Trump’s DC Press Conference Fact-Checked Live by CNN; Trump Confuses Alaska & Russia: A Closer Look

Trump’s DC Press Conference Fact-Checked Live by CNN; Trump Confuses Alaska & Russia: A Closer Look

-Donald Trump gave
an unhinged press conference announcing his decision
to send the National Guard to Washington, D.C., despite the fact
that crime there is down. For more on this,
it’s time for “A Closer Look.” ♪♪ You guys, one thing
is obvious about Trump — numbers are not his strong suit. Like when he introduced
his global tariffs and reeled off a list
of seemingly random figures that made no sense. -European Union —
we’re going to charge them 20%. Vietnam — they charge us 90%. We’re going to charge them
46% tariff. Taiwan — 64%.
We’re going to charge them 32%. Japan — 46%.
We’re charging them 24%. India — 52%.
Switzerland — 61% to 31%. Indonesia. Malaysia. Cambodia.
Oh, look at Cambodia — 97%. We’re going to
bring it down to 49. United Kingdom — 10%. And we’ll go 10%. South Africa. Oh. 60%. 30%. Brazil — 10%. 10%.
Bangladesh — 74%. Pakistan — 58%.
Sri Lanka — 88%. -He sounds like an auctioneer
with a concussion. I see Japan, 46.
India, 52. Switzerland, 61. My vision is blurry.
I feel — Sold to the combined country
of Indolasodia for 97! Or when he said he would bring
down drug prices by percentages that were literally
mathematically impossible. -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%. By 1,200, 1,300,
and even 1,400%. We’re going to get them down
1,000%, 600%, 500%, 1,500%. -The math is obviously insane, but I am so hung up on him
not going in numerical order as he lists the numbers. “1,000, 600, 500…”
At least I’m following. But then when he throws out
“1,500” at the end, my head spins to the point
where I think I need medication, which, if I’m understanding
him correctly, I should be able to get
for a song. This is the asymmetry
of American politics. Bernie Sanders calls for
single payer health care, and everyone acts
like it’s a pipe dream. Meanwhile, Trump
is essentially saying, “You think Chantix is expensive?
What have I told you? You get seven large
every time you take one.” And somehow when he says it,
everyone just nods along. When he says something
that insane, we should literally hear
a sitcom laugh track. -We’re going to get them down -1,000%…
-[ Laughter ] -…600%…
-[ Laughter ] -…500%, 1,500%.
-[ Laughter ] -Donald.
-[ laughter ] But Trump has no shame, so he just keeps rolling
with his made up numbers, like last week when he held up
a chart in the White House that he claimed proved his jobs numbers
were actually awesome, but I’m not sure anyone,
including Trump, knew what was on that chart. -This one chart really
says it better than anything. If you look at this,
this is great. But this chart
is pretty amazing right here. [ Laughter ] All new numbers. Okay?
-Okay? Yeah, okay. I mean, it’s hard
to argue with numbers. Especially all new ones. So we’re just going to move on
and — Wait. Oh, wait a second. I’m sorry. What the [Bleep]
are you talking about? No one knows what that chart is
or what it says. And when I say no one,
I’m including you. Since you couldn’t even muster
a single word to explain it. This reminds me of fifth grade, when we had to make
a diorama of the solar system, and my mom did it for me. And yet, for some reason, the teacher kept grilling me
about it. She was all like, “What can
you tell us about the planets?” And I said, “Well, the diorama
says it better than anything. [ Laughter ] If you look at it,
it’s pretty amazing. These are… [ Laughter ] …these are all new planets. Okay?” [ Chuckles ] Now Trump is ordering
what he’s calling a federal takeover
of Washington, D.C. based on numbers
that once again make no sense. And you don’t have to
take it from me. CNN fact-checked him live
as he was talking. -The murder rate
in Washington today is higher than that of Bogota,
Colombia, Mexico City — some of the places
that you hear about as being
the worst places on Earth. Much higher.
This is much higher. The number of car thefts
has doubled over the past five years, and the number of carjackings
has more than tripled. -We’ve had presidents
who’ve lied before, but we’ve never had a president who is this easy to fact check. But who are you
going to believe? The stat nerds at CNN
or the guy who says we can lower drug prices
by 1,500%? Trump should be
fact-checked like this every time
he talks about numbers. Next time
he talks about drug prices, it should look like this. -We’ve cut drug prices
by 1,200, 1,300, 1,400, 1,500%. -This press conference was, as with all things Trump,
entirely for show. And the way you know that is that the very first words
he uttered were not about crime, but about his dream
to build a new ballroom in the White House. -I’ve been up here a lot. I’ve never seen
a crowd like this. I think we need a ballroom,
and that’s happening. It’s going to be
a beautiful ballroom. -I don’t know, man. Based on what I just heard
about Washington, D.C., it’s the last place
I’d build a fancy ballroom. I just heard that place is,
like, worse than Bogota. That’s how you know
Trump’s [Bleep]. “We’re going to build
a beautiful ballroom — gold inlays, crystal
chandeliers, Corinthian columns. Moving on. Right outside
these doors is a crime-scape the likes of which
we’ve never seen. So, needless to say,
hush-hush on the gold inlays.” Also, check out this
from a few minutes later. -I just saw some charts. These are different cities
throughout the world. Red is… Okay? [ Laughter ] -Is this
his new catchphrase now? He’s just going to
hold up a chart and say, “Okay”? he’s like a lazy magician who doesn’t make you
take a card. He just holds one up and acts like that’s what
it was going to be. “You kids like magic?
All right, watch this. Jack of diamonds. [ Laughter ] Okay?” [ Laughs ] You can see
how detached from reality this press conference was in the way
Trump talked about D.C. like it was a dystopian hellhole
out of a steampunk novel. -Our capital city has
been overtaken by violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals,
roving mobs of wild youth, drugged-out maniacs
and homeless people. Caravans of masked youth
rampage through city streets. They’re on ATVs, motorbikes. They travel pretty well. -So clearly, what happened — he fell asleep
watching Fox News, rolled over on the remote, accidentally changed
the channel to HBO, woke up,
saw “Mad Max — Fury Road,” thought it was still the news. “There are roving mobs
of wild youth. They travel on ATVs
in the desert and they answer
to their gang leader. His name is Immortan Joe.
He controls all the water. We thought the future was
AI or Bitcoin, but it’s water. If you listen to Immortan Joe,
it’s water. I remember a Doof Warrior
came up to me. Big Doof Warrior.
Strong Doof Warrior. Tears pouring
from under his mask, down onto his red pyjamas and
his big fire-shooting guitar, and he said to me — he said — [ Guitar music plays,
flames roar ] And I said, “It’s so true,
Doof Warrior.” But there was one moment
in particular that really underscored to me just how degraded
Trump’s brain is. I’m going to play it because I honestly need help
understanding it. If you know what he’s trying
to say here, please let me know. -You shouldn’t have
medians falling down into the roadway. Median — you know,
the metal things that are always — Somebody had a great —
a great lobbyist because I’ve never
seen them look good. I’ve been looking
at those things with the little — Right? They’re always broken and bad. [ Laughter ] -Hey, man, I know
prices are down by 1,500%. But I think
you need to lay off the… -Drugs.
-In fact, I’m going to read
that quote again because I genuinely
want to understand what this man is trying to say. Here’s what he said
word for word. “You shouldn’t have medians
falling down in the roadway. Median — you know, the metal things
that are always — Somebody had a great —
a great lobbyist because I’ve never seen
them look good. I’ve been
looking at those things with the little — Right? They’re always broken and bad.” I will say it’s ironic
that the only thing he seems to like less
than comedians are regular medians. Also, is the median lobby something I have to
worry about now? [ Trump voice ] Big median
is influencing our government. The other day,
I tried to kiss Melania and I couldn’t because
there was a median between us. [ Normal voice ]
There was only one other part of this press conference that I think would explain
what was going on here, and it was this. -We’re only looking at that.
That’s early. But, you know, somebody
reported it, which is fine. We’re looking at it.
-Are you guys looking at it or smoking it, like,
five times a day? Is that why Kash Patel
always looks like this? It’s the FBI director. It looks like he just took
the biggest bong hit of his life. That might also explain why
Trump doesn’t even seem to know where he is or where he’s going
on a daily basis. -You know,
I’m going to see Putin. I’m going to Russia on Friday.
-No, you’re not. The White House said
you’re going to Alaska. Unless — Oh, [Bleep]. Did you already
give away Alaska? Is that what you meant
when you said this? -There’ll be
some land swapping going on. -Can’t wait to see
the news report from that meeting. The US has struck
an agreement with Russia in which Russia will give back
the land it stole from Ukraine. And the US, in return,
will give Russia several states, including Alaska,
Rhode Island and New Jersey, along with several countries,
including… -Indonesia. Malaysia. Cambodia. -Wo-ho-ohh, Cambodia. Ultimately, I think most
of the Trump press conference can be summed up this way. -Today, we’re formally declaring
a public safety emergency. This is an emergency.
This is a tragic emergency. And it’s embarrassing
for me to be up here. -Yeah…Yeah, it is. But in a way,
it’s embarrassing for all of us. In fact, I have a chart
of how embarrassing it is. And just so everybody
can read it, I’m going to move farther away. [ Laughter ] Okay? Trump obviously does not care
about crime or violence, given that he pardoned
January 6th rioters and even employs one, who urged fellow rioters
to kill police officers. All Trump cares about
is clinging to power and appeasing his MAGA base. But hey, what do I know?
I’m just a co– -Median.
-This has been “A Closer Look.” ♪♪ Hey, guys. [ Laughs ] [ Laughter ]

Seth takes a closer look at Donald Trump giving an unhinged press conference announcing his decision to send federal troops to Washington, D.C., despite the fact that crime is down.

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