Newsom Hits Back at Trump After Arrest Threat, Hegseth Grilled Over Troop Deployment: A Closer Look

Newsom Hits Back at Trump After Arrest Threat, Hegseth Grilled Over Troop Deployment: A Closer Look

-If you live in Los Angeles and you take a walk
or look outside your window, you might think life seems
pretty normal right now. But you would be wrong. Because according
to the president, your city is currently under
siege and burning to the ground. For more on this,
it’s time for “A Closer Look.” Donald Trump is fresh
off his feud with Elon Musk and as humiliating
as it must have been for Trump to be so publicly
insulted in such a high profile spat with his biggest
financial backer, a guy who dresses
like Nosferatu if he was a Miami club promoter. I think he also misses it ’cause he’s quickly moved
on to a new feud with California
Governor Gavin Newsom over Trump’s illegal deployment
of federal troops to L.A. -Escalating tensions not only
on the streets of L.A., but also between
President Trump and California’s Democratic governor,
Gavin Newsom. Late today, President Trump said
he’d arrest Governor Newsom if he were the border czar. -What crime has Governor Newsom
committed? -What crime has he committed? -Yeah, to warrant his arrest, as
you mentioned earlier. -I think his primary crime
is running for governor. ‘Cause he’s done
such a bad job. -If you could arrest someone
for being bad at their job, the jails would be filled
with former head coaches of the New York Jets. “What are you in for?”
“Going 2 and 14. You?” “Butt fumble.” “Ah, you can’t blame yourself
for that, it was just
an accident.” “No, I called it. It was
actually a designed play.” I gotta say,
Trump’s really lost this step. He can’t even come up with
a phony reason to arrest Newsom. I mean, I could come up with a
reason to arrest Newsom
if I had to. At the very least,
I feel like the fashion police could slap the cuffs on him for riding a skateboard
in a suit, you know? Come on, dude, you look like the
CEO of a tech startup that goes bust in six months. “Alright, check this out — It’s called Beachr
and it lets you pay someone to save a spot for you
on the beach. It’s so easy.
You just opened the Beachr app and select the beach
you’re interested in. Then you navigate to the map. Then you select a zone where
you’re interested in sitting. Zones get more expensive
as you get closer to the water. Then the app will connect you
with one of our spot savers, who you can sort
by rate and location.” You know what, the more I say
it, it was just a bit, but it’s a really good idea.
Nobody take that app! That’s my app!
I already put this
“Closer Look” in an envelope and mailed it to myself,
so it’s copyrighted! Oh, I’m gonna be so rich.
I’m gonna be so rich! And the first thing I’m gonna do
when I’m a tech billionaire, I’m gonna cozy up to Trump. That’s right! You [bleeped]
are gonna be on your own. [ Laughter ] Sorry, I don’t know… Sorry. I’m sorry,
I’m sorry, I’m sorry. I don’t know what happened.
I don’t know what happened. [ Audience applauding ] Now, we should note
that Tom Homan said that when he initially
threatened to arrest Newsom, everybody just misunderstood
him. -We did a 20 minute interview, and he cuts out a little clip
that makes me — and takes my words out
of context. Here’s what he said. And he talked about,
what I talked about, these people that are
these protests and rioting. When they cross the line,
they gotta — here’s what they said.
They have a right to protest. They have the
First Amendment rights, but they can’t cross that line. When he asked the question, “Does that include
Mayor Bass and Governor Newsom?” And I was clear they
haven’t crossed the line. But they’re — but they’re not
above the law either. If they commit a crime,
then certainly we’d ask
for prosecution. -Was your message unclear because it was taken out
of context, or because you sound like you
have a mouthful of hot peanuts? Because when we’re talking about
potentially arresting governors, we got to enunciate. You know, you got to try vocal
warm ups before you go on TV. Here’s what I do
before every show. How now, Brown cow. The rain in Spain
stays mainly in the plain. The sentence begins
on the tip of the tongue. How about you, Wally? How do you warm up
before the show? -Uh, which show? -This show.
-This is a show? -Oh my God,
why do I even bother with you? But this is not an idle threat. The Trump regime has
already arrested or indicted a sitting member
of Congress, a judge, a mayor,
a prominent union leader. And now Trump’s threatening
to crack down on anyone who disrupts his special
military birthday parade. -Trump now preparing for his
military parade in Washington, DC,
on Saturday. And tonight,
the president’s new warning here for anyone protesting
the parade. -The parade, which is billed as
a celebration of the Army’s 250th anniversary, also falls on Trump’s
79th birthday. -We’re gonna be
celebrating big on Saturday. We’re gonna have a lot of — And if there’s any protest
that wants to come out, they will be met
with very big force. By the way, for those people
that want to protest, they’re gonna be met
with very big force. And I haven’t even
heard about a protest. But, you know, this is people
that hate our country, but they will be met
with very heavy force. -Wow, the guy really knows
how to sell a parade. Sounds like a fun time. Can you imagine
Al Roker talking that way about the Macy’s
Thanksgiving Parade? “It’s going to be
a spectacular day of music, dancing, and the
most colorful floats ever. And if any of you
mouth breathers even look cross-eyed
at the Sonic balloon, you will regret the day
you were born.” Now, there are two reasons
this parade for the army is so important to Trump. One, tanks rolling down the
street is exactly the kind of
strongman theater he loves. And two, it’s also his birthday. This is the perfect
encapsulation of how Trump can be both terrifying
and ridiculous at the same time. On one hand, he’s all,
“we must project strength to let the opposition know
they’ll be crushed.” And on the other, he’s like,
“Should we get two cakes?” Well, are we gonna —
I’m just worried we’re gonna
have enough cake ’cause it’s the army and it’s
also mine, we should have
enough cake.” Yesterday, Newsom hit back
at Trump in a televised address. -Democracy is under assault
before our eyes. This moment we have feared
has arrived. He’s taking a wrecking ball. A wrecking ball to our
Founding Fathers’
historic project. Three co-equal branches
of independent government. There are no longer
any checks and balances. Congress is nowhere to be found. Speaker Johnson
has completely abdicated that responsibility. The rule of law
has increasingly been given way to the rule of Don. The Founding Fathers, they didn’t live and die
to see this kind of moment. -I’m no history expert, but that seems
like a fair assessment to me. If the Founding Fathers saw
masked agents abducting people off the streets and a president
sending federal troops to an American city, their wooden teeth would
have fallen out of their heads and they would have
[bleeped] their burlap pants. I want to make clear,
I’m aware pants were not made from burlap
in the 1700s, or, as far as I can tell, ever. They were more commonly made
from linen, silk, or various types of wool. But burlap is a funnier word. And we’re not gonna stop
using it just because those ass-[bleeps]
wouldn’t make pants out of it. Just be happy that I say
pants instead of pantaloons, because you know
I want to say pantaloons. Now, if you’re the type
of person who’s giddily cracking
your knuckles about to leave a YouTube comment
correcting my pant facts, now is not the time. Democracy is under assault. I don’t need you going online
writing, “History buff here. I’m disappointed in Seth because
when it comes to fact
checking–” -He’s done such a bad job. -And as for Congress,
Newsom is right. Republicans aren’t just silent. They’re actively collaborating
with the president in his bid to turn America
into a military style autocracy. -Um, look, that’s not my lane. I’m not going to give
you legal analysis on whether Gavin Newsom
should be arrested, but, but he ought to be tarred
and feathered, I’ll say that. -Why do these guys talk like
the college dean threatening to kick out
a rowdy fraternity? “Gentlemen, you’ve
been suspended from this school for your immature behavior. And if I had my way, you
would be tarred and feathered.” And I’m sorry, Mike Johnson, but if this were the 1700s, you would have
not have been a revolutionary. You would have been snitching
out the Tea Party to the first Redcoat
you could find. “Excuse me, sirs, you might want
to make your way to the harbor. They are not Native Americans
and they do not have a permit.” This grotesque abuse
of power is especially galling, given that Republicans
have spent years claiming Democrats are the ones who
are shredding the Constitution. -I feel very strongly
about our Constitution. I’m proud of it, I love it, and I want to go through
the Constitution. That’s what we wanna do. I mean, we want to bring
the Constitution back. -I think we need to return
to constitutional government. I think they shredded
the Constitution. -This is like the whims
of a dictatorship, where the elite leaders decide
what parts of laws they like, what parts of laws
they don’t like, what they themselves
will be subjected to. -They believe in principles
of big government. They believe in
this relentless assault on our constitutional rights. -Is it time the president
just already do this? Already,
torch the Constitution? -Oh my God, set a tiny piece of paper
like that on fire in L.A. and you will be surrounded
by Marines. And when they show it
on Fox News, they’re gonna cut
in super close to make it look like
the whole city is in flames. So what about now? Where are the Constitution
lovers getting their authority to send thousands of troops
into an American city, against the wishes of the mayor
and the governor? -What is the authority that the administration is using
to deploy active duty Marines to California neighborhoods? With what authority? -Senator, the president has
constitutional authority in order to support — -Cite the provision of the
Constitution. -I’d have to. I’d have to pull up
the specific provision. -It’s like watching
a spelling bee where the contestant
has never heard the word he’s being asked to spell, or any other words
or any letters. He’s making a face
like the question was a combination of German
and Japanese. This is all about spectacle
and power and nothing else. And you can see that
from how poorly planned
this deployment was. -There were 2,000 National
Guard that were quote unquote, “deployed,” of which only 315
actually were mission assigned. 1700 have no particular role
or responsibility. -The San Francisco
Chronicle took and published these
jaw dropping photos. -They reported
about National Guard troops the Trump administration
deployed over the weekend and how quote, “wildly
under-prepared” they were. Exclusive photos published
by the paper shows federalized California
state troops sleeping on a concrete floor. -Look,
I’ve slept on a floor before. Not because I was deployed
somewhere, but because I drank
too much with Kevin Hart. So, yeah, I guess in my own way,
I am a hero, too. This is all happening
because the Trump regime, led by Stephen Miller, wants to rip families apart and expand their
immigration dragnet. So nowhere is safe. From Home Depots to 7-Eleven
to courthouses to schools, and polls show that is
massively unpopular. So now he’s escalating. So we focus on the spectacle
instead of the fact that most people think he’s– -Done such a bad job. -This has been “A Closer Look.”

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Newsom Hits Back at Trump After Arrest Threat, Hegseth Grilled Over Troop Deployment: A Closer Look
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