Trump Heckled & Called "Pedophile Protector" After WHCD Flop, Fox Questions Iran War: A Closer Look

[0:01] The president was heckled at a rally [0:03] a few days after bombing at the White House [0:05] Correspondents' Dinner, and now even Fox News [0:07] is asking questions about the war in Iran. [0:09] For more on this, it's time for A Closer Look. [0:16] The president got a rough reception [0:17] at the White House Correspondents' Dinner last week, [0:19] as even the crickets in attendance sat quietly, [0:22] wondering when the jokes were going to start. [0:24] Trump bombed harder than I did at my first open-mic night. [0:27] In fairness, that's when I was still doing a ventriloquist act [0:30] with my Mitch McConnell dummy. [0:33] Mitch, tell everyone what your favorite hobby is. [0:36] Being alive. [0:37] That's right. [0:39] Mitch loves being alive so much that every nine days, [0:42] he proves he still is. [0:43] Show him today's paper, Mitch! [0:47] It wasn't even when he was telling jokes [0:48] that things were going badly for Trump. [0:50] He also had to sit there while reporters [0:52] for The Wall Street Journal won an award for their story [0:55] on Trump's ties to Jeffrey Epstein. [0:57] The Journal's courageous reporting [0:59] on President Trump's past relationship [1:02] with financier Jeffrey Epstein [1:04] triggered the release of the so-called Epstein files, [1:07] thousands of documents that might otherwise [1:10] have remained hidden from the public. [1:12] And despite the president's threat of a lawsuit, [1:15] the Journal published a story about a provocative letter [1:18] to Epstein bearing President Trump's signature. [1:21] That's how bad Trump's jokes were. [1:23] The clip we just showed was the funniest thing [1:25] to happen all night. [1:27] Also, this award was presented before Trump [1:29] had to go up and do his jokes. [1:31] And as a comedian, I can tell you that's not ideal. [1:33] When you're about to go on stage, [1:35] you want the emcee to say something positive, [1:36] like, you know him from his hit and FX special, [1:38] or he's performed on The Tonight Show, [1:40] not, you've seen his name all over the Epstein files. [1:44] In fact, one of the few laughs Trump did get [1:46] during his speech came when he complained about the award. [1:49] Wow, that was very beautiful, [1:51] but this has not been an easy evening, all these awards. [1:57] Do I have a say in those awards or those awards? [2:01] No, you don't get a say on the awards. [2:03] Otherwise, we know who they would all go to, you. [2:07] And the winner for closest ties to Jeffrey Epstein is... [2:11] Oh, well, he's having quite a night. [2:12] It's Donald Trump again. [2:13] Oh, my God, I can't believe it. [2:15] Another one, another epi. [2:17] Thanks to Jeffrey wherever you are, [2:20] though, let's be honest, it's probably hell. [2:22] I can say that. He was my friend. [2:25] So the night did not go well for Trump, [2:27] which is why he retreated to the safety and comfort [2:30] of one of his MAGA rallies. [2:31] At the Correspondents' Dinner, [2:32] his weird cult-like digressions were met with icy silence. [2:36] But at his rally, he could at least count on some mild applause [2:40] when he said weird like this. [2:42] The people that count, those people love Trump. [2:45] Because I've done more for you than your parents, okay? [2:50] Your parents are good. [2:52] I'm not going to knock your parents, [2:54] but I have been better to you than your parents. [2:57] That I can tell you. [2:58] And they would agree with me. [3:00] Yeah, my parents would definitely agree. [3:02] I mean, if Trump wasn't around and I had to do a closer look [3:04] about my parents every night, this show would suck. [3:06] And that's when I said, [3:08] Yeah, Dad, I know you have a crush on the lady from Yellowstone. [3:12] Everyone knows. [3:14] Seriously, if you're going to say something [3:16] as cult-leader-coded as I've done more for you [3:19] than your parents, at least dress the part. [3:20] Give us the Jim Jones haircut and glasses. [3:23] Trump said a lot of weird stuff at his rally [3:25] and was clearly thrilled to be back in his element [3:28] among his fellow weirdos, [3:29] like his transportation secretary, Sean Duffy. [3:32] This is a great gentleman, heads-up transportation. [3:35] He's also world championship tree climber, [3:39] five-time champion tree climber. [3:42] Can you imagine? [3:43] I only hired these crazy people that do things like that. [3:45] He was the lumberjack. [3:48] He was the world champion going up a tree 100 feet, right? [3:51] That's high. [3:53] I saw an old picture of you doing it. [3:54] I said, He's crazy. That's why I like him. [3:57] That's right. [3:58] The secretary of transportation used to be [4:00] a competitive tree climber, [4:02] the absolute slowest and worst mode of transportation. [4:07] So, next time you're on a highway full of potholes [4:10] or an Amtrak that's late, just remember, [4:11] the guy in charge doesn't care that much [4:13] because he can always just hop from redwood to redwood. [4:17] In fact, because this rally was theoretically supposed [4:20] to address auto workers in Michigan, [4:22] Trump tried to talk about transportation, [4:24] but, as always, he did it in the weirdest way possible. [4:28] I had a wonderful father, right? [4:29] And he was a hard worker. [4:31] He was in the real estate business, and for him, [4:34] super luxury. [4:35] This is the only way. He didn't want planes. [4:37] They didn't have planes in those days, I don't think. [4:40] Yeah. They didn't have planes back then. [4:42] You have to remember, this was in the 1800s [4:44] when Trump's father was born. [4:46] He was best friends with Grover Cleveland [4:47] and John D. Rockefeller. [4:48] And wait, what the am I talking about? [4:50] Trump's father died in 1999. [4:52] I'm pretty sure they invented planes [4:55] before season three of Sex and the City. [4:59] If not, there definitely would have been an episode [5:01] where Samantha had a three-way with the Wright brothers. [5:03] Sometime there are two Mr. Wrights. [5:06] Is that so wrong? [5:08] Not a bad Samantha. [5:11] Not a lot of places to use it, but not a bad one. [5:14] Now, it's important to remember that Trump's ideas [5:17] about the history of transportation [5:19] are all over the place. [5:20] Remember, this is a guy who once claimed [5:23] there were airports during the Revolutionary War. [5:26] The Continental Army suffered a bitter winter of Valley Forge, [5:31] found glory across the waters of the Delaware, [5:34] and seized victory from Cornwallis of Yorktown. [5:38] Our Army manned the airport. [5:40] It ran the ramparts. [5:43] It took over the airports. [5:44] It did everything it had to do. [5:46] Yeah, we all remember the famous Battle of LaGuardia, [5:51] where Washington and his men crossed from Terminal A [5:56] to Terminal B and surprised the British Army [6:00] that was camped out at the Shake Shack. [6:02] So you think there were airports in the 1700s, [6:06] but no planes until after your father died in 1999? [6:10] Yeah, back then, there were no planes. [6:12] It was just Cinnabon and Hudson News, [6:14] and the soldiers couldn't text their wives [6:17] because their phones died, and it was hard to find an outlet. [6:20] I like how he was moving his head during that speech. [6:23] Over the ramparts and the airport. [6:28] So, Trump needed a reset after the White House [6:32] Correspondents' Dinner and thought he was escaping [6:34] into the comfort of his MAGA bubble. [6:36] But once again, reality interfered when the president got heckled. [6:39] It was causing tremendous problems for your jobs. [6:43] But now all of that is changing [6:45] because I placed historic tariffs on foreign producers [6:49] and manufacturers, including a 25% tariff [6:54] on foreign automobiles, something that no other president [6:58] had the courage to ever do. [6:59] He's a communist. He's a communist. [7:10] Man, if that heckler keeps it up, [7:12] Trump might have to sit there while he wins an award. [7:14] Also, if someone calls you a pedophile protector, [7:17] calling them a communist is not a great comeback. [7:20] You're covering up for sex traffickers. [7:23] Oh, yeah? Well, you want the workers [7:25] to own the means of production, so you're burnt. [7:29] Trump just can't get away from this Epstein thing. [7:33] It's at his rallies, press conferences, [7:34] the Correspondents' Dinner. [7:35] You know the new Trump coin they're releasing? [7:37] He okayed it before flipping it over [7:40] and checking the other side. [7:42] Son of a gun. [7:45] So, Trump bomb... [7:47] Who told me? Somebody just told me they're two sides. [7:50] So, Trump bombed at the White House Correspondents' Dinner [7:53] and got heckled at his rally in Michigan. [7:54] I have to assume things went more smoothly [7:57] at the funeral for his friend Lindsey Graham, right? [8:00] President Trump appearing to doze off [8:02] during Senator Lindsey Graham's funeral [8:03] at Washington National Cathedral. [8:05] Some commenters say President Trump appeared to doze off [8:08] while listening to another eulogy. [8:10] Trump returned to his seat at various points, [8:14] struggled to keep his eyes open [8:15] for the remainder of the ceremony. [8:17] There's a lot of times it's easy. [8:19] It's easier to bow out. [8:21] It's easier just to go a different way, [8:23] the path of least resistance. [8:27] But he stayed the course. [8:29] Look, I don't know if he nodded off or not, [8:31] but he definitely looks like he's fighting sleep hard. [8:34] He looks like me after I've had three white claws at the beach. [8:38] And, look, I get that running the country is an exhausting job, [8:41] but you're not sleeping enough, bro. [8:43] You need to get eight hours instead of reposting AI slop at 3 a.m. [8:46] What can we do to keep you awake? [8:47] Should we have that heckler follow you around [8:50] just to wake you up whenever your eyes close? [8:52] I think you deserve tremendous credit [8:54] for the transformational aspect of foreign policy [8:56] for the first time. [8:59] Trump also seemed to miss some important information, [9:02] like when his friend Sean Hannity got up [9:04] and refuted some common mischaracterizations [9:07] of Graham's legacy. [9:09] Lindsey, he was often unfairly characterized as a warmonger. [9:14] I've heard that false criticism a lot. [9:17] It's not true. [9:18] The truth was the opposite. [9:20] Yeah, I don't know where people get this idea [9:22] that Lindsey Graham was a warmonger, [9:24] that he loved war, that he never saw a war he didn't like. [9:28] It's ludicrous and offensive, and it's certainly not something [9:30] the president would say at this exact same funeral. [9:32] He was extremely hawkish. [9:34] I will tell you, he never saw a war that he didn't like. [9:39] It was literally less than 20 minutes before Hannity spoke. [9:43] So when Hannity said, [9:44] I've heard that false criticism a lot he meant 18 minutes ago [9:47] at this podium from the President of the United States. [9:51] People call Lindsey a warmonger. It's not true. [9:53] They say he wanted to take over the airports [9:55] during the Revolutionary War. It's ridiculous. [9:57] They didn't have planes before 1999. [9:59] Paul Revere spotted the British by climbing a tree. [10:02] Of course, the war Graham very much liked [10:05] was the war in Iran, which the President has either stopped [10:08] or started or paused or unpaused or restarted or claimed is over [10:12] more times than he's fallen asleep on television. [10:14] And again, this week, he claimed Iran was begging him [10:18] to make a deal. [10:19] Iran took a beating over the last 14 days, [10:22] and they asked us very nicely, please stop. [10:26] Let's meet. And that's where we are right now. [10:29] Of all the conversations that never happened, [10:31] that one is the most that never happened. [10:34] Iran called you up and said, please stop. [10:37] Are you talking about a country you're at war with [10:39] or your neighbor during a house party? [10:42] Yeah, Terry called me up and said, [10:43] please stop blasting Steely Dan. [10:45] I said, sorry, no can do. It's only 3 a.m. [10:47] Party's just getting started. [10:48] So he called me a pedophile protector and hung up. [10:52] Communist. [10:54] But you heard the President. [10:55] Iran called and said, please stop. Let's meet. [10:58] And that is exactly what happened. [11:00] We have video just in of air defense crews [11:02] targeting incoming fire from Iran. [11:05] A statement from Central Command says it happened [11:07] a bit more than two hours ago. [11:09] Multiple ballistic missiles aimed, CENTCOM says, [11:12] at U.S. forces in the Middle East. [11:14] U.S. Central Command says that along with Saudi forces, [11:17] it retaliated with strikes on Iran-backed militants in Iraq. [11:23] What? So now this war involves Saudi Arabia and Iraq? [11:26] I thought Iran called you and said, please stop, [11:28] not keep the party going and invite all my neighbors. [11:32] I should have known Trump was lying. [11:34] He also said Iran doesn't have planes. [11:37] So Trump's claim that Iran had asked to stop the war [11:42] and make a deal was obviously not true. [11:43] And even Fox News was confused. [11:45] We hear that you're talking right now with leaders on Iran. [11:50] But Iran has come out publicly and said, [11:51] we're not talking to the U.S. [11:53] We're going to pause as long as their pause. [11:54] Well, they just came out and said, [11:55] we are talking a little while ago because... [11:57] So could you tell me who you're talking to, Mr. President? [11:59] For some reason, for some reason, [12:02] we can be in the midst of a beautiful discussion, [12:05] and they'll come out and say, we're not talking, [12:07] or we didn't discuss nuclear. [12:08] Well, that's all we discussed, [12:10] because they'll never have a nuclear weapon. [12:12] They understand that. [12:13] And it's a very good talk. [12:16] I mean, at this point, when Fox News asks, [12:18] could you tell me who you're talking to, [12:19] they might just mean them. [12:21] Mr. President, do you recognize my voice? [12:24] It's your friend Brian. You doing okay, bud? [12:27] Even the president's biggest supporters [12:29] are asking him where he's getting his information. [12:31] This is like when your 80-year-old grandpa tells you [12:33] he just opened a new account [12:34] at a bank you've never heard of. [12:36] A nice lady called and said, [12:37] if I give her my Social Security number, [12:39] I could win a free cruise. [12:40] Grandpa, wait, what nice lady? [12:42] From the bank. What bank, grandpa? [12:44] It's called the Bank of Iran. [12:45] We had a nice phone call. [12:46] Grandpa, who are you talking to? [12:48] You should be nice to me. [12:49] I've done more for you than your parents. [12:52] Not only are we mired in exactly the kind of war [12:55] Trump promised to keep us out of, [12:57] but now it seems like there's no end in sight. [12:59] Meanwhile, prices for everything are soaring, [13:00] especially for food, but don't worry. [13:02] If you can't afford apples or bananas [13:04] from the grocery store, you can just become a... [13:06] World Championship tree climber. [13:09] This has been A Closer Look.