The Transfer of Power, Climate Escape Plans, and Trump’s Return to Office
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Welcome to The Daily Show. I'm Roy Chang. We got so much to talk about tonight. Kamala reverse-insurrects, Trump phones a friend, and we'll find out how to leave this f***ing planet for good. So let's get into Indecision 2024. It's a new day in America. Can you feel the delights? All that sunshine and roses or whatever makes people happy? No? Okay, well, maybe you're not looking hot enough.

We're going to begin, though, with the start of the something that makes this country so great. When it happens, we're talking about the promise of a peaceful transfer of power. Peaceful transfer of power. Let's hear it for the bare minimum of a democracy. The first step of this was Kamala Harris calling Donald Trump to promise that she wouldn't do what he tried to do.

The vice president called President-elect Trump to congratulate him. According to a senior Harris aide, the vice president discussed the importance of a peaceful transfer of power. Yeah, Scott Mueller called Trump, considered the race, and told him there should be a peaceful transfer of power. And you know, as soon as Trump hung up the phone, he was like, yeah, yeah, yeah, that's great. F*** pussies.

So, I guess American democracy still works as long as the guy who likes overthrowing the government wins the election because then he won't overthrow the government. So, with the transfer happening, we're going to be talking about Trump again every day for another four years, I guess. And I, for one, did not think that when I came out of the jungles of Malaysia to do comedy that...

I would be making jokes about Donald Trump every day for 13 years straight. 13 years. I don't talk about anybody as much as... I don't talk about my mom as much as I talk about this guy. I don't talk about my wife as much as I talk about this guy. Yo, my wife thinks I'm having an emotional affair with him.

I'm going to be talking about this guy on my f***ing deathbed, okay? Which I assume will be in three years when he somehow brings back the bubonic plague. And you might be sitting at home saying, well, Ronnie, why don't you just shut the f*** up about Trump?

Well, for the same reason CNN doesn't shut the up about him. Money! Lots and lots of money! So let's get these dollars right now and get back to Donald Trump. And you know what? Attitude is everything. I'm gonna be optimistic. If Donald Trump can get some good people around him this time, maybe he'll do good for the country. I mean, who is he getting to help him with the transition? - I'm gonna be heavily involved on the transition. - Great.

It's take your dumb ass to work day. And what qualifications would Don Jr. be looking for? I want to make sure now that we know who the real players are, the people who will actually deliver on the president's message, the people who don't think that they know better than the duly elected president of the United States. Yeah, no more smart people.

Only people who look at my idiot dad and go, what a f***ing genius. And where is Trump gonna find people who will do whatever he says? I mean, didn't they all die when they injected themselves with bleach? So...

Let's see who these people are. 75 days from now, Trump returns to the White House, and right now there is an intense focus on who he will surround himself with. Florida Senator Marco Rubio, possibly former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, maybe Secretary of Defense, former Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf, perhaps reappointed.

Okay, okay. You know what? Actually, not as bad as I expected. Marco Rubio, Mike Pompeo, they're basically professional political administrators, right? At least they're wearing suits and ties. It could be worse. And then there's some, shall we say, more unusual names. Steve Bannon, conspiracy nut Laura Loomer, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Elon Musk. Okay, yeah, it's worse. Uh,

This cabinet looks like the division of the X-Men for the mutants who had too much mutation. They're like, hey, what's your mutant power? I just talk like this. And people trust me with their health. Ugh.

Okay, so this is the A-team, and other names floated for his cabinet include Hannibal Lecter, the Menendez brothers, the poliovirus, and for Secretary of Transportation, a Cybertruck with a Hitler mustache. Now...

Now, Don Jr. isn't the only one thinking about the transition. So is the guy who has spent the last two years trying to transition Trump into a prison cell. Tonight, special counsel Jack Smith is now signaling he'll wind down his two federal cases against President-elect Trump. The January 6th criminal case and the classified documents case are effectively over. DOJ guidelines are clear. You cannot prosecute a sitting president.

Great. Trump gets off with no punishment. It's just as the famous quote says, the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards, sorry, we're out of time. He's president now. Apparently, you can just get away with your crimes if you win the presidency. And that sound you just heard is Diddy forming an exploratory committee for 2028.

I mean, he doesn't even need any policies. He just hands out behind other people's policies going, uh-huh, yeah, yeah. So not only does he get off on January 6th, Trump also gets off on stolen documents. In fact, not only are they not going to prosecute him, they have to put the documents back where they found them scattered around his toilet in Mar-a-Lago.

Trump gets to be president, he doesn't have to go to prison, which means he doesn't have to sneak in a tanning bed up his rectum. And probably the best part for him is having the guy who kicked him out of the White House welcome him back. Yesterday, I spoke with President-elect Trump to congratulate him on his victory. And I assured him that I'd direct my entire administration to work with his team to ensure a peaceful and orderly transition.

Oh my God, we get it, okay? You people love transferring power peacefully. It's on and on about it. Hey, maybe if Democrats tried an insurrection once in a while, they could actually start winning something because apparently there's no punishment for it anyway. It's just a free shot. I mean, if it works, you stay in office and if it doesn't, no harm, no foul.

But of course, Joe Biden couldn't call it quits without reminding people that his administration was about more than just you paying $50 for eggs. - Much of the work we've done is already being felt by the American people. The vast majority of it will not be felt, we felt over the next 10 years. We have legislation we passed. It's just only now just really kicking in. - Cool.

All his good decisions are kicking in just in time for Donald Trump to take credit for them. Perfect execution as usual, Democrats. But as you heard, Joe Biden called Donald Trump to personally congratulate him and welcome him to the White House. And luckily, we at The Daily Show managed to get the audio of that call. - Hello? - Donald, it's me, Joe Brandon. Congratulations, man. You beat Kalama. I don't know how you did it. - Oh, I lied a lot and I was super racist. - Oh, good.

We haven't even worked on Kalamari in the semifinals, but it ain't gotta be me, the final boss. No, Joe, that's not how it works. I won the whole thing. Oh, God love you. Hey, who is this? It's Donald Trump. You called me. Well, good luck to you, Donnie. And promise me you take care of my precious dog, Commander. I'll do my best, Joe, but, uh, Chris, you know I'm called Dibs. I understand. Gotta be honest, Dan. I'm a little sad. Being using my old Donald legacy.

Now that guy's a high-scoring White House Pac-Man machine. Little yellow guy eating dots all day. Sometimes fruit. Jared, you're troubling me. Joe, I don't know what the hell you're talking about. I'll be honest. I'm also kind of sad. Running for president is my passion. But being president is a terrible price I have to pay for being so good at racism. What do you mean, Joe? You're Joe. I'm Donald.

Look, what I mean is, now I have to spend all my time with RFK and Elon Musk, and they're weird. And this is Donald Trump saying that. Who? I just wish I could keep the campaign going forever. Well, I'll tell you what. In four years, if neither of us is married, we both run for president. I can't see Chuck. Four years? You really think you'll make it that long? Hey, I might be dead, but I'm not old.

What do you say kiddo? You and me again, 2028. Best you ever eat. You beautiful son of a bitch, I'm in. I just have to ignore the part of the Constitution that stops me from running again. You think you can disrespect Constitution like that? Hey, who is this? When we come back, we find out how scientists are going to save us, so don't go away.

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President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House could slow global climate action. Trump vowing to pull the U.S. out of the Paris Climate Accord a second time. Trump has called climate change a hoax and is promising to boost oil drilling and production. Repealing parts of the IRA, this massive $1.2 trillion investment package in clean technology, including electric vehicles, wind turbines, solar panels. I expect him to try to undo as much as he can.

Yeah, I guess destroying the planet is one way to advance your policy agenda. I mean, you can't be trans if there's no planet.

Trump is really trying to kill this planet harder than he tried to kill Mike Pence. But hey, Mike Pence survived, so maybe the Earth will be fine. New data suggests 2024 will be the hottest year on record. According to experts, it is virtually certain that global temperatures will be more than 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels. At that level, the climate crisis begins to exceed the ability of humans and nature to adapt.

Yeah, this sounds kind of bad. I only wish someone could have warned us about this apart from every scientist for the last 50 years. The good news is the scientists are smart enough to know that we weren't going to listen and they have a backup plan.

Since the 1970s, scientists have been warning humanity that carbon pollution could destroy all life on Earth. And during that time, humanity increased carbon pollution by 90%. But hey, we're not mad. We get it. You don't want to take the bus to work. And now that the Earth is dying, you want us to find a solution?

So we did! We scientists have invented this! A super advanced, self-sustaining spaceship that will escape this planet and give humanity a fresh start. And you're not coming! Oh, you thought we were gonna bail you out. You can come and f*** up Mars too? No. Plus, you're gonna bring your lifted F-150s and aliens will think we're the kind of people that don't wash our buttholes. It's too bad for you, because we've decked this ship out. We've got movie theaters!

Game parts! And bar trivia. That's actually hard. Because we're smart. None of this general knowledge bullshit. This now extinct historical figure ignored science and died horrifically. Hey, that's you! We also gathered two of each animal so Gordon Ramsay can cook them for us. Mmm.

Kangaroo. Oh, and if you're a liberal who thinks "I deserve a spot, I recycle" you're definitely out. Recycling doesn't matter if your closet is full of plastic clothing from Shein. You're ruining the environment and you look like shit.

Now I know what you're thinking. You'll just stop the ship before we leave. Well, guess what, assholes? We took off while you were watching this video. From all us scientists and Gordon Ramsay here at the USS Told You So, we're out and we're coal rolling your asses on our way. Also, we're keeping f***ing. This message has been brought to you by Amazon, Apple, and Exxon. It definitely wasn't our fault. Yeah.

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Welcome back to The Daily Show. My guest tonight is a political reporter and co-author of the New York Playbook at Politico. Please welcome Emily Nguyen. Hey, there's still coming on the show. Oh, they gave you a standing ovation. Thank you.

Emily, thanks for coming on the show. These are all Trump voters? These are all huge fans of yours. They give you a standing ovation. The New York playbook at Politico is like a must-read for all politicians and people who follow politics. And I guess the journalists there are kind of like the best political journalists in the country. Undisputed. Yeah, and you guys kind of take pride in having your finger on the pulse and knowing the people and the politicians. What the f*** happened on Tuesday? LAUGHTER

I wish I could redirect and ask you because we're still processing it all. But the fact of the matter is Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans grew their electorate, grew their support right under Democrats' noses. They made gains in all these key demographics. Did you know that nearly one half of Latino men and one fifth of Blacks

Right. So...

As someone whose ear was on the ground in New York City, I mean, did you see this happen? Is this a surprise to you? I wouldn't say it's a surprise. I traveled with Donald Trump, covered his campaign. Did you put money on his campaign? You had the inside? You go polymarket and...

Some French guy just won $50 million betting on Trump. So I don't know if you had some insight. Why would I be here if I had $50 million? Yeah, we should use that insight knowledge. But you felt it? You felt the growth? Just knowing the country, having traveled with the campaign in 2016 and been to parts of Pennsylvania and the West that were stricken by economic flight and talked with people who get their news from different sources than Politico and The Daily Show,

-Oh, you shouldn't get... -Really? We should be getting the news from here. This is... We just... We just made a bunch of dick jokes in the first... So, if you're watching this for news, don't watch this for news.

But I mean, you know, they just felt like they were left behind. Yeah. Well, one thing is that you're you're not just going to these cities. You're you're going to cities and you're with the candidates and you're actually with the voting population. So you get a really good sense. Yes. So not even cities, villages like unincorporated parts of the country, people who are starting to vote or voting for the first time.

And really found in Donald Trump, I mean, they're not seeing everything that people in Metropolis is necessarily see. They just see someone who cares, according to them, about inflation, someone who's worried about border security, worried about migrants and people who arrive here and stay illegally.

How much of it is that they didn't see the news and how much of it is that they just kind of heard what they wanted to hear or they didn't hear what they didn't want to hear? - I mean, that's a little bit of both, right? That we have this phenomenon called confirmation bias where you're only gonna read and watch and listen to what confirms your preexisting beliefs.

And so the more diversified the news media becomes, the more you're finding sources of information, including on social media, that are just fitting what you want and believe and want to hear. It's not like five television stations and these anchors giving everyone the same kind of news. It's your social media algorithm being changed. But calling that diversifying news media is very generous to these f***ers.

TikTok idiots, you know? So you're a professional journalist. You went to school for this. You've been doing it a long time. You know, how do you feel when these f***ing, you know, podcasts, whatever, come in and they, you know, they just f*** up the news for everybody and then you try to clean it up and then, you know, it's already kind of a lost cause. I mean, how I feel is... You can say f*** you to them. This is basic K-pop. You can tell... Say f*** you, yeah. No, I'm not gonna say f***.

I will note that they get their information from journalists and reporters like the ones at Politico. People who are on the ground, who are talking directly to the politicians, to the voters. I'm sorry, who is they? What do you mean they get it? The TikTokers. Oh, they get it from you? Yeah. Okay. So what the f*** happened when it comes out the other end of their asses? It's strained. There's a filter. It's digested and turned into f***ing feces. They're taking news from an original source. Yeah.

Well, maybe you can talk a little bit about that because, you know, you couldn't be more of an insider in terms of not just covering politics, but journalism. And so sometimes I think the layperson, you know, like myself included, we hear things like,

the unnamed sources or this was off the record or you know you hear about you you watch enough Aaron Sorkin and you're like oh they need the news editor needs to confirm sources before we can publish this and you know all this because you're in it's almost like the etiquette of news but the general public just reads the final article and they don't know what went into that so they see a quote and they go well this could be fake and at

And by the same token, someone else can go, oh, all I need to do to do news is put things in quotes. And then so I mean, what can you just lead us through what goes into a news story? Yeah, the best sources are first person sources. Sometimes the sources are the politicians themselves. There is, I'll let you in on a secret. Sometimes I haven't done this myself, but you will have quoted someone who is familiar with the principles thinking.

That could be a politician. They're familiar with their own thinking. That blind quote is a politician. Right. They're giving you an anonymous quote, but it's themselves. Yeah. I do that all the time. I always say Ronny Chieng is the best. But you would be a person familiar with Ronny Chieng's thinking. Yeah. A person familiar with Ronny Chieng's thinking thinks that he's the best host on The Daily Show. I leak that every single day. People fake it up on me.

Anonymous sources. Yep. So that's rare, what I just described. But the more direct--

and close you get to the story, the more accurate it is. And yeah, trust in journalism and institution is at an all-time low. It's pretty devastating for someone like me who's worked so hard and worked so hard in each story to make sure that I talk to as many people as possible, verify it with as many people as possible. And it's not even just both sides. You're talking to as many sides as possible because there's not a two-side situation actually in most news stories. Sure. I mean, not to put you on the spot, but can you give an example of like a story that you worked super hard on that some...

on Twitter was like, this is fake or whatever. I think that happens like every hour to be honest. Everything you report is like, this is fake. Just mute them. Yeah. But what, but like, so can you just, again, just take us through kind of what will go into a reporting for you? Like if, you know, I don't know, what's a news story that you had to like actually investigate? I'm going to try to think of a good example, but I just want to say that it's such a privilege to do what I do because every day is different. So I don't even have a proper example for you because every story is different, but you can get a tip.

It will be via text. If you've worked in journalism, political journalism for as long as me, people are just, they'll go directly to you before they go to any other news outlet or a reporter or anything like that. They don't want to tell you on the record, but they'll tell you on background. You got to get confirmed by other people who might know. And you're just jumping through all these hoops, but making sure that every detail is as accurate as possible.

And the way to make it accurate and have people trust what you do is to get it right. And it's got to be accuracy over speed. It is a very competitive business and you do want to be first. And there is a thrill and there's a necessity to breaking the story, but you've got to get it right. Sure. And how do you like navigate that? Like, like what you just said, you're, you put in all this work into, into kind of checking your sources and background info and making sure what you put out is correct. Like,

Like, how do you... How do you let people know that that's how much work you put into it? How do you show the work that you've done? Just right in the end.

You just go, "What? This is correct." -What? No, no, no. Because what you said, what you reported was about to happen eventually happened. -Oh, okay. -Yeah. A lot of political news journalism, especially with outlets like Politico, is being able to not just predict but say that something is to come, say a major Supreme Court decision on abortion access, on Roe and on Dobbs. We had that story first, and it came to be. And so I think that's how you build up the reputation.

Sure. That you have broken correct news before. Yeah, and off the record means, you know, it's like a conversation you've never had, but it helps inform your knowledge. And I think the key is just to be talking to people all the time. Mornings, nights, weekends. You're just like in it. Is that what you call like cultivating sources? Yeah, it's cultivating sources, but it's also...

I mean, it becomes a way of life because you love what you do, they love what they do, and you're never friends necessarily with people in politics, but you build a trust and it becomes a give and take over time. Sure. And as an insider in this, can you confirm that these people are...

scumbags or are they nice people? No, I mean, like, are you... So if these folks are scumbags, like, I might be one too because I'm like that into it. Okay. So did Ronnie just call me a scumbag a little bit? I guess I did, yeah. That's okay, Ronnie. To be fair, I'm also a scumbag in all this, so I... But, like, oh, yeah, scumbags, you know. Yeah.

But no, don't clap that. It's awful. No, but what I meant is that, is there a difference? Like, you are with them every day. Yeah. So I guess, is there actual who they are as a person different to who they put on? Like, we see all this chaos and extreme rhetoric. Yeah. And then behind the scenes, are they like, man, that's crazy. I can't believe I said that shit, you know? Yes. Oh, they do that? Yes.

Okay, well, that's awful, then. Well, there's a performative element to everything. There is to television, there is to politics. And yeah, when you get to know someone, you can be, you know, a different version of yourself, or at least a more laid-back version. Okay, so who can you tell me who's not as crazy as they are?

Is she... Oh, she's a great interviewer. Oh, she's a great interviewer? Yeah. Okay. Wait, am I harming your sources right now by trying to... No. No? Okay. Is Donald Trump... You follow Trump. You've interviewed him. Is he... So I... Donald Trump served on jury duty in Manhattan several years ago when he was running for president the first time. Wait, he was on jury duty? Yeah. And I was with him...

This was years ago. This was 2015 then. And he was just sitting there reading newspaper clips about himself. I don't remember the case. He didn't get picked. I'm sorry, wait, hang on. In 2016, Donald Trump... 2015, Donald Trump was on jury duty in Manhattan? Yeah. Which is for a day. I mean, this is when people were still getting to know him. And I'll just say what he was like then. I mean, he was, like, chilling in the room with other potential jurors and talking with them. And, I mean, everyone who's in politics has some level of charisma to them.

Sure. Charisma. Okay, so you're just confirming he's a charismatic figure? I mean, yeah. Yeah, okay, okay. I mean, tell us something we don't know. Is he a good person? What did he vote for in the jury? What was the case? He didn't get picked for the jury. Yeah, no shit. I mean, how could he? How are you going to pick Donald Trump for the jury? What was he doing there? He has civic duty. Okay. Donald Trump with people with voters...

very, not just charismatic, but he connects with some people and they feel like they've been seen by him. Yeah. So he came when he was on trial, criminal trial, convicted for falsifying business records. He did this stop at a bodega in Harlem and they kind of loved him there. Yeah. No, no kidding. I can, I can, I can believe that. Like, that's why he f***ed

got elected by overwhelming you and i mean you've you've seen you've seen kind of new york kind of become a bit more kind of heading a bit more conservative in the last couple years i mean this is something you foresaw is that reason i mean can you explain this so the the selection of of trump to uh return to the white house shows that it's not an aberration right that this might be where the country actually is heading and there's uh

There's an electorate that needs to be heard, especially on economic issues. And as far as New York, he made some serious gains this year, gained over 2020, gained over 2016. And that, again, had to do with a lot of voters of color, Latinos in the Bronx where he had a rally, a lot of Asian voters as well. A lot of people who turned out to vote for him that didn't.

Maybe Democrats are alleged to have taken advantage of, or you wouldn't think necessarily would either... Taken for granted, maybe. Taken for granted, right? Sure, sure. To have taken for granted...

And then you wouldn't expect to necessarily vote for Trump. Yeah, right. And maybe they're apolitical or not necessarily identifying with one party or another. What do you think appealed to them more, the incoherence in policy or just the outright racism? I mean, in politics, bluster goes a long way, a really, really long way.

So there's messaging is a huge part of running for office of your party doing well, you know, in the White House and the Senate and Congress. And in the end, the Democrats just did not have as strong a message as the Republicans. And it's not necessarily just about Republicans. It's about Donald Trump. He is this brand. It wasn't MAGA, you know, back when he was running in 2015 and 2016. And now it is. He's built out this brand. He's built a name for himself. And he stands for something that people think resonates with them.

Sure. Okay. Well, on that note,

I mean, I really appreciate you, you know, giving an air of professionalism and maintaining your standards and giving us some insight onto the politics. Sorry I called you a scumbag. No, it's okay. You called yourself a scumbag as well, so I guess we're even. But, yeah, thanks for coming on the show. And thanks for continuing the great journalism and professional standards and trying to tell us exactly what's going on objectively with no emotion whatsoever. Thanks so much. Thank you.

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