Jordan Klepper

that we see all of the news with.

Sounds like a good plan.

It does.

It sounds like they've thought it through.

I've never heard of bad situations where that takes place.

It just feels wild.

I think you could fit it into Don't Believe Your Eyes.

I mean, although what is... There's a detail here that is always compelling to me is we kidnap a president and we're going to steal their oil.

And, you know, America has not always been on the up and up when it comes to situations like this in the past.

You look at the Iraq war.

And yet there was...

at least an expectation that America would make an argument towards the better angels, that for democratic norms, for the safety of the people.

There was an understanding at that time, even though tomfoolery was at play, and there were oil companies that were making a killing, and there was a lot of things at play outside of the general welfare of the Iraqi people and the Americans at the time.

There was still an understanding that the

The articulation around why America was there had to be above board, had to be moralistic in some sense.

Yes.

And yet you fast forward to here and the old Congress folks are still playing that game.

They feel like they have to reach to democracy and what have you.

But Donald Trump gives it all away.

And I think that's what's always been so interesting.