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Welcome to The Daily Show. I'm Desi Lydic. We've got so much to talk about tonight. Trump and China agreed a couples therapy. Your next roommate might be a robot. And the government shutdown is a month old. But will America's body ever bounce back? First, let's kick things off with another installment of Trump Meets World.
International humiliation, one after another.
Trump has spent all week hopping his way through Asia, meeting leaders from Malaysia, Japan, and South Korea. But today, he went face-to-face with Asia's final boss, Chinese President Xi Jinping. And boy, did he not match Trump's energy.
Mr. President, the president of the People's Republic of China.
Nice to meet you. Good to see you again. And we're going to have a very successful meeting, I have no doubt.
But he's a very tough negotiator. That's not good.
Remember, call your doctor if your handshake lasts longer than four hours. But this is such a stark difference from how every other leader on this trip has interacted with Trump. Malaysia's throwing a concert for him. Korea's giving him crowns. Everyone's kissing his ass. Then she comes in like his mom forced him to have a play date with a weird kid at school. But forget about how their greeting was. The bigger question was what happened at that meeting. Trump said that China has been eating America's lunch for decades, and this was his chance to seal a major trade deal that finally makes things right.
President Trump back on Air Force One after his meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, where the leaders agreed to a tentative truce in the trade war. That brings tariffs and other measures back to where they were before recent escalations. He's basically reset the clock to January.
Wait, January? As in earlier this year, January? You went all the way to Asia for that? OK, I think we can agree that meeting was a waste of time.
On the scale from 0 to 10, with 10 being the best, I would say the meeting was a 12.
Spoken like a guy who does not know the order of numbers. Meanwhile, back at home on this night before Halloween, we're still dealing with the government shutdown. And it's been the same story for a month now. Democrats versus Republicans, and things are only getting more tense.
Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene acknowledging she lashed out on a Republican call.
You're telling me Representative Cruella DeVille lost her composure? What? Let me guess. She's saying the Democrats want to give health care to Joe Biden's auto pen.
In a break with her party, she confronted Speaker Johnson, saying, I have no respect for the House not being in session, and I demand to know from Speaker Johnson what the Republican plan for health care is.
Oh, I was not expecting that.
What happened when Trump met Xi Jinping and why was the meeting criticized?
I'd also love to hear the Republican plan for health care. All right, good for you, Marjorie. I mean, you know what they say, even a stopped clock is right twice a day. Or as Marjorie Taylor Greene says, clocks cause autism. I guess we can all enjoy that, because she is literally wrong about everything else. Let's take, for example, this $40 billion bailout for Argentina. That's probably one of the grossest things I've ever seen. Yeah, that is a pretty gross thing. Wait, something weird is happening. Am I agreeing with Marjorie Taylor Greene? That was weird. That's never happened before. But it's a testament to the incompetence of this administration that even his ideological allies like Marjorie Taylor Greene are starting to find common ground with his critics.
Although, obviously, let's not forget who we're dealing with here. We're not going to agree on much more than that.
Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene is now backing a move to force a floor vote requiring the Justice Department to release all Epstein documents.
We should be passing the discharge petition that Thomas Massey put in to release the Epstein files.
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Chapters
5 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:01–3:59
2
What happened when Trump met Xi Jinping and why was the meeting criticized?
3:59–8:15
3
How did Desi summarize the trade deal reset and its significance?
8:15–17:55
4
How did Desi react to agreeing (briefly) with Marjorie Taylor Greene?
17:55–19:23
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Why did Marjorie Taylor Greene confront GOP leadership during the shutdown?
19:23–29:57
Speakers
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