Anthony Atamanuik: Trump Is 'A Spectator President'

WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW, EVERYBODY.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU KNOW MY NEXT GUEST AS THE PRESIDENT
FROM "THE PRESIDENT SHOW" ON COMEDY CENTRAL.
PLEASE WELCOME ANTHONY ATAMANUIK!
♪ ♪ ♪( APPLAUSE ).
>> HOW ARE YOU?
>> Stephen: RIGHT THERE.
NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
THANKS FOR COMING BACK.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME BACK.
>> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN YOUR HAND?
I SUSPECT I KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR HAND RIGHT THERE.
>> ONE DAY I WAS DOING A REWRITE IN MY OFFICE -- YOUR FORMER
OFFICE.
>> Stephen: YOU USE THE BUILDING WE USED TO USE FOR THE
"COLBERT REPORT."
IT'S A NICE OFFICE.
>> IT'S A BEAUTIFUL OFFICE.
THERE'S A SHOWER AND EVERYTHING.
>> Stephen: I REMODELED THAT.
>> YOURSELF.
>> Stephen: WELL... SURE.
>> THE TILE WORK IS GOOD.
>> Stephen: THANKS VERY MUCH.
>> I LOOK UP AND I SEE THIS RED THING, THIS LOOP.
WE HAVE A SWORD THAT MY EXECUTIVE PRODUCER GAVE ME.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE A SWORD IN YOUR OFFICE?
>> YES, THAT SAYS "TRUTH" ON ONE SIDE AND "SATIRE" ON THE OTHER.
>> Stephen: THAT'S SUPER PRETENTIOUS.
>> IT IS!
BLAME-- BLAME J.D. AMATO.
SO HE GAVE IT TO ME.
SO IT HANGS OVER THE BAR -- >> Stephen: WAIT, YOU HAVE A
BAR IN YOUR OFFICE!
I DIDN'T HAVE A BAR IN MY OFFICE!
>> I GOT AN ESPRESSO, TOO.
>> Stephen: WHAT!
>> I CAN EVEN SAY THAT.
>> Stephen: CAN YOU SAY ANYTIME ESPRESSO?"
>> I DON'T KNOW.
>> Stephen: I DON'T KNOW, EITHER.
>> YEAH, I HAVE AN ESPRESSO.
I HAVE ALL KINDS OF WONDERFUL THINGS IN THERE.
>> Stephen: WOW.
>> I HAVE PLANTS.
I HAVE A SOFA.
>> Stephen: I HAD THAT.
>> I HAVE SWORDS.
I TAKE THE SWORD AND PUT IT UP INTO THE CEILING AND DOWN COMES
THIS "WRIST STRONG" BRACE GLLT IT'S OPEN RAFTERS.
IT'S OPEN WOOD RAFTERS AND I USED TO SIT THERE AT MY DESK
WHEN I SHOULD HAVE BEEN WORKING AND SHOOT MEAS CRIST BRACELETS
UP-- I DIDN'T WORK A LOT.
AND I'LL PUT THIS ON.
THERE YOU GO.
BOY, I HAVEN'T WORN ONE OF THOSE IN YEARS.
A WRIST STRONG BRACELET.
CAN I KEEP THIS?
>> YES, I'M CLEARING IT ALL OUT.
I HAVE YOUR MAIL.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE DONE WHAT I HAVEN'T SEEN OTHERS WHO
PORTRAIT PRESIDENT FOR A LIVING, YOU GO OUT INTO THE FIELD AS THE
PRESIDENT.
DOES THAT CONFUSE PEOPLE?
LET ME GIVE A SENSE OF THE PEOPLE THROUGHOUT.
IT'S A PRETTY DAMN GOOD IMPRESSION OF THE PRESIDENT.
>> YEAH.
( APPLAUSE ) WHAT HAPPENS-- WHAT HAPPENS--
OOPS.
(BLEEP).
>> THAT'S OKAY.
( LAUGHTER ) WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU GO OUTSIDE--
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GO OUTSIDE?
DO PEOPLE EVER MISTAKE YOU FOR HIM?
>> OH,-- YEAH, I MEAN, ONE THING I'LL SAY BEING HIM IS THAT TO BE
IN HIM WOULD BE THAT MOST PEOPLE LAUGH AT YOU AND POINT.
THAT'S, LIKE, HIS EXPERIENCE, I'M PRESUMING.
BECAUSE PEOPLE FROM AFAR ARE JUST LIKE, "HA-HA-HA!
BOO!
THAT'S HIS WHOLE LIFE, I THINK.
>> Stephen: AND THEY BOO.
>> PEOPLE BOO.
>> Stephen: DO YOU THINK THAT THEY'RE BOOING HIM OR DO THEY
NOT ENJOY YOUR SHOW?
>> OH, I THINK A MIX OF BOTH.
>> Stephen: A MIX OF BOTH?
OKAY?
>> WE'RE VERY POPULAR.
WE WERE AT THE QUEENS CENTER MALL-- WE WERE AT A MALL FILMING
ON FRIDAY, THIS PIECE.
AND SO I'M DRESSED AS TRUMP, AND IT WAS OUT IN THE FIELD.
WE HAVE SECURITY, AND THE SECURITY'S SORT OF LIKE SECRET
SERVICE.
AND I'M WALKING AROUND, AND IN A MOMENT, THIS-- I FEEL THIS,
LIKE, IMPACT INTO I MY HEAD.
IT'S VERY STRONG.
AND MADE LIKE A-- LIKE A-- EVEN MORE HOLLOW KNOCK THAN THAT.
( LAUGHTER ) IT TURNS OUT SOMEONE HAD HUCKED
A JAWBREAKER AT MY HEAD.
>> Stephen: LIKE A CANDY, A BIG CANDY?
>> A BIG CANDY.
AND I HAVE A VERY LUMPY HEAD, SO ONE OF THE LUMPS IS LEGIT, FROM
THAT.
>> Stephen: WHY-- DID THIS PERSON THINK YOU WERE--
>> THEY THOUGHT I WAS TRUMP.
OR I PROVIDE A SENSE OF CATHARSIS FOR PEOPLE, AND I
ACCEPT THAT.
IF YOU SEE THIS PERSON WHO YOU SORT OF CAN'T STAND OR THEY
REPRESENT OPPRESSION OR WHITE SUPREMACY OR ALL THE OTHER
DRACONIAN AWFUL THINGS HE REPRESENTS, THEN YOU'RE MOST
LIKELY-- YOU CAN CLAP MORE FOR THAT.
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: HUGE FANS OF WHITE
SUPREMACY HERE.
>> YEAH, CLAP MORE FOR WHITE SUPREMACY.
COME ON!
GIVE IT UP!
>> Stephen: IT'S OUR TURN!
>> GIVE IT UP!
BUT, YEAH, I THINK THAT PEOPLE SORT OF SEE THAT, AND EVEN IF
IT'S THE ICON OF IT, IT'S A WAY FOR THEM TO LET IT OUT.
THAT'S LIKE THE INTERVIEWS ON OUR SHOW ARE VERY SIMILAR.
THEY'RE PEOPLE HAVING CATHARSIS.
I ALWAYS TELL THE GUESTS I'M A THERAPY DUMMY.
SO, LIKE, AT THE BEGINNING, HAVE AT ME.
>> Stephen: YES, SURE.
>> GET OUT WHAT YOU WANT.
>> Stephen: SHOW ME ON MY BODY WHERE THE PRESIDENT TOUCHED YOU.
>> TOUCHED YOU!
YES!
AND I THINK WE--( LAUGHTER )
( APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: NOW YOU HAVE THE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL.
I'M A HUGE FAN OF CHRISTMAS SPECIALS.
>> OH, I LOVE THEM.
>> Stephen: IT'S CALLED "I CAME UP WITH CHRISTMAS: A
'PRESIDENT SHOW' CHRISTMAS."
WHAT'S YOUR IDEA OF DONALD TRUMP'S IDEA OF A CHRISTMAS
SPECIAL?
>> OH, IT'S A MIX OF HOPE, CROSBY-- BING CROSBY SPECIALS,
DEAN MARTIN SPECIAL S.
>> Stephen: I THOUGHT YOU MEANT ACTUAL HOPE.
>> OH, NO, NO, NO!
DESPAIR!
( LAUGHTER ) BUT WE HAVE SINGING.
WE HAVE SORT OF, LIKE, HAM-FISTED SKETCHES, LIKE, YOU
KNOW, NATIVITY SKETCHES.
, AND SOME FIELD PIECES, CHRISTMAS TREE DECORATIONS,
SPECIAL GUESTS BURSTING IN AND A LOT OF SONG.
SO IT'S ALL THOSE GOOD THINGS IN A CHRISTMAS SPECIAL.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE A CLIP HERE, THERE'S A CLIP HERE WHERE
PETER GROSS IS PLAYING MIKE PENCE, RIGHT?
>> YES, YES, PETER GROSS IS MIKE PENCE.
>> Stephen: USED TO BE A WRITER FOR ME, GREAT GUY.
>> HE'S AN INCREDIBLE MIKE PENCE, AND THIS IS PART OF ONE
OF OUR REMOTE PIECES WHERE TRUMP HAS DECIDE HE DOESN'T LIKE THAT
SANTA GETS SO MUCH ATTENTION, AND HE WANTS TO BE THE FOCUS.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> Stephen: OKAY.
JIM.
>> THAT'S ENOUGH, FAT BAN.
I'M THE ONE EVERYONE IS SUPPOSED TO LIKE!
AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME!
>> SHOULD WE GO OR.
>> SHUT UP, MIKE!
YOU'RE GOING TO GET NAKED.
>> YOU'RE BEING VERY NAUGHTY.
>> I'LL SHOW YOU SOMETHING.
>> VERY, VERY NAUGHTY.
>> YOU WANT TO SEE NAUGHTY?
>> I THINK IT WOULD BE BEST IF WE--
>> SENT HIM TO GUANTANAMO.
>> TAKE HIM.
>> TAKE IT OFF.
NICE AND SLOW SO I CAN SEE EVERYTHING.
>> THAT DOESN'T-- THAT'S NOT PART OF IT THOUGH.
THE SLOW PART-- >> IT IS FOR ME, MIKE.
IT IS FOR ME.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: SO IT'S FOR THE
WHOLE FAMILY?
>> OH, IT'S FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY.
>> Stephen: IT'S FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY.
ANTHONY, GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
CONGRATULATIONS ON THE SHOW.
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Anthony Atamanuik: Trump Is 'A Spectator President'

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