[0:00]Now for the biggest stories of the week, Amber. Harry. Watch the clips. Tell me, what is the story? Okay, this is our best friend. And that is a map. The doors are closed, so I'm just going to say this story is about how everyone hates us and they're right. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I agree with that. Yes, the story is, Donald Trump goes to war with the world and people abroad are not fans of it, but how's it going here at home? If you could say something to President Trump, if he was going to hear you right now, what would it be? You are a worthless pile of shit. And you voted for him how many times? Three times. That was my bad. Apparently, I'm an idiot.
[0:49]Yeah, most honest person in America. Three times. Now, as the war continues, President Trump seems perpetually surprised that Iran is actually fighting back during a war. So now Trump, a man who seems to burn bridges while he's only halfway across the bridge, is finally realized, Oh, dear, I need help from other countries. How's that getting help from other countries going? Yeah, apparently when you do stuff without asking people, they don't want to help you afterwards. Here's Diana Bash with how some of our allies responded. Germany, "This war has nothing to do with NATO. It is not NATO's war." UK, "We will not be drawn into the wider war." Italy, "Italy is not part of the conflict." Australia, "We won't be sending a ship to the Strait of Hormuz." Japan, "We are proceeding with consideration." We are considering is Japanese for, fuck you. When Trump met with the Japanese Prime Minister, Sana Tashi, what happened in the meeting? He thought it would be a great idea to make a joke about bombing Pearl Harbor. Why didn't you tell US allies in Europe and Asia, like Japan, about the war before attacking Iran? We didn't tell anybody about it because we wanted surprise. Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Okay, why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor? Okay? To be fair, he got some laughs in the room. He got like two groans. I'll take it.
[2:18]Also love, he did the joke, it bombed and then he goes, Right? Right. Ladies, you know what I'm talking about, right? He made the attack without telling the other countries. Because normally in war, you go, hey, I'm going to go over there and punch him in the face. Make sure you got my back. But Trump Instead, punched him in the face and then came back and go, Hey, I just punched him in the face. Would you mind helping me fight him? Here he is, hedging his bets. We have the strongest military by far in the world. We don't need them, but it's interesting. I'm almost doing in some cases not because we need them, but because I want to find out how they react. Oh, he's going through the stages of grief. That's denial. According to Trump, it'll be, quote, very bad for the future of NATO if they don't help us. He's going to bomb NATO. He's going to bomb the hell out of NATO. Britain's former chief of the defense staff doesn't want NATO to get pulled into this war. NATO was created as a, underlined four times, defensive alliance. It was not a an alliance that was designed for one of the allies to go on a war of choice and then oblige everybody else to follow. Is that red thing is heart rate?
[3:29]So now Trump's in a bit of a pickle. He started a war that no one wants to help in and there's no clear way out of that war, but Trump is a scrappy guy who's always overcome adversity, and he's overcome adversity all by himself. He doesn't need people. Is Donald Trump a self-made man?
[4:07]The only thing he made himself was that color. That's great.
[4:15]From the very moment Donald Trump has started in business, there has always been somebody there to bail him out when he failed, and he has failed a lot. In fact, Wikipedia has a whole category called businesses of Donald Trump that went bankrupt. And it has 24 separate pages. Question to the panel, what is your favorite failed Donald Trump business? I like the Trump Taj Mahal going down. That was always a big one. The casino in Atlantic City. Yeah, because on behalf of India, fuck you.
[4:52]Well, of all the failed Trump businesses, there was this one. The Sharper Image is one of my favorite stores with fantastic products of all kinds. That's why I'm thrilled they agree with me. Trump Steaks are the world's greatest steaks and I mean that in every sense of the word. How many senses of the word are there? The bigger question is, why are you buying a steak at an electronics store? According to the former CEO of Sharper Image, quote, We literally sold almost no steaks. In every sense of the word. So the man who failed a casino, failed hotels, failed at steaks, has gotten us into a war that he promised he would never start, and now he's resorting to what he always does when things aren't going his way. He blames other people. Does anyone know which one of our allies Trump threw under the bus on Wednesday night? He posted this long Truth Social rant about Israel bombing an oil and gas field that was jointly owned by Qatar and Iran, and Qatar is a US ally, and he said Israel will never do that again, and Qatar, we're not going to bomb any more oil and gas fields and tisk, tisk, shame on you. That is correct. Points to you Ari, it was Israel. Wednesday night on truth social, Trump posted quote, Israel, out of anger for what has taken place in the Middle East, has violently lashed out at a major facility in Iran. The United States knew nothing about this particular attack. This particular attack. You know how bad it's got to be for Trump to distance himself from you? He's still kicking with Rudy Giuliani. So Trump is uh, cornered. He's alienated his allies, angered his supporters and even some of his own staff won't back him up. There's only one option. Here's the president on Wednesday. I wonder what would happen if we, quote, finished off what's left of the Iranian Terror State, and let the countries that use it, we don't, be responsible for the so-called "Straight"? That would get some of our non-responsive "Allies" in gear, and fast!!! President DJT He misspelled straight.
[6:58]Maybe it's like a Gulf of America type situation. Right, right, right. So from now on that will be how it is spelled.
[7:07]Michael Lanari, watch the clip. Tell me, what is the story? Capitol Hill. Okay. Oh, that's that guy, Bruce Wayne. Mark Wayne Mullen. I'm going to go with Bruce Wayne. Good. And then Cruella Deville. Yes, of course, Kash Patel. Tulsi Gabbard, Kash Patel went to the capital and like all meetings with uh uh Trump officials talking to congress people, it did not go well. The story is, while Trump's focus is on other countries, the Senate was focused on domestic matters this last week at the confirmation hearing for Trump's nominee to head up the Department of Homeland Security. Senator Mark Wayne Mullen, like a business casual woodchuck right there. He says that's going to be free more weeks of winter. Hey, what about three more weeks of winter? Confirmation hearing is to hold the perspective appointees feet to the fire. And there's nobody better to do the scrutinizing than Iowa Senator, Joy Ernst. I am going to say to the President, I am really upset that he has made your nomination. Why? Because I will be losing from the Senate, one of the best friends that I have here, truly.
[8:18]Siri, play end of the road by boys to men.
[8:23]One person really seemed to lead the charge against Senator Mullen in the hearing. Which Republican was it? Was it Rand Paul? The only Senator who asked his barber to make him look like the dude from The Bear. Look at that haircut. Senator Paul gave a hard no vote against Mullen, adding, quote, I think there are anger issues. You did many interviews in which you justified the violence as historically justified by precedents, such as caning and dueling. What I was simply pointing out is some of the rules that still apply to this body. Uh, for instance, uh dueling with two consenting adults is still there. Uh, I was pointing out what is still in place today. illegal for 170 years. There's no precedent for legal dueling. We should bring back dueling. But only between two consenting adults. Well, question, does anyone know where Rand and Mark Wayne's conflicts began? When Rand Paul's neighbor beat the shit out of him. And Mark Wayne Mullen said to Rand Paul, you asshole, you probably deserved it. Point. Yeah. Rand Paul's beef with Mark Wayne goes all the way back to 2017 after Rand was assaulted by his neighbor in a property line dispute. After that, Mark Wayne repeatedly told a group of voters that he understood completely why his neighbor might want to attack Senator Paul. I don't know the details of this dispute with a neighbor, but I've lived in Washington and covered politics long enough to be able to say, he is, let's just say, not one of the most beloved senators on Capitol Hill. Well, why? Well, I think you might want to ask his neighbor. There seems to be another element of Mark Wayne's past that is uh, coming back to haunt him right now. Uh, what part of Mullen's backstory is still being brought into question? He was a stripper.
[10:14]No. What would be Mark Wayne Mullen's stripper name? Mark Wayne Fullon. What? What? Mark Wayne conser Mullen full on, like a full on. Like a boner. Like a boner. Oh, okay. Earlier this month, Mark Wayne went on Fox News to defend our attacks on Iran, and he said this. War is ugly, and it smells bad. And if anybody's ever been there and and been able to smell the the the the war that's happened around you and taste it and feel it in your nostrils and hear it, it's something that you'll never forget. Fact check true.
[10:50]Okay. But can you taste it? Can you taste the wall? I personally have never tasted it, but maybe he's been in wars that I haven't covered as a journalist, so I'm not going to I'm not going to yuck his yum.
