Trevor Noah Points Out The Ugly Reality Behind The Trump Administration’s Habit Of Dodging The Truth

Trevor Noah spent most of The Daily Show discussing Meryl Streep’s speech from the Golden Globes and the reactions that followed from all sides. He actually covers a lot of what has already been said about those reactions, particularly the surprise from the MMA community, but he highlighted a pretty grim truth with his second segment of the night.

The spark here is Trump’s claims that he never made fun of a disabled reporter on stage during his campaign, something that is instantly disproved when you watch the video of him doing it. His team has tried to spin it to the best of their ability, which comes into play at the end of the clip, but most of the lies that ensnare Trump at this moment and during his campaign are easily proven by the evidence that’s out there. But what happens when he enters office and that dries up? What happens when the official word is from Trump himself and not just some random tweets online.

It’s up to journalists to do their jobs, of course, but it seems like we’re rolling into uncharted waters right now with a mindset that the back and forth will continue. And it could, sure. Trump could continue his public tour of praise, say random things that he later denies on Twitter, and then get called out for it on CNN and Seth Meyers. It has worked for everybody up to this point.

But as Noah points out, what happens when he controls the intelligence community and can mention information that the public isn’t privy to any more? The power of his team will get a chance to shine, and we’re faced with a media that needs to dig deeper than “Trump tweeted this, but said this back in 2015.” Will it happen?

(Via The Daily Show)

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