馃攳
New COVID Relief Package & Trump鈥檚 Plan to Protect His D.C. Hotel | The Daily Social Distancing Show - YouTube
Channel: The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
[0]
Corona isn't just stopping you
[2]
from going to the gym
to take mirror selfies.
[4]
It's also decimated
the world economy.
[7]
Now, countries have been
taking different approaches
[9]
to help workers
during this pandemic.
[11]
You know, many countries
in Europe are paying businesses
[13]
to keep their employees on the
payroll even during shutdowns.
[17]
Japan has suspended most
tax collection for a year.
[20]
And Russia is even allowing
all of their election bots
[23]
to meddle from home.
[25]
(Russian accent):
Very sweet.
[26]
(regular accent): And here
in the U.S., Congress passed
[28]
a big three-trillion dollar
relief package back in March,
[32]
but with the benefits
of the package about to run out,
[34]
Congress has been struggling
to put together something new.
[38]
Now, Democrats have been
asking for another
[40]
three trillion dollars
to extend and expand
[42]
the benefits
that have been helping people.
[44]
And now Republicans
have finally responded
[47]
with something
a little less generous.
[50]
REPORTER: This morning, with
tens of millions of Americans
[52]
out of work, Senate
Republicans are proposing
[54]
to slash emergency unemployment
benefits by $400,
[58]
a plan that would cut
that extra federal payment
[61]
from $600 to $200 a week,
with Republicans arguing
[64]
additional payouts would
discourage jobless Americans
[68]
from returning to work.
[70]
In certain cases, people were
paid more to stay home
[72]
than they were to work,
and I think that's something
[75]
that the American public
understands.
[76]
We're not gonna
use taxpayer money
[78]
to pay people more to stay home.
[81]
Man, I know Steve Mnuchin
[83]
speaks like
a ventriloquist dummy,
[86]
but sometimes
I wish someone would
[88]
shove their hand up his ass and
make him say the right things.
[90]
Because, look, it is true
that some people have been
[93]
earning more from these extra
benefits than they were making
[96]
at their jobs, but that's
only because a lot of people
[99]
in America don't make
a living wage at their jobs.
[102]
Like, I'm honestly surprised
this White House
[103]
is so against
paying people not to work.
[107]
I mean, they've been fine doing
it for the past four years.
[110]
Guys, if anything,
[111]
going back to work too soon
[113]
is what spreads coronavirus,
[115]
which then makes it harder
for everyone to go back to work.
[119]
So the best way
to go back to work
[121]
is to not go back to work.
[123]
If anything, the government
should be sending everyone
[124]
an HBO Max password
and a giant bag of weed.
[127]
It's the responsible
thing to do.
[129]
And here's the thing:
you can always argue
[131]
about whether it's good policy
or bad policy
[133]
to just give people money.
[135]
I mean, it's good policy,
[136]
but you can argue about it
if you feel like it.
[139]
But one thing that's raising
eyebrows is that while
[141]
the Republicans are saying they
can't afford to give more money
[144]
to laid-off workers,
they are managing to open up
[147]
their wallets for some
way more questionable expenses.
[151]
REPORTER: The bill is also
coming under intense criticism
[153]
for $1.75 billion
[155]
allocated for
a new FBI building,
[158]
something McConnell
said was included
[160]
at the request
of the White House.
[162]
The president has called for the
rebuilding of the FBI building
[165]
in downtown D.C. to occur
on the same plot of land
[169]
in which it currently exists.
[171]
And why that's significant
is because the Trump Hotel
[173]
is right across the street
from the FBI building,
[177]
so the concerns are
the president is trying to keep
[180]
that property controlled
by the federal government
[182]
to prevent another hotel from
coming in there, potentially,
[186]
and taking away business
from the Trump Hotel.
[189]
Yes, while unemployment benefits
are being cut,
[192]
Republicans have managed to find
[194]
$1.75 billion
[196]
to rebuild the FBI headquarters
in its current location
[200]
instead of allowing it to move.
[202]
All of this was a direct request
from Donald Trump,
[205]
because Trump knows
that as long as the FBI
[207]
stays across the street
from his hotel in D.C.,
[210]
nobody can build
a competing hotel next to his.
[213]
And, you know, this is what's
so frustrating about Trump.
[216]
When you tell him you can stop
corona by putting on a mask,
[219]
he can't follow the logic.
[221]
Oh, it's too complicated.
I can't brea...
[222]
I don't even kno...
[224]
But then when
he's working on a grift
[225]
that'll make himself money,
[226]
suddenly he can see the Matrix.
[228]
You put that one there,
the hotel, get it...
[230]
Carry the five,
billions of dollars.
[232]
Like, I find it so bizarre
that Trump is president,
[235]
but he's still constantly
pulling all of these scams.
[238]
Like, what does
he need the money for?
[240]
The man lives rent-free,
he only eats stuff
[242]
off the dollar menu
and his favorite hobby
[244]
is staying inside watching TV.
[246]
Trump could finance
his whole lifestyle
[248]
with lemonade stand money.
[250]
Either way, at this point,
Trump has done so many
[252]
corrupt schemes, eventually he's
gonna run out of lines to cross.
[255]
Yeah, he's gonna
need to seduce Mike Pence
[257]
just to keep things interesting.
[259]
Well, that's our show
for tonight, but before we go,
[260]
I just wanted to remind you
that America is facing
[263]
a nationwide
poll worker shortage,
[265]
and because most poll workers
are over 60
[268]
and with COVID still in the air,
[270]
they are understandably
not showing up.
[272]
But fewer poll workers means
fewer polling stations are open,
[275]
and that means
there's gonna be longer lines
[277]
that not everybody can afford
to stay and wait in,
[280]
especially in communities
of color.
[282]
The good news is, though,
most poll working is paid,
[285]
and in some states you can be
as young as 16 to do the job.
[289]
So if you're interested
and you have the time,
[291]
this is your chance to save
your granny, protect democracy,
[295]
and make some paper
at the same time.
[297]
Sign up at the link below
to find out more.
[299]
Until tomorrow, stay safe
out there, wash your hands,
[303]
and if you are able to,
please twerk from home.
Most Recent Videos:
You can go back to the homepage right here: Homepage