Trump Fires BLS Commissioner After Brutal Job Numbers; Pirro Confirmed as US Attorney: A Closer Look

-You know, 10 years ago,
I used to come out here and start this segment
by saying something like — President Obama proposed
a new infrastructure bill. For more on this,
it’s time for “A Closer Look.” But now the news
is so relentless and insane that before I even get
to the title card, I have to come out here
and say something like — Donald Trump fired the Commissioner
of Labor Statistics because the jobs
numbers were bad for him, the administration
showed leniency to a convicted sex trafficker,
Ghislaine Maxwell, by moving her
to a minimum security prison, the president threatened war
with Russia by announcing on his
crappy social media site that he was moving nuclear
submarines into the region, the Corporation for
Public Broadcasting announced that it was shutting down
after being defunded, the Senate confirmed
Former Fox News host Jeanine Pirro is the U.S.
Attorney for Washington, D.C., the Justice Department opened
an investigation into Jack Smith
as revenge for indicting Trump, the administration is rolling
back greenhouse gas regulations, Trump is spending $200 million on a new ballroom
for the White House, Trump commented on the Sydney Sweeney
jeans controversy, Texas Republicans are trying
to rig the 2026 midterms by redrawing the map
to give the GOP five more seats, and there are [bleep]
radioactive wasps now. [ Laughter ] And that’s just from
the last few days. We’re taping this at 4:00 p.m., so who knows what the hell will
happen before the show airs. If you’re watching this on TV
at 12:30 in the morning, there might be a breaking news
ticker under me that says… Point is, I don’t wanna take
a closer look. But guys,
it’s in my contract. For more on this
it’s time for you know. [ Cheers and applause ] [ Laughter ] You know guys we do, you know,
we have our fun around here. But if you thought I was joking
about the radioactive wasps, I’m sorry to say… it’s time to break out the
heavy-duty citronella candles. -A radioactive wasps nest
has been disposed of after being found
at a South Carolina location that once made
nuclear bomb material. -The nest had a radiation
level ten times higher than allowed by regulations. -I guess this means
my bug spray is going to continue
to not work. I’m getting eaten alive
this summer. I swear, while I’m putting on
my bug spray, the mosquitoes just watch me with toothpicks in their mouth
like they’re thinking, “I mean, if you think
it’s gonna stop us, go for it.” [ Laughter ] Back to the wasps.
I have so many questions. First of all, what do you mean, ten times higher
than what’s allowed? I wasn’t aware there was
a certain level of radiation that’s allowed for wasps. Is there,
like a sweet spot level which is low enough
not to kill us all, but high enough that if a kid
on a field trip gets bitten, he might turn into a superhero
or are they — are they hoping that happens
to Trump? Is that what’s going on
with his weird puffy hand? They injected him
with radioactive wasp venom in hopes that it would give
him superpowers, but his hand meat is so thick
that it’s not really taking. But no one in his inner circle has the courage
to tell him it didn’t work, and he doesn’t have wasp powers, but he thinks
he has wasp powers, which is why he dances
around like this. [ Laughter ] Like he’s actually trying
to flap his arms and fly away and like, everyone, and I mean everyone could tell
he doesn’t have the wasp powers. But when anybody asks his press secretary about it,
she’s all like, “The President
does have wasp powers.” [ Laughter ] “And I, for one,
think it’s disappointing that we’re doubting that instead
of celebrating a president who will be able to sting
his adversaries.” And guys, look,
if you think I’ve spent too much time
on this wasp story, it’s because
the rest of the news is also [bleep]
and I’m stalling. [ Laughter ] Because I don’t want to get to
the rest of the news. But since it’s clear you all got
someplace to [bleep] be… [ Laughter ] …enjoy the next one. -Double check
your energy drink. It may actually contain vodka. High Noon is voluntarily
recalling its beach variety 12 packs of vodka seltzer drinks because some may have cans
mislabeled as its energy drink Celsius Astro Vibe
Sparkling Blue Razz. -And let me just say, if you can’t trust Celsius Astro Vibe
Sparkling Blue Razz… [ Laughter ] …who can you trust? Because you know
I care about what I put in my body. So when I throw back a Celsius Astro Vibe
Sparkling Blue Razz, I want to know it has the stuff
I care about… like Blue and Razz. [ Laughter ] Celsius Astro Vibe
Sparkling Blue Razz might be what made
the wasps radioactive. Leave one of those open
at a picnic. All hell’s gonna break loose. Hey, look, Tyler, that dumb wasp
is sipping on your drink. And then, like,
30 minutes later, it’s like, “Ahh! They’re shooting lasers!” [ Laughter ] But even knowing
the vodka in the energy drink
was a mistake, I think we should embrace
this combo moving forward, because the two things I need
living in these trying times are energy
and to be a little bit drunk. [ Laughter ] I mean, we’re kidding.
Of course, it’s very serious. Although you wouldn’t know that
from our elected officials. -Sir, do you drink Celsius? Are you familiar
with the recall, though? Apparently hard…
-Oh, no. -Um, like vodka sodas
were accidentally put… The FDA has now recalled
a number of Celsius. -Well, that would make
Celsius more attractive to me, actually,
if it was a vodka soda. -Would you like one?
-I’ll take it. Sure. Thank you very much.
All right. [ Audience laughs ] -Not sure.
-[ Chuckles ] Let us know. -Not a great sign when
you hand a sitting senator a can and they say,
“This got booze in it?” [ Laughter ] This is like a cop walking
up to you and your friend smoking a blunt in the park and saying,
Hey, let me hit that. [ Laughter ] Sorry, it’s just my chief’s
been riding me. [ Laughter ] But it’s no wonder senators
are drinking on the job. They don’t seem
to do much aside from rubber stamping the President’s unhinged
nominees like Pirro, whose own executive producer
at Fox News did not have the kindest things
to say about her. -Pirro’s name
repeatedly came up in Dominion’s lawsuit
against her employer over false statements
about the 2020 election. Documents revealed
in that case show that her own
executive producer said in 2020 that one of her
proposed monologues was… In another exchange,
he called her a… -And on top of that,
she drinks vodka with just a little bit
of energy drink in it. [ Laughter ] What a world we’re living in where people are considered
too insane and incompetent
for their TV jobs, so instead they go to work
for the government. I mean, Jeanine Pirro,
Mehmet Oz, Doctor Phil, maybe our next
Secretary of the Interior will be a contestant from… [ Laughter ] And when senators
aren’t rubber stamping Trump’s horrible picks, they’re fielding questions about all the insane things
he’s doing, like firing the federal official
in charge of jobs numbers because those numbers
were bad for him. -Breaking today, Donald Trump has fired
the commissioner of the Bureau
of Labor Statistics. Hours after the agency reported that job growth has slowed
to a near halt. Today’s report shows only 73,000
jobs were created in July. The bureau also revised
down its May and June reports, erasing 258,000 jobs
from the record. -If the president
is firing the statistician because he doesn’t like the
numbers but they are accurate, then that’s a problem. -Now, if they was just fired
because the president or whoever decided
to fire the director just did it because they didn’t like
the numbers, they ought to grow up. -And those are Republicans. They know this is really bad. They’re not going to do
anything about it, though. I mean, next time you see one
of those clips, they’ll just be sipping
on a Celsius without a care in the world. Yeah, man, but like,
what are numbers anyway, though? Right, man? Yeah, I guess I got
a little buzz. Speaking of buzz,
did you hear the president has Wasp powers? Yeah. [ Laughter ] Yeah. No, he can fly now. Everyone sees
him flapping his wings. And it’s not like
there’s any controversy over why Trump fired
the BLS commissioner. He’s basically admitting it. Well, that’s the big thing,
you’re right. No. You’re right. Why should anybody
trust numbers? -The key to Trump’s worldview
is the only person we should ever trust is him. Although,
I’m not sure this is the guy I would trust
when it comes to numbers. -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%. I want to get the drug prices
down by 1,000%. 1,200%. We’ll have drug prices
coming down by 500, 600, 800, even 1,200%. We’ve cut drug prices by 1,200,
1,300, 1,400, 1,500%. I don’t mean 50%.
I mean 14-1,500%. It will start over
the next 2 to 3 months by 1,200, 1,300, and even 1,400% and 500%. -Yeah, you can’t cut
the price of anything more than 100%. If you cut it by 100%,
that means it’s free. For example,
if you went to the store and you saw a 12 pack of seltzer
and it said, now with 100% less alcohol,
you’d say, “Wait, these used to have
alcohol in them?” [ Laughter ] But if they had 100% less,
that would mean zero. Same for drug prices. If you cut it by any
more than 100%, then I guess that means
you’re now giving people money
to take the drugs? Is that how he’s going to fix
the unemployment numbers by hiring people to take drugs? So that will just be a job now? Yeah. I had a tough childhood. My dad was a professional
Viagra taker, yeah. [ Laughter ] It paid well,
but it took a toll. I mean, almost all his erections
lasted longer than four hours. [ Laughter ] The doctor stopped
taking his calls. Yeah, We’d always know
when dad was home for work… [ Laughter ] …because his boner would hit
the front door a few minutes before he did. [ Laughter ] Life was like my dad. It was hard all the time. [ Laughter ] Trump doesn’t know
how to solve a problem. He only knows
how to cover it up. And that’s the hallmark
of a corrupt autocracy. When the numbers are bad, just fire the people
in charge of the numbers. If you’re caught up
in a scandal, dangle a pardon
to get out of it. The problem is it’s backfiring. These stories won’t go away. That’s why Trump
always looks like a guy who’s been stung
by a thousand… -Radioactive wasps. This has been “A Closer Look.” [ Cheers and applause ] [ Air hissing ] [ High-pitched voice ]
Thanks for watching.

Seth takes a closer look at Trump firing the Commissioner of Labor Statistics because the job numbers were bad for him, his administration moving convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell to minimum security prison and the Senate confirming former Fox News host Jeanine Pirro as the U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C.

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42 comments

  5. Trump’s greatest legacy will not be the insane acts and antics that catch the headlines, but rather his insidious and unfettered success at corrupting all 3 branches of government.

  7. GRIFTER KING, BLOOD ON HIS CROWN

    by Hugh Hugo

     

    He lies like he breathes—

    effortless, endless,

    a sewage stream

    of self-praise and slander.

     

    He’s a felon,

    a rapist by jury,

    a golf cheat,

    a coward wrapped in flags

    he’s never bled for.

     

    Trump.

    The grifter king.

    A Nazi in a red tie

    with bone spurs and bile,

    selling rage to the poor

    while he feasts on gold.

     

    He pissed on decency,

    mocked the crippled,

    cheered the Proud Boys,

    called the Klansman “fine,”

    and danced as the Capitol burned.

     

    He buried his ex on a golf course—

    claimed the tax break.

    Laughed as the body cooled.

    Still takes blood money

    from Putin and the Saudis

    while preaching fake patriot love.

     

    He is a one-man wrecking ball

    of truth, of trust,

    of what we once called

    America.

     

    He wants troops in our streets.

    He wants judges in his pocket.

    He wants to fire the law itself

    and replace it

    with a mirror.

     

    White Christ,

    white guns,

    white lies.

    Fox-fed zombies chant his name

    while he breaks

    every goddamn commandment.

     

    He is not your savior.

    He is your disease.

     

    WAKE. UP.

    The Constitution is screaming.

    Lady Liberty is gagged.

    And still he smiles.

  8. GRIFTER KING, BLOOD ON HIS CROWN

    by Hugh Hugo

     

    He lies like he breathes—

    effortless, endless,

    a sewage stream

    of self-praise and slander.

     

    He’s a felon,

    a rapist by jury,

    a golf cheat,

    a coward wrapped in flags

    he’s never bled for.

     

    Trump.

    The grifter king.

    A Nazi in a red tie

    with bone spurs and bile,

    selling rage to the poor

    while he feasts on gold.

     

    He pissed on decency,

    mocked the crippled,

    cheered the Proud Boys,

    called the Klansman “fine,”

    and danced as the Capitol burned.

     

    He buried his ex on a golf course—

    claimed the tax break.

    Laughed as the body cooled.

    Still takes blood money

    from Putin and the Saudis

    while preaching fake patriot love.

     

    He is a one-man wrecking ball

    of truth, of trust,

    of what we once called

    America.

     

    He wants troops in our streets.

    He wants judges in his pocket.

    He wants to fire the law itself

    and replace it

    with a mirror.

     

    White Christ,

    white guns,

    white lies.

    Fox-fed zombies chant his name

    while he breaks

    every goddamn commandment.

     

    He is not your savior.

    He is your disease.

     

    WAKE. UP.

    The Constitution is screaming.

    Lady Liberty is gagged.

    And still he smiles.

  12. Yes, America is that bad. American voters voted out democracy. American voters put greed and bigotry and delusions, before facts and fairness.

  15. You can cut the the price of anything by a 100% , a 1000% or even 10000%.

    You often confuse price and cost.

    In simple words using your dollars as an example as you're Americans, if you pay cents on the dollar for 10x returns you're in fact reducing prices by 1000%.

    To achieve such claims would be possible given the complete uselessness of your ( or any other ) public health system.

    But that would mean to completely change the current structure in both industries and government.

    Usually patents are utilized to raise prices by safeguarding companies r&d , so costs in production could be in the dollar / unit but price could be easily in the 1000s – tens of 1000s of dollars / unit range.

    If government would deem such practices as immoral and put a limit to production cost / price gains , but again that would take a complete revision from supply – consumer and everything in the middle.

    Not completely unachievable, hard yet perhaps doable.

  17. 8:45 I’d pay good money to be able to ask the President in that moment “Excuse me Mr President, but about those drug price cuts. Do you believe Americans are actually that r*****ed or are YOU actually that r*****ed?”

  21. "Historians will have a hard time trying to describe how evil Trump was. We're talking about a guy who has begun firing anyone who accurately reports objective non-partisan facts. And even that horrifying action was to distract focus from how many children he sexually abused on an island with his pedo-wingman. Other than sprouting red horns and breathing fire, I'm not sure what else he could do to punch his ticket for the Mount Rushmore Of Evil Americans." – Bill Burr

  22. Donald Trump can't do 6th math, honestly? Calculating numeric percentages is taught in American schools between 4th and 6th grades, primary school. Yet, Donnie-the-Dunce just rambles off numbers, thinking the world is as dumb as he is. What an idiot Donald J Trump has proven himself to be, through his own actions.

  24. I don’t know which is more shocking – the fact that master businessman turned president doesn’t understand percentages – or a large part of the (apparently) most advanced nation on earth doesn’t…..

  25. The president of the worlds biggest economy don’t know basic math.. He is so stupid it’s insane, everything is so crazy to watch

  33. Tennessee violated a law about public meetings to have a redistricting committee meet and deal in private 😬 so hurrah hurrah democracy hooray

  34. Numbers are nonsense … the truth is what i tell you … the answer is always me.

    … Roll on the en-shittification of the US democratic tradition

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