my childhood to go as a boy and see the world in my city. Right. And I have a six-year-old daughter Maya and I thought if I could pay that back to her generation, turn a profit, make us the healthiest city in America, and really put a point on the horizon where Americans realize we are strongest when we're of and in and engaged with the world, not closed off to it. Right. I think that would be a great legacy to leave behind. Wow. It's a really, um, it's a really exciting image. Things have changed from the true.

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And then, that's bypassing Washington. We passed the largest infrastructure initiative in the nation's history. We're going to build 15 new light rail lines simultaneously, the most since New York basically build the subway of any city in America, fix freeways, pave our streets, all leading up to the Olympics in 2028 and beyond. So we have 40 years, 780,000 jobs, when people feel this mixture of anxiety and excitement these days. I call it, the the the the the their their their they they they they they they they they they they they they are they are they are they are they are they are they are they are they are thiii thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. We'll th. th. We'll th, th. th, th. th. We'll th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii. thi. thi. thi. th of kind of anxiety and excitement these days, I call it anxiety. You know, they are looking for like something, I'm so excited about the future, but it hurts right now. Right. They can see good jobs. They can

see, you know, middle-class jobs where they can send a kid to college, have a decent home, all of those things, and finally, you know, break the back of traffic in Los Angeles. That's that's. That's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. I'm th. I'm so. I'm so. I'm so. I'm thi. I'm so th. I'm so th. I'm so th. I'm so th. I'm so th. I's, I'm so I'm so I's, I'm so I's, I I's, I's, I I's, I's. I I I I I's. I's. I I I's. I's. I's. I's. I I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I's. I'm. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm so. I'm so. I'm so th. I'm so thr. I'm so thr. I'm so th. I'm so th. I'm so th. I'm so th. I'm so th. I'm so th. I'm so th. I'm so. I'm so to lose. Do you think that the jobs that you hopefully are going to create from this infrastructure boost will try and alleviate LA's homelessness problem? Because Los Angeles is one of the cities in the world that's genuinely struggling with one of the highest rates of homelessness. You've called it a humanitarian crisis. Do you know what's causing this crisis? And do you have an idea of how to begin solving it? absolutely. I think everybody on the the the the the their their their their their their their, and I spent a lot of time talking to my fellow Angelinos who live on the street, they all experience trauma of one sort or another, whether it's a divorce, mental health crisis,

whether it's a substance abuse, coming home from war, emancipating from foster care. It's a combination of trauma on our streets and the high rent. We have to build more housing. This year we finally saw the first downtick in homelessness after nine years of increases. And LA is not unique, but LA voters passed two measures, the two biggest in U.S. history, to house homeless, build 10,000 new units of housing, and to give services to them. And I think this is really a national problem, and we need national leadership on it because there's a mental health emergency out there. and, and, and, and, and, and, and their, and their, and the, and th. And, and, and to, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, 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, the, the, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, out there and you know if some if 10 people break their leg they go to the emergency room we don't say one out of 10 of you gets fixed right but if you're addicted to opioids and you're dealing with mental health issues you go there and they say okay maybe one out of 10 of you get care and that's just cruel it's inhumane and if we're gonna get people off the, we'll. to... to. to. to. to. to to to to to to to to to to to the to their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. to their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their their their their their their their their their. their their their. their. their. their. their their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. te. te. te. te. te. te. te. te. te. te. tee. tee. tee. tee. te. te. te. the underlying trauma that causes them to go out in the street and build more housing period.

I guess providing housing is one solution, which will help in one way, but you did raise the problem of rent skyrocketing. You know, LA's downtown has been rejuvenated. It's a beautiful place to go to from a few years ago, it's changed rapidly. Are you considering any ways to try and prevent gentrification coming in and rooting these people out of their homes? Displacement, there's 15 rail lines that I talked about, we have the highest ratio in the country, we're mandating that 35% of the housing that gets built around those lines is affordable for low-income individuals. So we will subsidize that by giving the land to developers, but they have to keep their rents low, toeheaeheae, their, their, but their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, but their, their, but their, but their, but their, but their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their their their their, their their their their their their their their their their their their their their thea, thea, thea, thea, thea, thea, thea, their highest, their highest, their highest, their.e, their. their highest of the neighborhoods where they've been clamoring to have public transportation. They actually get the benefit from

it. We're closer, less traffic because people aren't moving further and further away from the core. So, you know, I see a generosity in Los Angeles that's kind of missing in America right now. You see in Washington division, division, subtraction. They kind of, you know, literally what they they can take they they they th th th th th th the their their tha their tha tha tha their tha tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. tha. thae is tha. thae, tha. thae, thea. thae, thae, tha. tha. thae, less their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their tra traffic traffic traffic traffic traffic traffic traffic tra traffic thea thea thea thea thea tra traffic traffic traffic traffic traffic tha. traffic thauoes thauoes thau. thau. thau. thau. tr-a. tr-a. tr-auo. tr-auo. tr-auo. tr-a. troe. thauoe. their success. But whether it's homelessness, whether it's traffic, whether it's the Olympics, you know, we see in Los Angeles and other cities the true American spirit, which is one of generosity, one that embraces each other, and one where everybody belongs, especially our immigrants. It's interesting that you say that because you've received a lot of criticism.

Los Angeles as a city has received a lot of cities. Some would argue LA puts the well-being of undocumented immigrants before Angelino's. Some would say, we understand as a mayor you want to be compassionate, but is it fair to harbor these people when they're in fact becoming a drain on the city? How do you respond to that? Well, you know, those are dog whistles that people blow to try to divide us. I'm the grandson of an immigrant that came here from Mexico. He was one year old in the Mexican Revolution, my great-grandfather was killed and my great-grandmother did what a mother will do. Picked her son up and took him to someplace safe, crossed the border, came to Los Angeles. He wasn't a citizen but this country. thrown. throwne, their city. told tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, the tho, tho, the the the tho, the the the tho, the the tho, tho, the tho, the tho, the tho, the 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, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, tho, tode, toda, toda, today, today, today, today, today, today, today, today, today for this country and got his citizenship as a result. When I think through this issue, I think we have to find our hearts, first and foremost.

What if he had been separated from his mother at the border, like the policies we have today? What if he hadn't been granted citizenship? I literally wouldn't be here. And I'm never going to stop listening to police over politicians about the right way to police and to earn the trust of immigrants. I'm never going to stop building the economy when 63% of our businesses are started by immigrants in Los Angeles. And I guess I'm too pro-family to say we should be separating parents from their children. So I think it's really important for us to get past the kind of BS of the rhetoric. And to get to the realityto that generosity that this country has

always been about. The, um... The, um... The story that you tell inspires so many people. You know, it's a beautiful story of overcoming the odds and coming to America and becoming a citizen. On the flip side, though, President Trump, for instance, brought out an African-a the th, thiiiiiiiiiiiiiii the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the citizen. On the flip side, though, President Trump, for instance, brought out an African-American family

who lost their son to gang violence at the hands of a gang member who was undocumented. People then said in the argument, well, this is one of the byproducts of being kind to immigrants. How do you find that balance between policing and asking people if they're citizens and living in an environment that is nice, you know, emotionally? We used to have a policy where we use the resource of the federal government to go after truly dangerous criminals, you know, call them the sharks in the sea, people who are murderers, rapists, and I don't care what your legal

status is or not. If you commit a serious crime, we're going to come after you. But now we have a policy that's making us less safe. They're throwing a net into the ocean and pulling out 20 guppies, scaring a father who's dropping off his children at school, going after people who are working, instead of going with their limited resources after the truly dangerous folks. And so I think the federal government Went to school in Southern California, became a Los Angeles police officer. And last year on a traffic stop, pedestrian traffic stop, somebody leaned out a window and shot at her and her partner. One of those bullets hit her, luckily just in the leg, but it was a pretty bad hit. Within a half hour in this neighborhood that was filled with immigrants, documented and undocumented, they trusted the police police policethat they said he went that away,

told the police where to go, and within a half hour, we had in handcuffs somebody who would have been a cop killer. We protect immigrants because they protect us. And that trust that you establishes allows us to go after criminals, whether they're documented, whether they're citizens or not............. their citizens, their citizens, their citizens, and their citizens, and their citizens, and their citizens, and their citizens, and their citizens, and their citizens. their citizens. their citizens. their citizens. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their. their.... their... their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. tooooffiiiauu to to to to theau theau theau thea. thea. theau theau theau t, but we should be using our federal resources to go after truly dangerous people, not mothers and fathers and grandmothers and people who want to become Americans, and we need to fix this broken immigration system now. The talk that has been swirling around you understandably has been that you are preparing

to run for presidents of the United States in 2020. Is this your beginning your journey? I think anybody, any patriot right now, is called to taking this country back. And I think anybody who will be at least 35 years old in 2020 should be considering running right now. May I. May I. May I.

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