Because his entire speech seemed like one giant subtweet. Democracy does roar a basic sense of. When we sit back and blame the leaders we elect, without examining our own role in electing them. It falls to each of us to be those anxious, jealous guardians of our democracy. If something needs fixing, then lace up your shoes and do some organizing. If youre tired of arguing with strangers on the internet, try talking with one of them in real life. laughter . Trevor okay, this guy has clearly never been catfished before. Look i dont say this often, but i do not agree with the president. Do not meet people that youve argued with on the internet. It will end with you bleeding in an alley. Dont do it. Dont do it. You know, last nights speech felt leslike a farewell address and more like a parent going on vacation tell his kids how to behave while theyre away. American kids, race relations, youll find those in the fridge. Make sure you know the Supreme Court justice before you let him in. And your babysitter, hes coming soon. Stop complaining. You chose him. You chose him. Do what he says, but if he asks you to take a shower, you should probably say no. Probably say no. Thats what you should do, probably say no. Can i take a second here, guys . How is all of this real . No, how is this politics . How is this what were talking about . Because what happened yesterday, i mean, you could not have a bigger juxtaposition between the president america is losing and the president america is gaining. Like, did you know that last night, the number one trending topic on twitter was obama farewell. And the second trending topic no kidding was Golden Showers. laughter now, i dont know if i need to, but ill explain anyway. Last night, right about when obama was speaking, buzzfeed leaked an unconfirmed report that claimed russia has blackmail material on donald trump which includes damaging financial and personal details about him. Now, if its true, the financial stuff is bad nurveg but the personal is whats got the people going because it claims that donald trump once visited russia, stayed in the ritzcarlton in moscow, and then hired prostitutes to perform a Golden Shower. And that russia might have the whole thing on tape. laughter yeah, and now, woe dont know if this is true. But if the donald could shake america tots core with an audio tape, imagine what he could do with video. You know what the worst part of the story is . Because the story trend worldwide, this morning, i got a call are you looking at that . laughter ill tell you why this is the worst thing for me. Because this morning i got a call from my african uncle with a question. He was like, trevor, what is a Golden Shower . laughter yes, uhhuh. And then. . But i thought you guys had toilets over there. Now, just to be clear, there is no proof any of this is true, but because its donald trump, it feels like anything is possible. I mean, this is the same person who grabs pussies. He walks in on girls getting changed and if you would choose a sexual act donald trump prefers it would probably be the one with gold in the title. Dp now because of this, everything from trumps past takes on a different meaning, like his hotel ad from a few years ago where he says he never misses a golden opportunity. Thats his own ad laughter all of this all of this is like now we flash back through everything, and suddenly we realize what maybe it all meant. Like, for instance, remember how trump had that weird business where people had to send him their pee . The Trump Network relied on participants to sell Health Supplements and other products person to person. A key product was personalized vitamins, supposedly tailored to each customer after they sent their urine to a lab for analysis. laughter trevor now look, now look, that seems disgusting, but at least back then, donald trump was getting american pee. Now hes outsourcing it to rash. And again, and again, this is this is all unsubstantiated and we shouldnt be wasting our time . What are we going to talk about the republicans are trying to confirm air man with opposing civil rights to run the Justice Department . We could talk about that, but how can you concentrate on anything when you hear about trump possibly being involved in water sports and then you see this. cheers and applause laughter trevor was that water . laughter because then thats a real challenge. Trumpchallenge. Dont send us your video. Now everyone single memory of his will be tarnished like this moment from the debates. Id bring back waterboarding and id bring back a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding. Trevor this poor dpierk he cant even be celebrated without other thinking hes getting peed on. President elect donald trump left trump tower this morning bound for the airport where his plane was given a socalled water salute. laughter trevor a water salute. Now you see i want to believe that trump was sitting in his chair and not standing at the cockpit window like. I feel like if trump shakes his head, his hair will still stay in the same place. And, you know, what . I personally think its terrible that people are spreading an unconfirmed rumor that donald trump likes Golden Showers. Its disgusting it would be like suggesting that president obama was a secret muslim born in kenya, or suggesting that Hillary Clinton was a murderer, or saying that ted cruzs dad killed john f. Kennedy, which is not true only thing he killed was his smile how could anyone justify spreading rumors they know are completely false . All i did is point out the fact that on the cover of the National Enquirer there was a picture of her him and crazy lee harvey oswald. Im not saying he did it, but im just saying it was all over the place. Was there a birth certificate . You tell me. Some say it was not his birth certificate. Nobody knows. Trevor exactly, nobody knows. So did trump pay prostitutes for a goanld shower . I dont know. Nobody knows. But a lot of people are talking. Including my uncle. laughter well be right back. cheers and applause if you could see your cough, its just a cough. Sfx woman coughing youd see how often you cough all day. And so would everyone else. Robitussin 12 hour delivers fast, powerful cough relief that lasts up to 12 hours. Robitussin 12 hour cough relief, because its never just a cough. Almost as long as it took me to master this look. Er. Still practicing. It takes 15 years to become a heineken brewmaster. Theres more behind the star. So if ydead battery,t tire, need a tow or lock your keys in the car, geicos emergency roadside assistance is there 24 7. Oh dear, i got a flat tire. Hmmm. Uh. Yeah, can you find a take where its a bit more dramatic on that last line, yeah . Yeah i got it right here. Someone help me i have a flat tire well its good. Good for me. What do you think . Geico. 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And today, we heard why the American People should be so grateful to donald trump. I was offered 2 billion to do a deal in dubai, a number of deals, and i turned it down. I didnt have to turn it down. We could make deals in russia veryacy easley if we wanted to. I just dont want to. I could actually run my business and run government at the same time. I dont like the way that looks, but i would be able to do that, if i wanted to. I would be the only one that would be able to do that. Trevor congratulations, america. Youve elected a man who looks at the presidency as his side hustle. Hes like, man, im just doing this white house bleep signal i get that paper, man. Thats all im doing. No joke, trump is taking his new job really seriously sp to show how hard hes working, he even brought every single manila foldener america. Look at that table wow its a prop. You know somewhere in america theres a staple wheres someone walked in and said, you know what i need . One of everything im going to make America Great again. What was great about todays press conference is for the first time we got to hear trump use russia and hacking in the same sentence. As far as hack, i think it was russia, but remember this we talk about the hack and hackings bad and it shouldnt be done, but look at the things that were hacked. Look at what was learned from that hacking, that Hillary Clinton got the questions to the debate and didnt report it. Thats a horrible thing. Trevor yes finally, america has a president who knows how to look on the bright side. I mean, hackings bad, but look at what we learned from the hack. I cant wait to hear trumps views on global warming. Floodings bad, real bad, folks, but look how many people are learning backstroke, huh, huh . Come on, bright side. It appears theres no cloud trump cannot see the Silver Lining in. On that Intelligence Report that the second parent of their conclusion was that Vladimir Putin ordered it because he aspired to help you in the election. Do you accept that part of the finding . And will undo what president obama did to punish the russians for this or will you cope it in place . If putin likes donald trump, i consider that an asset not a liability. Trevor well, yeah, the man is right. Someone who is a help to a foreign power is called an asset. Yeah, thats true. Yeah. Trump is like jaceo jason bournt without everything. And, by the way, is it that simple to be on the right side of trump . You just compliment him and all of a sudden hes like, yeah, i like this, this is good. I tonight want to give isis ideas but it seems the way to get to trump and on his good side is complement him. Its like death to america, but trumps hands are huge. Trump will be like, whats so bad about isis . Its a good thing they like me and my hands. Im an asset, okay . High five. What really makes donald trump great, though, is other than his bravery in the face of reason, he knows what america wants because, yeah, because, yeah, he dropped some new singles today, but he also played the hits. If somebody said about me what pyongyang said about hillary, i was the boz, i would have fired him immediately. I wouldnt be giving a reset button like hillary. Here, press this piece of plastic. The guy is looking at her like what are you doing . Do you honestly believe hillary would be tougher on putin than me. Trevor its time for trump to realize he cant keep running for president. Donald trump, its time to be president. Just because you were really good at elementary school, doesnt mean you get to stay there forever. Eventually, you have to move on. You have to move on. But hillary wasnt the only person trump went after today. He also got mad at cnn for breaking the russian blackmail story. Mr. President elect, mr. President elect, since you are no, not you. Since you are attack our News Organization you can give us a chance . Your organization is twecial. Can we just ask a question, sir be quiet. Dont be rude. Dont be rude. Can you give us a question . Dont be rude no, im not going to give you a question. Can you say you are fake news. Trevor are you fake news. Youre not here right now. Youre telling me to do bad things. Wow. Welcome to the next four years. You know what, honestly, that was one of the most frightening moments of todays presser for me. Because in america, the press is supposed to be a check on the president , not the other way around. And you realize, this is essentially the first step in the authoritarian tango. Thats what you do. You shut down one News Organization by alleging that its all fake. Thats your move, right . And then if you get away with it, you can shut down another news network. And then you can shut down another news network. Shut them down, shut them down. 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Trevor im a huge fan of your writing. And the book is no different. What a time for the book to come out audacity how barack obama deified his critics and created a legacy that will prevail. What i love about this title is that you changed it. I did. Trevor because you wrote the book before trump won. Right. Most of it i actually wrote a decent chunk after trump won. Trevor the original title was, how obama deified his critics and transformed america. Yup. Trevor and then, trump, and you were like, no, it didnt transform. No, thats not the point. So as soon as the election happened laughter as soon as the election happens, basically everyone jumps to the conclusion that its all gone. Trump is going to erase it within the first week. And that was what everyone thought. And i want to make the case in this book and i do that thats not really true. And i think were already seeing thats not really true. Trevor but, i mean, trump says hes going to come in and reverse all of the executive right. Trevor work that obama has put into place. Hes going to erase obama. Hes going to replace obamacare with something much better. So, essentially, is that not the legacy that people are worried, you know, donald trump can erase . So the idea that obama only did things with executive action is a myth that republicans used i think to attack his programs. And if you read the book, its not really true. He passed a lot of laws that people were not paying attention to in his first two years, and he did use executive actions. But he put these things together in a way thats going to be very durable, even the executive action, like on the environment. They did a lot of regulations, and he made a deal with china on Climate Change, and they got the worlds first Climate Change agreement and thats moving forward. And the United States may pull out, but the world is not going to stop caring about Climate Change. So these agreements they put into place, no matter what trump does, i think thats still going to be there. On obamacare, thats a great example, everyone said gone. Theyre farther away from replacing that thing now than they were before the election. Theyre moving backwards. They said, we know what to do. And then, i think we know what to do. Does anyone have an idea what we should do . laughter and theyre in chaos now. Trevor you have to replace it with something much better, thats what you have to do. Something better and cheaper. Its going to cost less. Trevor better and cheaper. Im glad we agree on this. Do you agree or disagree that trump being elected to office is a response of eight years of obama, or do you have a response that maybe an opinion that differs from that . I think in some ways it is. And i think the election of donald trump it was a big part of my book, and trumps rise was a big part of my book before i thought he was going to win. Because if you trace the shape of the republican response to obama, it was moving in a trumpest direction from the very beginning. It was there was an argument between right and left about what is this Tea Party Rebellion about . What is this response about . And conservatives said its about a principled response about restoring the constitution and limited government and the deficit. And liberals said, no, we think this is a sort of racialized response to social change. Its not really about those ideas. And i think that argument is over. Trump has won the argument for the liberal side about what this response to obama was. Trevor wow, you think so . I i do. I think if it was any of the things that conservatives said the tea party was about, they would have nominated anybody except donald trump. He literally would have been 17th out of 17 candidates if it was about limited government and democracy and the constitution. Trevor that was the one thing he offered that nobody else did on the surface. Right. He understood that their stated concerns were a pile of crap. He understood that the things that they said they were upset about with obama werent the things they really were upset about with obama. Trevor you work with the press. Now, we know 75 of the pret pressis scum, very dishonest. Yes failing. Sad. laughter trevor is this the time for the press to come together almost and say, hey, you realize, we are stronger together than we are apart . Or is it everyone just going, hey, were in it for ourselves. Lets see what happens . Is there any sort of game plan if your world with a man who specifically said, i think we need to dont forget theres a liable law he talked about that he seemed very serious about. And today as we saw in the press conference hes not afraid to say, no, you dont exist in my world. Are you fake news. Complete delegitimatization of the media and delegitimizing source of the media that previous conservative republicans did not want to delegitimize. Like alex jones. Alex jones air force lunatic who could not be touched until donald trump came along. Breitbart was sort on the fringes and icy and gross. But now theyre trump news. And fox news were the unofficial republican trevor are you a little afraid for yourself . No, i dont think hes going to bother with me. First of all, hes not a reader. laughter applause hes not. Hes not a reader. cheers and applause i mean, he watches television maybe you have something to worry about. If hes clicking through the tube and comes to your show, he might be upset. But he doesnt read something longer than 140 characters. Trevor im also not worried. Remoats have big buttons. Well be good. Thank you so much for joining us. You can read an excerpt from audacity in this weeks new York Magazine, and the book will be available january 17. Jonathan chait, everybody. cheers and applause student for midnight coming up next. Here it is, where you are moment of zen. All my life i made money. I have always been good at making money. All my life i did well, and my father always said everything he touches turns to gol Comedy Central [cheers and applause] chris its 29 minutes until midnight. Until then, enjoy the poetic cadence of todays online hits. The internet lost its bleep last night over some salacious new gossip about our president elect donald trump. The explosive leak is unverified. We dont know if its true. We were working when this broke and i didnt really get all the details, but i dont see the big deal. Everyone loves golden girls