Donald Trump Jr. Reminds Everyone How Incompetent His Dad's Administration Is: The Daily Show

Ever since Donald Trump became president,
there's been one question on everyone's mind.
-Why?! -(laughter)
What kind of God would do such a thing?
No, no, the other question that has been on everyone's mind,
and that is, did the Trump campaign collude with Russia?
It's the subject of investigations
by the House, the Senate and the FBI.
But according to Trump's people, not only was there no collusion.
They barely even know what a Russian is.
Did any advisor or anybody in the Trump campaign
have any contact with the Russians
who were trying to-to meddle in the election?
Oh, of course not.
I didn't ha... not have communications
with the Russians.
Are there any ties between Mr. Trump, you or your campaign,
and Putin and his regime?
No, there are not-- it's absurd.
Uh, and, you know, there's no basis to it.
Every time Russia's brought up, they say, "Oh, Trump."
What do I have to do with it?
Yeah!
What do I have to do with it?
Don't actually check-- it's a rhetorical question!
(laughter)
But, like, by now we know that that's not true.
One after another, we keep learning
about more members of the Trump campaign
who did meet with Russians during or after the campaign.
But none of those meetings looked quite as bad
as the one we found out about yesterday.
NEWSMAN: Donald Trump Jr. now admitting
he met with a Russian attorney during the campaign,
hoping to get damaging information
on Hillary Clinton and the Democrats.
NEWSWOMAN: Trump Jr., his brother-in-law
Jared Kushner, and campaign chairman Paul Manafort
met at Trump Tower in June of last year
with attorney Natalia Veselnitskaya.
She is said to have ties to Russia's government.
That's right-- Don Jr., Jared Kushner
and Paul Manafort met with a Kremlin-linked Russian lawyer
to get dirt on Hillary Clinton.
You know what? At this point, it would be easier
if the Trump people just told us
which Russians they haven't met with.
Like, I don't even think Russian people
hang out with this many Russians.
(Russian accent): Yeah, no, I have friends
of all nationalities-- why always Russians?
Come on, it's called diversity, bro. Come on.
Ever hear of it? Nyet, of course not.
Now, now, if you're looking for evidence of collusion
between Trump and Russia,
this seems like the smoking gun.
But Junior has a very different take.
NEWSWOMAN: I'm gonna read you a statement
from Donald Trump Jr., and I quote...
Baby, baby, baby, baby, you don't understand.
I only met with that other woman
because I thought she wanted to (bleep).
Turns out... she just wanted me to meet Jesus.
So how are you gonna go ahead and call me a cheater, girl?
Come on.
It is insane!
(applause, whooping)
That is bat (bleep) crazy!
Donald Jr.'s defense is that he tried to collude
but instead he got Russian catfished?
(laughter)
Like, I don't care if you believe
that Russia colluded or not with the Trumps,
you have to admit that the Trump team excuses
make them sound dumber and dumber at every turn.
Because first they said they never met with Russians.
Then they said they forgot the meeting with the Russians.
Then they said, "Oh, we didn't know those Russians counted."
And now they're saying this.
NEWSMAN: Donald Trump Jr. claims
he didn't know who he would be meeting
at the June 9 sit-down at Trump Tower,
but he asked the campaign's chairman
and a top advisor to be there.
Get the (bleep) out of here, man!
Now, come on.
Really? Really?
So some random person shows up at Trump Tower,
the front desk called up to Don Jr., and he was like,
"Hello?
"Someone's here to see me?
"Oh, boy! Send them right up!
"No, I don't want to know their name.
"I love surprises!
"Jared! Paul! You got to come see this!
"No, I don't know who's in the meeting.
Let's just do it and be legends!"
(laughter)
Look, man...
this is honestly stupid.
It is incompetent and it is dumb.
And the saddest thing is, for the Trump team,
the headlines today could be about America's role
in helping finally drive ISIS out of Mosul,
or it could be about the Syrian ceasefire--
but once again...
we're reminded that, in a world filled with Trump enemies,
the worst enemy... is themselves.

Donald Trump Jr. Reminds Everyone How Incompetent His Dad's Administration Is: The Daily Show

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