Trump Knew He Was in the Epstein Files, Launches Attack on Obama | The Daily Show

Trump Knew He Was in the Epstein Files, Launches Attack on Obama | The Daily Show

Let’s kick things
off with drug prices. They’re too damn high. They’re so expensive
that rappers are balling out on a full prescription. OK? Singles are dropping like
I got a drop top Benz and a month supply Lexapro. [LAUGHTER] Now, President Trump
made big promises about lowering drug prices
once he got into office, but all the haters
said he was never actually going to get it done. Well, guess what, haters? His promises just
got even bigger. We’re going to get
the drug prices down, not 30% or 40% which
would be great. Not 50 or 60. No, we’re going to get
them down 1,000% 600%, 500%, 1,500%,
numbers that are not even thought to be achievable. [LAUGHTER] Yeah. I also thought it
would not be achievable to lower drug prices
1,000% because that’s not how percentages work. [LAUGHTER] Just– just so you understand,
lowering drug prices 100% means it’s free. [LAUGHTER] Lowering it past
that means they’re going to give you money. [CHEERING] Like, next year’s
Forbes billionaires list is just going to be a bunch
of dudes with leukemia. OK? On the bright side,
on the bright side, we’re actually going
to be bankrupting insurance companies instead
the other way around, you know. If Trump– if Trump
hadn’t acted this sooner, that CEO would have shot Luigi. [LAUGHTER] But look. [LAUGHTER] But look, Trump actually
does have a plan here. It’s not to put a cap
on the drug prices. That’d be too easy and simple. We’re working
very hard right now to get the other
countries to lift up their prices a little
bit and to get the drug companies to put it to them. And if they don’t,
the drug companies will have a lot of problems. And they are mostly
agreed to it. And if the countries don’t,
then as an example if it’s Europe, I’ll say that’s OK. You’re no longer allowed
to sell cars in America. You’re no longer allowed to
have Mercedes, BMW, Volkswagen, or any of the other mini cars. And they will say, oh,
I love the idea of lower drug prices for America. [LAUGHTER] So the plan– just so I have it right–
is to lower drug prices here by forcing Europe to raise
drug prices over there or they can’t sell us their
cars, reducing our choices as consumers and
making cars in general more expensive for everybody. And I know it’s very confusing,
but I’ve seen this before. This is crackhead logic. All right. [LAUGHTER, CHEERS] A crackhead can never go
from A to B, all right. When I was a kid, I’d see
a dude who needed $15, but instead of
asking for money, he would try to
sell you a tire. Which of course, he didn’t have
but he did have a bike chain. And if you would buy that
bike chain from him for $12, he would put that
towards the tire and then one day
eventually buy crack. And my point is, that’s a
better drug plan than what Donald Trump is doing. [LAUGHTER, CHEERS] Look, but still, Donald
Trump is promising to lower drug prices for America. That’s the news for the day. And I’m sure no one is going
to talk about anything else. Brand new bombshell reporting
from The Wall Street Journal. REPORTER: The Wall
Street Journal reporting the US attorney
general, Pam Bondi, told President
Trump back in May that his name appears multiple
times in the Epstein files. AUDIENCE: No. You’re best friends– you’re best friends with a
pedophile for 10 years 1 time and the world never forgets it. But yeah, this whole
time Trump already knew he was in the
Epstein files, which is a good reminder that if
someone’s acting guilty, they’re probably guilty. No one’s ever going
to be like, don’t look at my browser history. You’ll see all the
charities I volunteer for. [LAUGHTER] But the good news for
Trump is this is America. We don’t read. [LAUGHTER] As long as there’s no video
coming out, he should be A-OK. CNN exclusive, newly
uncovered photos and video offers a new look at
President Trump’s past ties to Jeffrey Epstein. REPORTER: Here you
see the opening of the Harley Davidson cafe. Months later, some new
photos reveal Epstein walking into the Plaza Hotel to
attend Donald Trump’s wedding to Marla Maples. There’s also what was found in
this review of archival footage from a 1999 Victoria’s Secret
Fashion show, which reveals, as you see, the
two men chatting, laughing with one another on
the sidelines of that event. It’s getting to
the point where it’s harder and harder to
find a photo of Donald Trump without Jeffrey Epstein. As Donald Trump, your only
hope is to be like, hey, I take pictures
with lots of people. All right, I’m in
pictures with OJ, Diddy. [LAUGHTER] I’m in– [LAUGHTER, CHEERS] I’m in pictures with
Harvey Weinstein. That’s not helping. I’m going to stop. And they’re not
just in the video. Look at the
chemistry they have. And this is genuinely
unfortunate and unfair to Trump, but the
way the camera highlighted the
two of them makes it look like a giant
heart on a kiss cam. What makes me feel
terrible is I don’t have a friend that I’m as close
with as Trump was to Epstein, you know. They’re making drawings
for each other, laughing, showing
up to weddings, going to shows together. The only way my
friends hang out with me that much is if we’re
both holding Xbox controllers. The point is, CNN found all
this new footage and Trump didn’t really appreciate it. You actually called
President Trump directly to ask him about this story? Yeah, we weren’t on
the phone very long. It only lasted
about 30 seconds. But when I got him on
the phone and I asked him about the wedding photos, he
kind of paused and then said, you’ve got to be kidding me. He then called CNN and
me fake news a few times, and then he hung up the phone. Wait. Hold on, hold on, hold on. You can just call Donald Trump. And he’ll just pick
up the phone himself? A president shouldn’t
be that available. This is like pushing
the call button for the flight attendant,
and then the pilot comes out. Like– it’s like, aren’t
you supposed to be busy? Like, if you’re here, then
who’s– who’s in the cockpit? I think this just shows
how lonely Trump is. He’s answering the
phone because he just wants someone to talk to. It’s kind of sad
because remember, his best friend died
in prison back in 2019. [LAUGHTER, CHEERS] So once again, Donald
Trump can’t shake the Jeffrey Epstein news. He’s going to lower drug
prices 2 billion percent, and the media still
won’t let it go. But old buddy Donnie’s
got another card to play. REPORTER: President Trump
again tried to divert attention from the Epstein
files, this time by accusing former President
Barack Obama of treason. Obama cheated
on the election, and we have it
cold, hard, blue, and it’s getting even more so. I’m sorry. You can’t just say
cold, hard and blue like that’s a normal phrase
about an investigation. There’s been 400 seasons
of Law and Order, and no detective
has ever said, we got you cold, hard, and blue. [LAUGHTER, CHEERS] Dun dun. But yeah, Trump is now
going after Obama again. And this time he’s got
Tulsi Gabbard saying she’s got documents that prove
Obama tampered with the 2016 election, which is treason. But if you see what Obama
was doing over the weekend, he doesn’t seem too stressed. In my opinion, and this is
controversial in my family, you should not eat ketchup
after the age of eight. [LAUGHTER, CHEERS] Does this– does this man
seem worried, you know? He’s doing a podcast
about ketchup. How is it that Barack Obama,
the man Trump hates the most, is the most unbothered during
two Trump presidencies? Like, I don’t know what
is pissing Trump off more, the fact that no one is
letting go of the Epstein files or that Obama refuses
to be the adversary Trump wants him to be. This would be like if you
took the movie Lion King, and right after Scar
took over Pride Rock, Simba sang hakuna
matata for the last 43 minutes of the film. [LAUGHTER] Also, what an insane take. You’re not allowed to have
ketchup after the age of eight? [LAUGHTER] Like– [CHEERS] Eight, eight years old is too
young for rules like that. Like at 8:00, I’m
still wetting the bed. But now, now I have
to be an aioli man. For more, let’s go
live to Michael Kosta. [CHEERING] Kosta, Kosta, you’re
at the White House. What’s the latest on
the Epstein scandal? Sorry, Josh, it’s actually
pronounced the Obama scandal. Ha. But you’re right. Everyone is talking about it. What’s that? Oh, yeah, I’m just telling him
about how everyone’s talking about that Obama thing. See, Josh. Everyone’s talking
about that Obama thing, including that real
guy over there. What’s that? Oh, I’m just telling
them about how you’re a real guy over there. See, no one cares about
Geoffrey Epilepsy or whatever. Michael, the Obama
thing is not a scandal. Not a scandal. And you call yourself
the male Shonda Rhimes? No, I don’t. Look, look. Ask anyone, Mr. Shonda. All right. The Epstein story is bo-ring. It’s just a sex scandal
involving a billionaire league of pedophiles. What’s interesting
about tha-at? The Obama scandals,
the juicy one, it’s a story about a possibly
unnecessary reappraisal of intelligence gathering
protocols concerning election interference. Whoa, man, I’m getting
cold, hard, and blue just thinking about it. [LAUGHTER] What’s that? You’re getting cold,
hard, and blue, too? What about you, Josh?
You blue? No, I’m not. I’m neither cold,
hard, nor blue. Not even a little? Because I’m a full
Papa Smurf right now. [LAUGHTER] Way more than if I found
out some new boring detail about how Trump was on
Epstein’s plane so much he left a permanent ass
cheek groove on the seat. Hold on. Is that true? Like, can you confirm that
ass cheek groove detail? The only thing I can confirm
is how truly boring it is. All right. I was losing my blue. But you know what
got my blue back? was Tulsi Gabbard declassifying
a draft of a 2017 report arguing for more
context for election interference
conclusions released by a previous 2016 report. Now, that’s hot right there! Not some newly discovered video
from 2004 of Trump and Epstein slurping up some same strand of
spaghetti till they touch lips. It’s boring. I’m so bored. Wait, Trump and
Epstein did that. Michael, that is the story. No one gives a shit
about the Obama thing. Like, why are you
pushing this so hard? [EXHALES] Fine. You know what, Josh?
You’re right. All right, you’re right. Are you happy now? There’s no Obama scandal. Is that what you
want me to say? That the Epstein
scandal is way more exciting than the
Obama scandal, which is boring and isn’t even real? That there’s no Obama scandal. And isn’t– isn’t that
kind of a scandal? Why isn’t there
an Obama scandal? What is he hiding? Josh, we figured it out. You’re a genius. You and me are blue as
balls right now, Josh. Come on! We got it! [CHEERING] No one’s blue. Michael Kosta, everybody. [CHEERING]

Josh Johnson covers the breaking story that the DOJ informed Trump he was on the Epstein list, newly unearthed photos of Trump’s friendship with Epstein, and the president’s wild pledge to lower drug prices by 1000%. Plus, Michael Kosta explains why Trump’s Epstein drama is all Obama’s fault. #DailyShow #JoshJohnson #Trump #EpsteinFiles

0:00 – Trump Promises Massive Price Cuts to Drugs
3:55 – Wall Street Journal Announces Trump Knows He’s in the Epstein Files
4:55 New Photos and Videos of Epstein and Trump are Released
7:50 – Trump Accuses Obama of Treason
10:22 – Michael Kosta on the Epstein Drama

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