okay. bye. who was that? nobody. you and i are done. what?! [patriotic music] male announcer: from comedy central's world news headquarters in new york, "the daily show with trevor noah" presents: - mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. - and mexico will pay for the wall. announcer: the unpresidential day special. ♪ - "we'll see?" dude, you don't ryan seacrest nuclear war. what are you doing? will the planet be consumed in a radioactive hellfire, or will fantasia take home this season's crown? we'll see. [cheers and applause]

first, as we all know, two weeks ago, puerto rico was devastated by a category 5 hurricane, and today, president trump went to the island to finish them off. - president trump is in puerto rico today meeting with officials and victims of hurricane maria. during the visit, the president tossed rolls of paper towels into the crowd that gathered at the cavalry chapel. - you have to admit, though, man. this guy knows how to bring the party, because look at the people there. like, they're having fun. they're taking selfies with him. like, do you see the crowd? everyone was loving it. well, everyone except for eric. he's like, "oh, now you have time for catch, dad? "really? really, dad? i'm open, dad! i'm open!" he's like, "sorry, all out of towels. oh well. no more towels." - nationalists descending on charlottesville, virginia, to protest the removal of a statue of confederate leader robert e. lee. - in charlottesville, virginia, where protests are turning violent. - at least one person is dead after a car plowed into a group of counter-protesters.

but you also had people that were very fine people on both sides. i think there's blame on both sides, and i have no doubt about it, and you don't have any doubt about it either. - like, i know that this happened a week ago, but i'm not gonna lie. i'm--i'm still processing everything. you know, first of all, a racist neo-nazi killed a peacefully protesting woman with his car, right? then the president of the united states defended the neo-nazis who that dude was marching with. and this is the thing. it's not once, but twice. like, donald trump said it. then three days later, he came back and said, "hey, hey, you know how i-- "i said that nazi-defending thing? "well, i just realized that, um, i--i messed up. "i didn't defend them enough. yeah. yeah. my support was here, and i was trying to get it here." [laughter] yeah. - fallout continues from president trump's racist remarks about certain countries

during an immigration meeting. - during that meeting, president trump slurred immigrants from, quote, "shithole" countries. - so here we go again, folks. president trump busted for making monstrous comments, this time about an entire continent and haiti. house instead of hole. - oh. he said "shithouse." now everyone in africa's walking around like, "oh, that changes everything. we live in a shithouse, not a shithole." [laughter] "ahh. donald trump." [applause] "at least now we have a shitroof over our heads." [laughter] look, man, did the president say shithole or shithouse? does it even matter? him having a poo-poo mouth is not the story for me. the president of the united states condemning entire groups of people as worthless and undesirable based on what country they happen to be born in,

that's the story. you know, this whole situation reminds me of "grabbing them by the pussy," because the words are shocking at first, but then that's all some people end up focusing on instead of the bigger picture of what the words mean. like, with that story, trump could've said, "i prefer to grab women by the front butt." it's still him bragging about sexual assault. [laughter, applause] the same way writing off a whole continent as a shithouse or a shithole is still the president being racist while negotiating immigration policy. when donald trump was first elected, one of the biggest fears was that he would get everybody into a war. like, we didn't know if it would be with iran, or australia, but we all knew that it was coming. it turns out trump's first big war is with a book. - president trump was venting again today possibly taking a swipe at michael wolff's new book. here's what he had to say. - our current libel laws are a sham and a disgrace and do not represent american values or american fairness, so we're gonna take a strong look at that.

we want fairness. you can't say things that are false, knowingly false, and, uh, be able to smile as money pours into your bank account. [laughter] - seriously? "say false things as money pours into your bank account"? that's the story of donald trump's whole life. [laughter] it was the motto of his fake university. at a speech in ohio, he took a moment to complain about the democrats who didn't clap for him during the state of the union. - somebody said "treasonous." i mean, yeah, i guess. why not? you know. - people with a hard-on for democracy didn't like the president casually accusing his political opponents of treason, which is why the queen of comedy, sarah huckabee sanders, came out to explain a thing or two. - the president was clearly joking with his comments.

- yeah, guys, lighten up. the president was just joking about treason. yeah, just like when he was joking about obama helping isis, or when he joked about how the russians should hack hillary's emails, or my favorite joke, when he said police should rough up people in custody. [chuckles] oh... protect and serve. whatever. - "the wall street journal" is reporting that a woman was paid $130,000 a month before the election to keep quiet about a sexual encounter with donald trump. - a porn star who goes by the name stormy daniels. she apparently had a story to tell. - no. no. no. i don't want to picture donald trump chasing anybody in his tighty-whities, okay? because i feel like they're not fully tight, and they're not fully white. i don't want that. i don't. just this morning, "in touch" magazine, all right, they printed an interview with stormy daniels, where she talks about the alleged affair in depth.

daniels told the magazine that trump allegedly told her, "i was beautiful and smart, just like his daughter." [audience groans] yeah. yeah. "ooh" indeed, my friends. come on, trump. really? can't we just enjoy a story of you having an affair with a porn star without you making it sleazy? [laughter] 'cause now it's gross. but it's also not surprising, because-- i thought i'd never have to say this again, but don't ever forget. donald trump wants to bang his daughter. [laughter] [patriotic music] ♪

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- i'm just--i'm not gonna deal with petty stuff like that. i mean, this is--this is what i don't understand about washington. again, you know, i'm not from this place, but the places i come from, we don't deal with that kind of petty nonsense. - so that's a yes. [laughter] that's a yes. that's a yes. man, i feel bad for rex, because him coming out to refute the story only made it a bigger story. so now everyone on the news was saying this. - rex tillerson, not denying that exclusive report by nbc that he called the president of the united states a moron. - we have confirmed that reporting that rex tillerson called the president a moron. - the president's a moron. - donald trump is a moron. - says he called the president a moron. - called him a moron? - a moron. - a moron? both: moron. all: moron. moron. - uh, yeah, my source didn't just say, uh, that he called him a moron. he said an effing moron. [laughter, applause] a... a "fantastic-ing" moron?

a "fabulous-ing"? what does "effing" mean? i guess we'll never [bleep] know. - for president trump, some of the stagecraft was off as he nearly walked past the vietnamese president waiting for a handshake photo. [laughter] oh, donald. what the hell, donald? come on. i know you're used to avoiding vietnam, but this is ridiculous. [laughter] like, look at him. donald trump has the navigation ability of a roomba that sucked up a penny. what is he doing? nothing says you blew off the briefing books like not recognizing the president of the country you're visiting. yesterday, the official white house doctor declared president trump to be completely healthy. - with critics questioning the president's mental fitness, dr. jackson said he has absolutely no concerns about the 71-year-old's cognitive abilities, adding that the president himself requested a test, receiving a perfect score on what's called

the montreal cognitive assessment. - it's a pretty simple test. i mean, it's about 10-minute test. they ask you "draw a cube, draw a clock," things like that. things that most people are able to do. - among the test questions: identify the animals and name the maximum number of words in one minute that begin with the letter f. - wow. really? really? to see if a president is competent, you ask him to list words starting with f? like, that's just one of trump's speeches. folks, fox news! fake news. failing "new york times." fired. and finally, phenomenal. [laughter, applause] - president trump taking to the field before the ncaa college football national championship in atlanta tonight. tonight there are reports like one from the "new york daily news" claiming that the president appeared to say the words wrong during the national anthem. - ♪ what so proudly we hailed ♪

♪ at the twilight's last gleaming ♪ ♪ whose broad stripes and bright stars ♪ ♪ through the perilous fight ♪ and the rocket's red glare [vocalizing] you know what's funny, is how trump comes in at, like, the popular parts of the song. you can see that trump knows the words to the national anthem the same way we all know the words to a rihanna song. he's like... ♪ work, work, work, work, work ♪ [hums] ♪ dur-dur-dur-dur-dur [vocalizing] ♪ tell me if you like it [hums] ♪ and the ramparts - trump's staffers, allies, and family, quote, "came to believe he was incapable of functioning in his job." - wolff writes that aids said that mr. trump: - rupert murdoch is--is quoted

calling him an idiot. - wow. trump's own people think that he's dumb as a watermelon. i guess the country isn't as divided as it seems. [patriotic music] ♪ ♪ ♪

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[cheers and applause] - there are certain achievements every journalist aspires to, like breaking a big story, winning a pulitzer, or cancelling dinner with wolf blitzer at the last minute. the fun part is waiting outside so you still get to see his face. [laughter] but the dream for any journalist is landing an interview with the president, and that's something that, right now, fox news is indisputably the best at, with nearly four times as many presidential interviews as all the other big tv news organizations combined. so how did the men and women of fox score so many sit-downs with the potus? i've studied every interview, and it comes down to a few basic rules. what the--get the [bleep] out of my shot. [laughter] get out. as a journalist, you might think your job is to hold the president accountable, but this isn't "the post," and you're not tom hanks. unless you are tom hanks, in which case... hey. big fan.

the point is, if you want the president to let you ask questions, you've got to take a softer approach. - the media, pretty vicious, not just to you, but to your family. how do you process that? - are you getting the credit for this economic revival? - how frustrating is it to have former president obama there--out there leading the resistance? - you're one of the most loved and respected. - i would say that also. - in history. - yeah. - how does that feel? - are you having fun in this job? - so how was your week? - what a nice change from all the unfair, fake-news, "gotcha" questions, like "what's your infrastructure plan?" "can we see your tax returns?" and "please take your penis off the constitution." it's not a question, but they do say that. next up: positive reinforcement. now, obviously, the president is always right, but he needs to know that you know that. flattery is key. - you guys wanna start with good news? [cheers and applause] we do have some good news. - go ahead. - right, you don't get a lot of good news in the media. - well, you don't get so much.

- if i may say, you are everything as advertised as you ran for president, and i appreciate everything you're doing. - your ability, your successes, all of the things that you can talk about for two hours here. - right over there is your hotel. - yeah, that's right. isn't that beautiful? isn't that beautiful? - it's a beautiful hotel. - look at your hotel. man, it's hot out here. do you have any trump brand water? never mind. i have some in my ivanka trump handbag right next to my don jr. brand douche. and there you have it. landing a presidential interview is easy if you know how to do journalism good. but don't take my word for it. ask...me. i mastered these techniques and got my own exclusive sit-down with the big man himself. thank you so much for taking time out of your busy schedule, mr. president. how are you doing? - great. tremendous. - good. let's get right into these questions we gave you ahead of time. - outstanding.

- mr. president, we know you're awesome, but just how awesome are you? - one of the greatest in the history of our country, and we are setting record after record, day after day. - and you're not getting enough credit for it. - no, i'm not getting enough credit for it. - you are such a good president. i mean, america should just end after you. mic drop. boom. it's over, folks. never getting any better. kill yo'selves. - i don't think i've ever seen anything quite like it. - mm. best president says what? - what? - exactly. boom. mm! whoa, look at those bear claws. man. you know, it makes you wonder. why are people so mean to you, you know? it's just--it's not fair. [stammering] it makes me just so... [glass shatters] angry. - well, i think the press is fake. - totes. - a lot of the media is fake. - bingo! ding-ding-ding-ding-ding! yahtzee! - fake and phony. - what-what? ♪ smoke weed every day well, luckily, i brought a little surprise for you.

it's your favorite. quarter pounder with cheese, filet-o-fish, two apple pies, and a 12-piece bucket of kfc. - thank you. i love it. - and i love you. - let me tell you, the one that matters is me. i'm the only one that matters. - well, mr. president, i just have to say thank you so much for your time. oh! i almost forgot about your happy meal toy. it's a truck! vrr! - thank you. - no. thank you. [cheers and applause] thank you. [cheers and applause] [patriotic music] ♪

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is this a journalistic foray into the white house, or is it a salacious account of just all the juicy tidbits of, like, the inner-workings of what's going on? - well, i think those are the same things in this instance. um, but yes, it is a book about what i saw and what i heard, and what i saw and what i heard was, um... uh, flabbergasting. i mean, these are the greatest bunch of knuckleheads i--i think that have ever been assembled in one place. - you look at the stories that now come out, let's say on immigration. government funding. donald trump unable to corral a deal. unable to get lawmakers to do what he would like them to do. were--were there any signs of this when you were in the white house? - well, yeah. actually, the people around him say-- [scoffs] he's never negotiated anything. and that's--seems actually to be true. in his business career--

and then they--they point out, you know, he can't even read a balance sheet. so in his business career, he's the guy going on television, and-- and other people are doing the negotiating. - right. - he's a television performer. - if he doesn't know the balance sheet, does he know policy? - and he certainly doesn't know-- not only does he not know policy, he doesn't care about policy. this is--this is the profound point here. he doesn't--of all the reasons that one would theoretically be the president of the united states, he--he's not interested in any of those. - right. that's the big one that he doesn't fundamentally care about, which means that someone is the real president. so is it john kelly? is it stephen miller? who--who's running the show? - that's an interesting thing. i mean, because most of the people who went into this white house with him are now out of this white house. - right. - so he's left with, um... you know, his two senior advisors

are a young woman by the name of hope hicks, who's a former junior fashion pr person... - right. - um, and stephen miller, who, as recently as-- well, not that long ago, steve bannon described him to me as--as my typist. so suddenly--i mean, you have the former-- the, um-- the fashion--the junior fashion pr person and the typist are now the senior most advisors to the president of the united states. [laughter] - you must forgive me if i'm just shocked at all of this, because it's-- you almost feel like it's depressing that he's not a mastermind that is planning all of this. we are just all dealing with a buffoon is almost what you're saying. - yeah, he's stupid. [laughter] [cheers and applause] [patriotic music]

♪ - boo-- [coughs] ( cheers and applause ) ♪ >> jordan: lean in to your television. it's already february 8. my opponent tonight is the founder of the "me too" movement, tarana burke. ( cheers and applause ) and speaking of respect for women: donald trump. ( laughter ) reverence for women is the bedrock of trump's white house. that's why his chief of staff, john kelly, is shocked, surprised and publicly shocked some more because one of his top aides, rob porter, has been accused of domestic abuse. >> white house chief of staff john kelly expressing shock over what he calls "new allegations of domestic abuse against white house staff secretary rob