What Now? with Trevor Noah - Between the Seasons: Trump Dropping Bombs for Peace

Episode Date: July 10, 2025

What Now is taking a summer break! Season 3 will return in September with new guests, new ideas, and the same classic Trevor and friends. In the meantime, we’ll load up a few mystery bonus episodes, including this one straight from Trevor’s stand-up show in London.

Hey! Happy summer holidays everyone. Or if you're in the southern hemisphere, happy wishing it was summer holidays everyone. We're going to be taking a break for a couple months on What Now? as we wrap up Season 2 and prepare for a very exciting Season 3 with SiriusXM. It's going to be all new guests, new ideas, new topics, and the same world. Yes, we still live in it, so that's where we'll be. I think it'll be the same world. I mean, we don't know if there'll be a world, but let's see what happens. Let's see what happens. In the meantime though, we're going to be loading up a few fun, interesting episodes,

bonus episodes for you to enjoy. So it could be stuff of me on the road doing stand-up, having conversations with audiences, or you never know, I might just bump into a random interesting person somewhere and decide to make a podcast episode with them. So stay tuned, stay listening, but most important, stay safe. Enjoy yourself and what now? Season 3 will be back in September. It's been a good week, it's been a crazy week, oh my goodness. I thought the week was just going to be about comedy in London, and then Israel and Iran

happened, and then we were on the the brink of like World War 3. Like you here are now Friday crowd having fun. Monday, Tuesday crowd. Yeah. You try tell jokes when there's missiles outside. Like everyone was here like... Because that would be a weird way. Like to be, you know what I mean, like at the beginning of World War III. People are like, where were you?

And you're like, what? Did you see what happened? No, I didn't. Where were you? Trevor was telling us about... About Brixton. It was such an insane story as well. Like now I feel like the world we live in... About Brixton. It was such an insane story as well. Like now I feel like the world we live in...

I sometimes think about parallel universes and timelines and I'm not sure if I believe it, but when I do think about it, I go like, I think we somehow slipped into the ludicrous timeline. Like we were all in a very normal timeline, us as people, and then something happened around like COVID and then we went into the crazy timeline And then the other versions of us are now like wow things have become very boring and normal Because like this is not normal, you know Like the week starts off

Well, the wood like I mean it's been like two weeks technically right starts off Israel Iran was negotiating a nuclear deal with America negotiating aotiating a deal, negotiating a deal, they're making progress, making progress. They're getting close, they're getting super close. And then Israel was like, uh-uh. No. No deal. And then Israel started launching missiles at Iran, right? And then it's hard to make a deal when missiles hitting you, you know what I mean? It's like when you're trying to break up with someone at a restaurant

and then the waiter keeps coming, is everything great here? Hold, just wait. Just, let me just handle. Let me just handle. So what I'm saying is, I'm just, how's everything going? Yeah, yeah. Look, hey, we'll call you.

We'll call you. We'll call you, please. So Iran was like, alright, I can't handle, I can't. And so then Iran was like, missiles back at Israel. Missiles, missiles, missiles. And then Israel was like, missiles, missiles. And then Iran was like, missiles, missiles. And it was going back and forth, back and forth.

Israel was definitely winning it because Iran has missiles, but not like Israel's type of missiles. You know what I mean? Iran doesn't have much money and stuff. So their missiles are like those cheap fireworks, your friends. You know when your parents would, they'd feel bad.

You'd be like, what are we doing for Guy Fawkes Day? And then your parents would be like, oh, do you want these ones? You're like, do you like them? They're like, no, just throw them on the ground. I'm like, pat, pat, pat. Do you feel like the other kids? No, I don't at all.

So Iran has those ones and then they're launching back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. The whole world was like, ah man, this again, Middle East conflict, Middle East. And then at the peak of it, everyone was like, ah man, how could this get worse? Donald Trump was like, hello. (*audience laughs*) Donald Trump came in and he was like,

I'm gonna help, I'm gonna totally deescalate this situation, I'm gonna deescalate this situation. And we were like, ah my man, you've de-escalated a thing in your life. In your life. From your head to your politics. Nothing is a de-escalation. Nothing. Trump came in and he's like, I don't like how Iran and Israel are launching bombs at

each other all the time. So many bombs, we can't have this. It's not right. Too many bombs. Too many bombs. We gotta stop the time so many bombs we can't have this it's not right too many bombs too many but we gotta stop it no more bombs no more bombs we gotta stop it we gotta fix it and they're like all right how you gonna fix it he's like bed dropping bombs I'm gonna drop bombs and no one no one expected it like the whole world was like okay Trump is gonna mediate or he's gonna, because he said to them,

hey guys, let's sort this out, peace deal, we're gonna do a peace deal, and then he dropped bombs on Iran. And everyone in the world was like, what the hell? And a lot of people in my life were like, oh man, I can't believe that Trump did this, I can't believe it, and they were so stressed. And I was like, yes, but look on the bright side.

And they were like, what bright side? I was like, on the bright side, Trump also can't believe that he did this. Like that's the one glimmer of hope that I get from Donald Trump is that, like he also doesn't know what he's doing. He's in it with us, which is a nice change. Oftentimes we're at the mercy of those in power,

but he's in the mercy with us. Like we're all locked in a prison cell, but he's holding the key and he's like the mercy with us. Like we're all locked in a prison cell, but he's holding the key and he's like, we're all trapped, we're all trapped. What are we gonna do? We're like, use the key. What, what are you talking about? And the reason I say this is because Trump came out

and he hosted a press conference about it. It was so wild. He hosted a press conference about it. It was so wild. He hosted a press conference about dropping the bombs. And he was shocked in the press conference. He came out and he's like, earlier today, the United States military, that's us, that's us, launched missiles, bunker besters,

launched missiles on Iran, on all their nuclear facilities. And boy, you don't understand. You've never seen bombs like that before. They came there and they dropped them those bombs. I couldn't believe what those bombs were doing. I couldn't believe it. I couldn't believe it.

And I called. I called. I'm the one who called. I said, drop the bomb. I didn't know I was going to call. I said, two weeks. I said, the bombs I didn't know I was gonna call I said two weeks I said two weeks I told everybody two weeks it was gonna be two weeks and then I was on the plane then I said I'm calling drop the bomb and the bombs were dropped I've never seen bombs like that I said whoa

we're never dropping bombs like that again I never see bombs like that those bombs were dropped and now it's over now it it's over, we're all good, we're all good. And so now because America had dropped bombs on them then Iran had to respond but then Iran didn't want to get into a fight, no one wants to get into a fight with America, you know what I mean? And so like Iran was like, ah we are going to retaliate against you and then they launched missiles at an American base in Qatar but then they phoned America first. They did, they were like, all right, we're launching bombs against you in like 45 minutes, an hour, maybe you tell us how long you need,

then we will launch the bombs. And then the Americans cleared out their base and everything important, and then the bombs fell. Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo And then Trump, in an interesting way, he responded to Iran. Then he wrote on his thing online, on his profile, he was like, thank you to Iran for giving us notice about the bombs. Now it's over. It's all over. There will be peace.

And then he said, Iran, Israel, peace. And they were like, all right, peace, peace, peace. All good. Then Trump went to sleep. And in the four hours that he was sleeping, Israel, like out of nowhere, they came in, they were like, Iran launched more missiles. And then everyone was like, wait, what missiles? And Israel was like, you launched missiles.

And Iran was like, no, uh-uh. And then Israel was like, too late, we're coming for you with more bombs. And then the world was like, what? And then Trump woke up. And this was the moment when I can safely say I have felt more connected to Donald Trump than I've ever in my entire life because that man is not a normal human being very seldom have I looked at Trump and thought yeah yeah yeah I can relate

to this but he came out after Israel was about to launch a full-scale bombing attack on Iran and he came out he heard about this man didn't even put on a tie came out of the White House half-dressed ran straight into reporters and he went into it he was like I heard about what Iran is doing and what Israel is doing and let me tell you I'm angry at Iran but I'm more angry at Israel they said peace and I said we're gonna do peace and they're launching and I'm sick of them. Israel you better not do it. You don't do it Israel. I said peace. You don't do it. He looked like a dad who had kids that were fighting in the backyard and he was just going back and forth. He's just like

Israel shut up baby. Come on shut up. How many times do I have to tell your kids that you're not gonna, I told you once and I'll tell you again. And then he looked at the reporter and he did something I've never seen an American president do in my entire life. He cursed live on TV into the camera, looked at the camera and he was like, they were like, what do you think Mr. he's like, I'll tell you what this is. You've got two countries have been fighting so long.

They don't know what the fuck they're doing. You're like, oh, dad is mad. Dad is mad. And I don't know what was crazier, the fact that he cursed on live TV as an American president or the fact that that somehow became bigger news than the actual bombs that were dropped. The bombs was like half a day of news. The biggest bombs ever dropped on a country randomly out of war was barely any news. And then Trump came out and he swore every news outlet, Guardian, BBC, Al Jazeera, CNN, you name it,

all of them, all of them. Trump curses, Trump swears, Trump says F word, F everywhere. And I was like, damn, so the F bomb was more important than the bomb bomb. Everyone on TV, we've never seen this before. We've never seen an American president curse on national television This is never I don't even understand what we're seeing right now Donald Trump, and I must warn I must warn sensitive viewers. I must warn sensitive yo you showed footage of cities being leveled by bombs

You said it just casually let me show you some of the bombs that were dropped here Let me show you some of the bombs that were dropped here. Let me show you some of the bombs. All right, now, Trump said something. I must warn you, if you have children in the room, you might wanna cover their ears. You might wanna cover their ears, because he said that, like, people care more about the words than the, and it was the wildest thing.

Wildest thing, I can't believe it. I can't believe it. They were doing it as if the people in Iran were just like, yeah, no, no, no, no, no. The bombs are one thing. But what he said... You can take bombs back, but words... Words are forever.

Oh, man.