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[cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> ronny: hey! welcome to "the daily show," i'm your host, ronny chieng! we've got so much to talk about tonight. the federal reserve is flexing, donald trump has a new site hustle, and celebrities are telling me who to vote for. why don't you shut up, big bird! let's get to the headlines. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ let's start with the big news. if there's one issue that voters say is the most important to them in this election it's the economy. it's the top of the list, right above crime, health care, and "haitian immigrants are eating my grandmother -- wait, sorry, she's just outside gardening, my bad, my bad." but today, the federal reserve told all the people bitching about the economy to shut the [bleep] up. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> we do have breaking news just

into cnn, the federal reserve making its announcement on interest rate cuts. >> the fed just delivered its first interest rate cuts since covid and it is a big one, half a percentage point. >> ronny: oh, my god, that's huge! i assume... from the way he said it? i guess this is a big deal. lower interest rates mean lower car payments, credit card payments and of course cheaper home loans. so you know that house you couldn't afford? well, i have point decrease means that now you can afford a bus ticket to drive past it. [laughter] american dream alive! but who cares about the federal reserve? what about those of us outside the system? us rebels who don't keep our money and social constructs like banks so we don't have to pay taxes. well, you are in luck, my friend, because the last real american has just announced a new investment opportunity that's going to make your wallet blow up like a hezbollah pager. >> in the crypto space,

donald trump has officially rolled out world liberty financial, a crypto venture that will sell tokens to wealthy investors. all this just one day after an apparent assassination attempt on his life. >> yes, having a near-death experience has made trump focus on what truly matters in life: selling crypto. and this is great news! donald trump, the world's most trustworthy businessman is now in crypto, the world's most trustworthy business. and what could make this deal better than trump? how about more trump are less! >> also involved in a crypto venture or donald trump's sons, donald trump jr., eric trump and even 18-year-old barron trump, whose official title is "de-fi visionary." >> ronny: holy shit, they've got four trumps now! forget nepo babies, that's a whole nepo nursery! i'm 100% in this, shut up and take my money. i just have a few questions, like how does this work and what

is it? >> so there's no trump back to business called world liberty financial, yet to release key details about its finances or exact purpose. its website features photos of trump and touts a digital currency kind of like bitcoin, but the value of that currency would be pegged to the u.s. dollar. >> world liberty financial announced it will sell tokens to accredited investors. those won't be transferable or earn a guild but they will allow holders to vote on the company's future. users can transact directly with each other without the middleman of a bank, and everything is going to occur on the blockchain and that's essentially a public digital ledger. >> ronny: i'm in. [laughter] i'm just not sure what i'm in. it's a little confusing, so maybe we could, i don't know, do that thing from "the big short" and have margot robbie explain this trump business to us in a bathtub? >> it's a scam. [cheers and applause] >> ronny: oh, right.

yeah, yeah, i see it now. but still, i mean, that's just one person's opinion. is there anyone else who is an expert on scams who's had some thoughts a few years ago on crypto? >> bitcoin, it just seems like a scam. >> "i am not a fan of bitcoin and other crypto occurrences, which are not money, and whose value is highly volatile and based on thin air." >> ronny: okay, pretty persuasive, but i think i'm going to need to see him say that in a bathtub, naked. there you go. there you go. now i know it's a scam and i'm turned on. [laughter] i'm sorry, guys, i really thought this was a sure thing. but of course, donald trump doesn't know anything about crypto. now, if he had some actual financial experts who are running the company for him, that would be a different story.

>> one of the dealmakers behind world liberty financial is chase hero, who previously sold: cleansers online after serving time in prison for dealing marijuana. >> ronny: wow, trumps partner is a weed dealer turned prisoner turned colon cleanse marketer. i mean, clearly he understands the concept of diversifying your portfolio. maybe i can trust this. is there anything chase hero said that makes it clear he understands how the crypto business works? >> you can literally sell [bleep] and it can, wrapped in piss, covered in human skin for a billion dollars of the stories right because people will buy it and that's what is going on in the crypto space. like a set of my other video, are not going to question the right and wrong about that, all i'm saying is as a human being you have the ability to make a [bleep] ton of money right now. >> ronny: so the guy running

his crypto company says crypto is basically him and i quote, "a can of shit wrapped in piss that you can sell to idiots." that is crazy, i did not know you could wrap something in piss. it's a liquid. this guy is a genius, i can't wait to give him my money! i just wish there was one more guy who could lend his credibility to this company. >> world liberty financial also has chase hero's longtime partner zachary folkman, a former pickup artist who, under the name zach bauer, founded a company called "date hodder girls" girls." >> how many guys came here to learn how to take girls home and bang them? [laughter] >> ronny: finally. [laughter and applause] finally, the answer to the

question "what if jesus had herpes was quote so to sum it up, i could not be more excited to trust my kids insulin money with these three guys. donald trump, shit in a can salesman, and teemu russell brand. but the question is, is this investment right for you? only you can answer that, but i must say, i found their new ad very persuasive. >> attention donald trump fans. introducing world liberty financial, the president's latest venture. does it work? using the blockchain, we meant to crypto point -- blah, blah, blah, look, we don't know what this is yet but you know the deal, trump's name is on it so you buy it. crypto is a complex intersection between finance and technology and we don't shit about it either but we know you like trump, you give trump money. don't act like you need to do

your due diligence, let me make sure this is a sound financial decision. [bleep] you! you want a chart? here's a chart. this is you giving money to trump. are you comprehending all of this, warren buffett? we have less than 50 days to cram in all the cash grabs we can until the election. if we don't have time to estimate to questions like are we insured by the fdic. are you kidding me? the only fdic is you, the [bl[bleep] dummies investing ca. if you don't have money, then get it, take out a loan, steal it from your daughter's wallet, rob a blood bank and sell it on the black market. don't get trump involved, unless it works, then he wants a cut. i have a financial closure we need to read. "this is a graph, you are a mark." ignore that, or don't, you are going to fall for it. >> world liberty financial, trump crypto blocks in blah, blah, blah. >> ronny: when we come back, we will find out the celebrity

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another pop star endorsement. billie eilish is now team kamala. [applause] i can't wait to see how trump spells "billie eilish" when he tweets about how much he hates her. and if you're saying hey, what's with all the pop girlies? where are all the endorsements for us dudes? josh johnson was wondering that too. >> taylor swift endorsement for kamala harris was a boom for her campaign with women. what a lot of people say she still needs to do better with men so i am here outside one of the bastions of masculinity, a gym, to talk to real men about which celebrity endorsement would move the needle for them? hopefully i don't get mistaken for terry crews. what celebrity endorsement carries the weight for you that like taylor swift would carry for women? >> they have to be alive -- >> alive is probably one of the most important things they could be. >> the first thing i said was prince. >> if prince came back from the dead and was like "my man, you've got to vote for kamala,"

what that move the needle for you? >> absolutely. want to know why? >> why? because you saw a ghost? is there a male celebrity that would make you vote for kamala harris? >> kendrick lamar. maybe lebron? he's a big guy. >> i feel like lebron could move the needle a little bit. >> travis scott. >> those were so 2024, how about some throwbacks? >> i would say peyton manning. >> peyton manning. >> deion sanders. celine dion? that's my girl. >> celine dion? so everyone that you've mentioned and celine dion. it doesn't matter to you that she's canadian? >> it doesn't matter. >> what male celebrity endorsement would move the needle for you? >> probably michael -- >> wise that?

>> don't have to sit down and really think for myself. >> look at the issues, look at the candidates and then maybe if michael -- >> we've got to sit down. >> he's tough, talented, he got killed by the joker, but maybe i could prove to these voters that they could look to me for political guidance. >> man, when it comes to bench press, right in hitting like a clean 125. that's pretty good, right? >> fantastic. >> really? >> yeah. >> that's good news for me. >> are there any male celebrities, right -- we don't have to be talking but a list, they could be in front of you right now in this moment, whose opinion means something to you? long pause. >> clearly he was intimidated by meeting such a famous celebrity

irl so i decided change the subject to the candidates. >> what you think kamala harris would have to do to appeal to more men? if she agreed to a boxing match with logan paul what you think that would do? but that move the needle for her? >> i think if she knocks him out, no doubt. knock him out, drag him out the ring, president. >> kept coming back to the same question about masculinity. >> is trump a man's man to you? >> no, he's not. he's not an honest person and that's a big part of being a man, being vulnerable, admitting your mistakes. >> so if i'm vulnerable with you right now, that's manly? >> yep. >> okay. i may have fibbed earlier with the 125, it's really 115. you knew? does trump seem mainly to you when you think about a man's m man? >> i'm going to be honest the reason why i respect what he say sometimes. because he speaks his mind. >> speaking your mind is the

manly thing? you like that trump let's you know from far away, hey, i'm crazy. >> yeah. >> at the end of the day it seemed like the only way to get some men to vote for kamala harris might be to trick them into it. >> what if they put a 45-pound kettlebell on the lever to vote for kamala harris, do you think more guys would do it? >> you put a sign that says like try and pull this period. >> don't even tell them, just be like i bet you can't. >> that you can't! >> that could be the slogan. if you don't understand the context, it might look pretty bad to just say kamala harris, that you can't. that may backfire. >> needs some context. >> ronny: thank you, josh! when we come back, my good friend daniel dae kim will be joining the show, so don't go

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>> ronny: yeah! everybody loves you, man peered you're the man. >> well, everybody loves ronny. who doesn't love ronny chieng? >> ronny: i don't know about that. [applause] they are forcing it, they are forcing it. so you are one of those guys that's become so rich and famous you have to do broadway now to get your kicks. >> [laughs] that's it, slumming it in theater. >> ronny: you came from theater. >> i did. i started my training here in new york and went to drama school here at nyu and that's where -- yeah, nyu! and so yeah, i did theater for a number of years before heading out to l.a. >> ronny: so that was where you learned your craft and you were running around town just being a theater kid in new york city? >> yeah, whatever little i know, i learned here. >> ronny: i don't know about little, but -- i wish we all could learn as little as you then. >> [laughs] >> and what is this play about?

>> it's a semiautobiographical play, i don't know if you know the playwright david henry hwang. >> ronny: yeah, legend. [applause] >> he wrote a play called "m. butterfly" that ended up winning a tony and at the time, the late '80s there was a play called "miss saigon" that came to the u.s. and that play was famous because it was a white actor playing an asian role with taped up eyelids and all that stuff. >> ronny: as they should. >> that's right and that's what the play is about! [laughter] >> ronny: a kind of is what it's about. >> it kind of is. he ended up protesting that. >> ronny: david henry hwang. >> yeah. he ended up protesting that and ended up -- this play is about him writing a play where he actually for his next play -- it's a little bit meta. he ends up mistakenly hiring a white actor to play an asian lead in his own play.

and so that's what this show is about. and i play david henry hwang. >> ronny: and that actually is based on a true story. >> so much of this play is actually based on true events, he actually wrote a play called face value right after that, which was based on "miss saigon" and that play, the story of the casting of that play is in this play buried. >> ronny: so this is like inception -- play inception and i guess you just get attracted to extremely convoluted plot lines. >> [laughs] that's right, that's right. >> ronny: one of the main themes of the play is the idea of whether or not people of different races can play other races as actors. i guess what is your stance on that as an actor, a respected actor in the theater community. >> i have an opinion about it and it's kind of a hot take. >> ronny: go for it, that's

how we get our clicks. speak all right, here's what i think. [laughter] i think that we shouldn't be limited to playing people of our own nationality because, you know, i always think about the 8-year-old watching 10-year-old watching tv tell that i'm not japanese or that you are not chinese? if they cannot -- and there are a couple criteria that i actually think about. is this character historically-based? is their cultural significance to a particular country in the character that's being played? or is there a language requirement that requires a level of authenticity or is it based on a real character that is of that ethnicity? if those things are in place i do think it's really important that the actor be of that same nationality or that same specific ethnic origin.

but if not -- we are talking especially about asian americans, and i think it's perfectly fine for someone who is not, say, korean, to play a korean american because if we are just playing americans, that's the emphasis. we are not talking about people of specific countries and those specific things. >> ronny: so for example, somebody who looks like me, why can't i play an extremely good looking? why should i be limited? >> that's a different conversation... [laughter and applause] >> ronny: this one play was actually -- "yellow face" was actually already -- it's been mounted before into thousand thousand seven, right? so this is like remounting of the play? do you feel like it's -- do you feel the relevant -- the context of this? like it was first put on in 2007 and we are in 2024 now. >> i actually think it's as

relevant if not more so because the stuff that david was talking about and trying to address in 2007 wasn't really topical, he was ahead of the curve. he was talking about ethnic authentic casting. people say now of course that's what we should be doing but then they didn't think that. now in the wake of george floyd and blm and stop asian hate, there is more awareness of what's appropriate culturally and what we should be sensitive to. what's crazy about this show is there are a lot of real-life figures, really prominent pe people. during the time when david was protesting, they were on the other side of the issue. they were supporting yellow face casting but now they've all changed their minds and they've said you know what, we've evolved on the subject and they are a direct barometer of how far we've come. it's a great testament to all of

them that they're willing to be in this play and sing yeah, we made the wrong call. >> ronny: anything you want to say to jonathan pryce? >> [laughs] >> ronny: for putting tape on his eyes? >> i will say, this is a direct quote from the play. mr. price is an excellent actor. [laughter] >> ronny: enough to play as asian. >> but i feel bad for him too. he was doing what he thought was right at the time. >> ronny: which is put tape on your eyes and play asian. who amongst us hasn't tried to do that to. >> i'm doing it right now! [laughter and applause] >> ronny: thanks so much. i could talk to for hours but you've got the play actually to do, one of the greatest actors of the generation, the sharpest cheekbones on television.

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>> ronny: show for tonight. now here it is, your moment of zen. >> so, americans have had enough of kamala harris' tongue twisters. their pocketbooks see straight through all of her crooked lies. so she's claiming to be a "friend" to small business, but prices are -- let's see if it works. oh gosh, spinning out of con control. control. i tried, i really tried. ♪ it seems today ♪ ♪ that all you see ♪ ♪ is violence in movies and sex on tv ♪ ♪ but where are those good old-fashioned values ♪ ♪ on which we used to rely? ♪ ♪ lucky there's a family guy ♪ ♪ lucky there's a man who positively can do ♪

♪ all the things that make us ♪ ♪ laugh and cry ♪ ♪ he's... a... fam... ily... guy! ♪ [jazz music playing] hi, honey, how was school today? well, the metal detectors were down, so, the popular kids were all on edge all day, so that was kind of fun. oh, and we also got our yearbooks. ooh, let me see. i love seeing what my handsome boy's been up to all year. oh, there's the student council, and the cheerleaders. peter, w-- why is there a photo of you in here? i'm in the peter club. it's just me and this guy jason who joined as a joke. jason's, like, hilarious. wait a minute. chris, there's no pictures of you. huh, i guess not. chris, honey, i keep telling you, you need to get involved in extracurricular activities. otherwise, you won't get into college, and you'll end up a garbageman or a congresswoman from colorado. okay, okay, fine. i'll look for a club tomorrow.

your mom's right, chris. you got to get into college. mostly so you can constantly jam into conversation where you went. have you been to that new restaurant, kristof's, downtown? -it's amazing. -no, but that reminds me of when i was at school in cambridge. oh, you went to harvard? no, the cambridge technical college for dullards and mutes. not to brag, but there are commercials for it on tv. because it's embarrassing to see you in jeans at church. that's why. yeah, i'm sure it was fine back home in tampa. now hold still. hey, brian, could you drive me to joann fabrics? i'm gonna put in some elastic 'cause i've learned my lesson. sure, just got to stop at the bank. still getting my accounts sorted out after that russian hacker thing. ah, yes, that ivan fellow. i can't believe meg stayed behind to be with him. well, they seemed pretty happy together. still, it's got to be hard leaving your whole life behind and adapting to a foreign culture. i wonder how she's doing. [ beauty and the beast "belle" music playing]