'I feel like such an a**hole': MAGA star does 180 on support for Ukraine

[0:00] Okay, you may have noticed this, but in recent times, I will say, Trump has been commenting in [0:07] a very creepy and at times morbid way about men's looks. And I really, it is something. I just have [0:14] to show you a couple of recent examples in case you didn't see them. Beautiful, beautiful son, [0:19] handsome in every way. He's young and he's handsome, which I don't like. I'm not happy about [0:26] him. He's handsome also. And he's a very nice guy. He's a charming guy, good looking guy. [0:32] I mean, listen, that's a pretty common theme there. And just in case you were wondering who [0:40] those people were and you didn't quite pick them all out, those weren't random people there. I mean, [0:44] that was the president of Lebanon, the Iraqi prime minister, Mayor Mamdani is also somebody whose [0:50] looks he has definitely commented on. And the funny part about this is that some of these people are [0:56] getting asked about. And Mayor Mamdani was asked about what he thought about Trump calling him [1:01] handsome. And the response is also funny. Okay, I'm going to play that too. What do you think about [1:08] him constantly saying how handsome you are? Thank you. We'll take it, I guess. Okay, I love it so much. [1:24] Okay, so there's that. But Mamdani's reaction was just, I mean, it was just a reminder of how freaking [1:32] weird these comments are. And those were some examples that are pretty recent. But this is a [1:37] consistent thing. And this all made me think of that time. Do you remember that time where Donald [1:42] Trump was talking about Arnold Palmer and seeing him in the locker room? This is back in 2024, but I just [1:48] have to play it. But Arnold Palmer was all man. And I say that in all due respect to women. And I love [1:55] women. This is a guy that was all man. His man was strong and tough. And I refuse to say it. But when [2:04] he took showers with the other pros, they came out of there, they said, Oh, my God, that's unbelievable. [2:14] I mean, I have rarely met more public officials who have commented more on men's bodies. But here [2:24] we are. Now, the thing about this is this, this is not just about his kind of creepy again, way he [2:33] comments on men, men and men's bodies and how handsome they are on the regular basis. It's also [2:38] what he values, right? What is so interesting? And regime changed the book by Maggie Haberman and [2:43] Jonathan Swan talked about how when he was figuring out who he wanted to be in his cabinet, [2:48] this was also important. I just want to read a part of this. Trump was often fixated on male [2:53] beauty. His appraisal of a job seeker's handsomeness could be a prerequisite for the most highly visible [2:59] administration post. But he liked his enforcers to look like enforcers. Again, it's like central [3:05] casting, but liking he likes people who are on, you know, Fox News cable hosts. We already know that. [3:11] And this also played a role. And this is also in the regime change book in picking J.D. Vance. And [3:17] here's what he said about that. They said Trump thought Vance was brilliant, a great intellect. [3:23] And he often remarked on how impressive it was that Vance had gotten into Yale without having a rich [3:29] father. And then they also said that Trump thought he was handsome, too, and that nobody did better than [3:35] Vance sparring on CNN against tough interviewers. OK, a lot packed in there, but he definitely mentioned [3:41] he thought Vance was handsome because that's one of his qualifications in addition to loyalty. I mean, [3:46] if you are an election denier and you're good looking, watch out. You may be in Trump's cabinet [3:51] next. That seems to be the qualifications. OK, here's another thing that I thought was weird. [3:57] I don't I'm trying to wrap my head around what to think about it. Maybe it's good. Maybe it's a [4:01] combination of all of them, because Laura Loomer has made a huge about face on Ukraine. And I [4:08] definitely did not have this on my bingo card. But just as a reminder, I mean, Laura Loomer for years [4:13] has called U.S. military aid to Ukraine a misuse of taxpayer dollars. She's accused Ukraine of [4:20] harboring Nazis. She's been a big critic of U.S. support for Ukraine. And now she has decided to [4:29] apologize on social media for minimizing the struggle of Ukrainians during this year's long war [4:34] with Russia, I guess, better late than never several years into the war. And she's done this [4:39] by posting various pictures of herself outside what she says is the oldest McDonald's in Ukraine. [4:46] There's Laura Loomer, I guess, enjoying a Big Mac outside of a destroyed building. It seems I don't [4:53] know. It seems A.I. or superimposed. But she was apparently actually there. And she also posted a [5:01] bunch about the tweets. I can't get over it. Is this a McDonald's commercial? What is happening? [5:06] A lipstick commercial? Anyway, she posts also, I feel like such an a**hole for minimizing the [5:12] struggle of Ukrainians for the last five years. I often said I don't care. Looking back, that wasn't [5:17] very nice of me to say. There are people in Ukraine who have to run a bomb shelter every day. [5:22] And some of us had the audacity to say Russia wasn't wrong because we believe the lie that Ukraine [5:26] is a country full of Nazi sympathizers. OK, some of you, I mean, yes, I guess that's Laura Loomer [5:32] fessing up there to some degree. Now, there's so many questions here, including the McDonald's [5:38] photo shoot. But beyond that, it's like, how did she get there? You can't just like arrive in the [5:43] middle of Ukraine. How did this happen? What happened? Well, it looks like Laura Loomer interviewed [5:50] President Zelensky. There is a photo of it. She posted it. So there is that. So my guess here, [5:57] it seems, and this doesn't really take Sherlock Holmes, is that he invited her there because he [6:02] knows her audience includes Donald Trump. It includes MAGA. It includes right wing folks. [6:07] And maybe, maybe she'll have an influence there. I don't really know. I don't really know. But we will [6:14] certainly see. And the thing about all of this I keep thinking about is Laura Loomer, imagine if you [6:20] opened your eyes up to the world all of the many, many things you would discover you are wrong about. [6:25] Maybe people should invite her to tours of rural hospitals that are closing or I don't know. [6:31] There's lots of ideas we could throw out there. Data centers. Come on, Laura Loomer. You can do a [6:35] tour and like reopen your world. OK, last week, this other thing happened. That's also kind of funny and [6:42] a little bizarre in terms of how it's been implemented, because last week the Department of [6:46] Justice issued new guidance that the new version of TikTok app has not, does not pose data or national [6:53] security risks. I'm, we couldn't use it when I was in government. I don't know what's massively [6:58] changed aside from the fact that now a good buddy of Trump's owns it. But now federal officials are [7:06] basically allowed to use TikTok. So what does that mean? It means that they're all coming out and [7:10] launching their, launching their, um, their handles on TikTok, launching their, their accounts on TikTok. [7:17] And some have done it better than others. Uh, I don't know that some have done it well, [7:22] but I'm just going to give you a taste because there's this trend on TikTok. You've probably seen [7:27] it where people basically are parenting the moment in their life they would make into some version of a [7:33] documentary and they kind of, they sit down, you've probably seen this, but I'm going to show you one [7:37] on terms of how it should be done. So yes, you will recognize this person. It's none other than [7:43] Snooki. Let's watch that just to give you a sense. First of all, there might actually be a good [7:57] documentary on the Jersey shore. Who knows? That's how it's supposed to be done. The music, a topic [8:03] that is like central to this person's life. You know, that's sort of just, here is Mark Wayne [8:09] Mullen attempting to do the same thing, I guess. Okay. Hold up. Where's my ball? Okay. Well, I guess [8:26] we're on TikTok. Nope. Nope. Nope. That's not, that's not what we do here. That's not, not the [8:31] trend, which is not even that hard to pull off. I'm just going to note, but no, Mark Wayne Mullen, [8:37] the rocket scientist that he is could not quite pull that off. Um, it was already kind of getting [8:43] ruins, but I think he's officially ruined that trend for me. I don't know what the stress ball is all [8:48] about, but apparently he felt it was a necessary prop. Okay. Another thing in terms of the PR [8:54] foibles, shall we call them of the Republican party this week is Olive Garden has become this central [9:01] thing in the Republican party messaging right now. It's found itself in quite a political debate. I [9:07] will say, I don't think that was their intention. Now, Olive Garden, I should note, brought back its [9:12] never ending pasta pass. You may have not known it existed. Maybe you're somebody who enjoys it [9:17] thoroughly. Either way, you basically need to present your photo ID to order in order to use [9:22] it. Okay. So that is, that is what it is. You pay a fee, then you got to present your ID. And so [9:27] naturally a number of Republicans have concocted this completely false, stretchy, insane talking point [9:37] about how Olive Garden's never ending pasta policies are comparable with, or maybe even more strict [9:45] than voting in the United States elections. Okay. Um, they basically ran with the opportunity to shame [9:53] after this pasta policy of Olive Garden was announced to shame Democrats, use this as an opportunity to [9:59] shame Democrats about their effort to make it easier for people to participate in the voting process. [10:06] Um, okay. And one of the people that came up, I should note seven different times. I'm not going [10:11] to show you all of those seven different times. Steve Scalise tried to spin this. Okay, let's watch this. [10:18] Not a complicated subject. Again, anybody that gets on an airplane has to show a picture ID to vote. [10:25] Nowadays, if you want to go to Olive Garden and get unlimited pasta, you got to show a picture ID. This [10:31] isn't complicated stuff yet. Every Democrat is against these basic things. I mean, first of all, [10:39] they wrote that down that went out on a talking point somewhere and was blasted to Republicans [10:45] because again, it was used seven times. So I don't think they each individually came up with it. [10:52] And the thing about it is, is like voting rights and never ending pasta at Olive Garden [10:57] are obviously not the same thing. And I just think Jim McGovern put it really best. Um, and [11:04] well, other people have made this point, but he put it best. He said, voting is a constitutional right. [11:08] It is not a lunch special. You have a constitutional right to vote. You don't have a constitutional right [11:12] to a breadstick or a bowl of pasta. No kidding. Steve Scalise, a bowl of pasta is right. One you can [11:19] certainly enjoy, but don't make it harder for other people to vote by using your really silly and stupid [11:25] analogy there. Okay. Speaking of things just to pay attention to with our elected officials, [11:31] John Fetterman, good old John Fetterman is just around. I feel like to shake things up. Um, and [11:39] he's done a number of things that have raised some eyebrows, including mine. As of late, [11:44] he did a joint fundraising committee. I set up a joint fundraising committee with his Pennsylvania [11:49] Republican colleague and Senator David McCormick. Now joint fundraising committees are not that uncommon, [11:55] but doing one with a Republican is definitely uncommon. I mean, it is not a thing people do [12:03] and it made people nervous and rightfully so, because there's a concern about whether this guy [12:09] is actually going to stick with the democratic party. Now, the other thing that stuck out to me here [12:15] is that his former chief of staff, Adam Jentleson, someone I know who's been in politics for a long [12:20] time who worked for Harry Reid. He's been around. He had this to say, he said, I think if he is the [12:26] majority maker, he will flip because it would give him a massive amount of attention. Now that tells [12:31] you a lot about John Fetterman. But what it also means is that we may, Democrats may need five Senate [12:38] seats, not four, or they may need to work toward five Senate seats in order to have the majority. [12:43] And he's probably right. John Fetterman loves to be in the middle of things. He loves to be the center of [12:47] attention. So if this guy's the deciding vote, could that guy flip? Seems like it's possible. [12:53] His former chief of staff said it is. And it's just all a reminder of why participation in the process, [12:59] even when it's frustrating, even when people are trying to scare you, is so important, no matter what [13:06] Steve Scully says about the Olive Garden and requiring your ID. It is important to fight for all [13:12] these rights. But yeah, John Fetterman, we have our eyes on you.