We've
gone from a simple question about Niger, to a three-day
media (bleep) storm about whether Trump
calls families and what he says
when he calls these families. Because by the sounds of it,
the families may start out hoping that the president
would reach out, and they end up wishing that they had let
his calls go to voice mail. That new controversy facing President Trump--
he's taking heat for an alleged
insensitive remark he made to the widow
of a slain Army sergeant... NEWSMAN:
Details
of the conversation come from
a Democratic congresswoman who overheard the call... I didn't hear
the whole phone call, but I did hear him say,
"I'm sure he knew what he was signing up for." The comments were certainly,
I think, taken very far out of context
by the media, and if there's any frustration, I think that's
where it should be focused. Okay, now, look, now, look...
in Trump's defense-- and I know people don't like
hearing that phrase-- Donald Trump is
the worst at words. All right? Can
we agree on that? -(cheering)
-He is the worst at words. He was probably trying
to convey a heartfelt message, but instead,
the people interpreted it as him disrespecting the troops. That's what they said.
He was trying something, and then people are now like,
"Donald Trump, you disrespected the troops." I bet you wherever
Colin Kaepernick is right now, he's probably like,
"Well, ain't that a bitch." (laughter) (whooping) 'Cause that's not
what he was trying to do. And I don't know, I don't thi
nk
we should be surprised that Trump offended this family. We've all heard him speak.
We're offended every day. Like, what do you think, a phone is going
to magically transform him into Sir Phineas the Eloquent? Like... like, Trump's
gonna be talking like, "All these losers and haters, bing, bing, bong, bong, bigly... Hold on, I got to make a call. (deep voice):
Greetings and salutations. My soul is awash
in a great flood of sorrow as I reflect
upon your circumstance. Fare thee well. (like norma
l Trump):
Right. Where was I? Little Rocket Man! (laughter) It's not gonna happen. I mean, clearly... clearly, Donald Trump sucks
at making these calls. Which is unfortunate--
because I don't know who at the White House
can make these calls, right? Jared Kushner can't do it, 'cause he's on line one
fixing the Middle East. You don't want
Sarah Huckabee Sanders calling, 'cause she'll tell you
your son didn't die. And then 30 other people
can't do it because they've all been fired. There's nobody
who can make the calls. Okay, maybe Melania.
Melania can make the call. That's who.
Although, I don't trust her to not sneak in
her own personal agenda. Yeah, I wouldn't be shocked
if she was like, "I'm so jealous
for the loss of your husband." (laughter) (applause, cheering) And look... Trump can't be faulted
for not being articulate. But he can be blamed for making
an unnecessary problem worse. Right? Because
when people accused him of being insensitive,
he could have just said, "I apologize.
It wasn't
my intention to offend anyone." But instead, he acts like this. I didn't say what
that congresswoman said. Didn't say it at all.
She knows it. And she now is not saying it. I did not say what she said. And, uh, I'd like her
to make the statement again, because I did not say
what she said. I had a very nice conversation
with the woman... with the wife who is...
sounded like a lovely woman. Did not say what
the congresswoman said... (like a child):
I didn't say it. (laughter) I didn't s
ay it. No! I didn't say it. Didn't, no! I didn't say it. (adult voice):
Come on, Donald, Donald, just say you're sorry, Donald. (like a child):
But I didn't do it! I want to talk
about my tax cuts. (adult voice): Donald, no, we're
not gonna talk about tax cuts until you apologize. (like a child): I hate you!
You're not my real voters. (adult voice):
You know what, Donald, we didn't want you,
either, okay? You were an accident. "There was a hole in the
electoral system, "and we're just trying to
make
this work, Donald. Now, go to your room." So here we are. At the end of another week,
going through another scandal that didn't need to exist. Because do you guys
even remember what this press conference
was about? Does anyone remember? It was Trump coming out
with Mitch McConnell to say everything
was going well. That was the original cause. That's why they did it. Can you imagine if you worked
in the White House, right? Like, imagine if you were there
before the press conference, and you
were there afterwards, but you missed the press
conference itself. You would be, like,
"What the (bleep) happened?" Imagine, you'd be, you'd be,
like, you'd be waiting there, and you'd be like, "Okay, so,
so this press conference. What are we doing, guys?" And it'd be like, Trump
and Mitch would be like, "Oh, we're just going out. "Mitch and I are just gonna say
we're friends. "Oh, that's it? You're
just gonna say your friends? "Yeah, yeah, that's it.
That's it. "All right, cool. Uh,
all right,
this sounds easy. "You know what? I'm gonna go
take a dump. I'll see you guys afterwards,
yeah? Yeah?" And you come back, like,
ten minutes later, and it's just like,
"Yo! Quickly! "We need a list of
Gold Star families! "We're in a fight with a black
lady in a cowboy hat, "and we need to borrow $25,000. "What the hell happened? Just do it!
Just do it!" (cheers and applause) Every press conference. Every single press conference
becomes something else. Think about it.
Every press conference. Like,
the other time.
It was, like, "Okay, what's this press
conference about? "Uh, well, we're just gonna
talk about roads and bridges. "Oh, cool, infrastructure. "All right, that's boring.
That's safe. "All right, I'm gonna go
take a dump. Ten minutes? Yeah.
I'll be back." And then you come back later
and it's just like, "Yo! Do you know any good Nazis? "We need to find
some good Nazis, please. "Why are we talking about Nazis?
What about the roads? "Nigga, forget the roads! "We need to find good Na
zis! That (bleep) went off a cliff!" (cheering and applause) Must be insane. Look, this problem isn't getting
any better. So basically, if you're working
for Trump,
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