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What are the latest political controversies discussed on The Daily Show?
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 Lydon.
We've got so much to talk about tonight. Elon Musk gets marked as spam. Russia and America share friendship bracelets. And Trump sticks a foot in his mouth. But for once, it's not his own. So let's get right into it.
I'm going to cop it.
How did Trump's comments on Ukraine stir international reactions?
Let's kick things off with the war in Ukraine. Donald Trump promised he could secure a peace deal within one day of taking office, which means he is now negative 34 days ahead of schedule. Good work, sir. As we know, the Ukraine war began in 2022 when Putin invaded Ukraine on three separate fronts while launching missile attacks on Ukrainian cities. Or as Donald Trump puts it...
President Trump has made a series of false assertions blaming Ukraine for starting the war.
You should have never started it. You could have made a deal.
That's an interesting interpretation in that it's not what happened. In fact, it's the exact opposite of what happened. And this has set off alarm bells for a lot of conservatives, including Brian Kilmeade, Trump's buddy and the Joey Tribbiani of Fox & Friends. He tried to gently push back when Trump started to blame the destruction of Ukraine on President Zelensky.
You have a man who's led a country that had the most beautiful cities, they're demolished, had the most beautiful domes. Those domes are the most beautiful in the world. But it's all Russia's.
But that's Russia's fault, though, Mr. President.
Russia did the demolished 1,000-year-old domes. And everything's demolished.
But, Mr. President, that's Vladimir Putin's fault.
Don't you agree? I get tired of listening to it. He makes it very hard to make deals. But look what's happened to his country. It's been demolished.
But no, no, I hear you. He's going to go back. Mr. President, you know who's to blame for that. Don't you think it's Vladimir Putin that did the invasion unwarranted to try to take back land he had no right to? And don't you think fundamentally that's that? And if you could just get now, now both sides want to talk, it seems. So we should just get to that point.
They only want to talk because of me.
But this is how off the rails Trump is. His beloved Fox News is saying, Mr. President, you sound crazy, and I believe DEI causes tornadoes. And he's right. Not about the DEI causing tornadoes. We all know trans people cause tornadoes. But about this war. Under Donald Trump, America has fully taken Russia's side, which means, are we the bad guys now? Well, that didn't answer that. But I think we might be the bad guys. It's not just Republicans who are alarmed. The entire continent of Europe is freaking the f*** out. If the United States will help Russia take over Ukraine, who's next? Poland? Latvia? Slovenia? Slovakia? Albania? Estonia? Yeah, I got a 97 in AP Geography. Thank you. Thank you. I would have gotten 100, but I misspelled my name.
So yesterday, Europe tried to get Trump back on its side by sending over its most charismatic Trump whisperer, Emmanuel Macron of France. And right from the start of that meeting, you could really see how he let his guard down.
Why is Trump's fascination with Macron's accent significant?
That is the most beautiful language.
I have no idea what he's saying, but that is elegant, beautiful language.
Yeah, Trump just loves the French accent. Probably because it's the native tongue of his hero, Pepe Le Pew. Something about that pervert skunk that Trump finds so relatable. But Macron's accent gives him a lot of leeway to gently correct Trump every time he spews bullshit.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What are the latest political controversies discussed on The Daily Show?
0:50–1:42
2
How did Trump's comments on Ukraine stir international reactions?
1:42–4:50
3
Why is Trump's fascination with Macron's accent significant?
4:50–5:59
4
What was Elon's ultimatum to federal workers?
5:59–9:02
5
How are federal employees and the public reacting to Elon Musk's actions?
9:02–33:24
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