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  • you know, we've spent the last eight months

  • sort of jokingly wondering what America would be like

  • if Donald Trump were actually president.

  • -You know, would it bring the apocalypse? -(laughter)

  • -Would the White House be covered in gold? -(laughter)

  • Would he change laws regarding press freedoms,

  • -or-- I don't know-- incest? Uh... -(laughter and groaning)

  • This weekend, I feel like we got a glimpse

  • of what America might be like under a Trump presidency.

  • And, uh, it was scary.

  • MAN: On Friday night, pure chaos

  • after Trump cancelled his appearance in Chicago.

  • WOMAN 1: Police physically separating

  • Trump's protesters from his supporters.

  • WOMAN 2: They are not picking and choosing who is there.

  • It is open to the public.

  • WOMAN 3: There were some Bernie Sanders supporters

  • who held up Bernie signs.

  • MAN: Protestors and supporters going back and forth so much,

  • the situation became so escalated

  • that there was the potential for danger.

  • Wow. You know it's bad when people in Chicago are, like,

  • "Man, what a violent weekend. This is too much.

  • -This is way too much." -(laughter)

  • And it was.

  • Friday night was shocking, you know. It hap...

  • Like, I happened to be at the gym when this all broke out.

  • And the conflict was so crazy

  • that nobody in the gym carried on doing what they were doing.

  • -Not even Muscular Mike. Like... -(laughter)

  • Yeah, I know, I know.

  • Everyone was just staring up at the TV screens

  • watching all the fighting.

  • You know, dudes were halfway through a dead lift,

  • just standing, holding their mouths open.

  • It was almost like one of those movies

  • where an asteroid is heading towards the earth,

  • and everyone is crowded around, watching the disaster unfold.

  • And, you know, Chicago may have been the epicenter,

  • but by the end of the weekend, the chaos was everywhere.

  • WOMAN: New clashes in more cities.

  • MAN: In Kansas City, police maintaining order

  • with pepper spray.

  • MAN 2: There were violent confrontations in St. Louis.

  • WOMAN: One raising her hand in a salute.

  • In Cleveland, a number of clashes.

  • Go back to Africa!

  • You were in Africa first. Go back to Africa.

  • Really?

  • Go back to Africa?

  • No, no, no. Now, look, if that was a TV critic

  • saying that to me, I understand. I understand.

  • (laughter)

  • But you can't just say "Go back to Africa"

  • to any black person you see in America.

  • Not every black person is from Afr...

  • -Oh, (bleep). Denise? -(laughter)

  • -Oh, wow, girl. -(applause and cheering)

  • Oh, I didn't know you were coming out here. Oh!

  • Oh, it's Denise.

  • Yeah, but you should go back to Africa, girl.

  • People are missing you. Oh, wow!

  • (laughs) Wow.

  • Small world, small world.

  • Sorry. Where were we? Where were we?

  • Uh, Nazi salute, "go back to Africa."

  • Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Okay, okay.

  • The Trump supporters. They have the Trump supporters.

  • Uh, you know, I have to say one thing

  • that didn't sit well with me

  • was how some of the Trump protestors did their thing.

  • WOMAN: A lot of those protestors did identify

  • as supporters of Bernie Sanders.

  • One of the organizers told me

  • that they turned the place into a Bernie Sanders rally.

  • The Bernie Sanders supporters that I've talked to think

  • this was a huge victory for them.

  • Ah, yes, trust Bernie Sanders fans

  • to have an unrealistic view of what's actually happening.

  • (laughter)

  • -Sorry. Was that a Bern? Was that a Bern? -(laughter)

  • Look, I will say this.

  • It's great to see young protestors

  • so inspired by politics

  • that they're no longer just hashtagging their feelings,

  • but actually getting off the couch and getting involved.

  • But at the same time, you've got to be careful.

  • You know, because the narrative Trump tells his sympathizers is

  • that they're under attack.

  • You know, that the nefarious, politically-correct,

  • left liberal force wants to silence them.

  • So if you come in, and you actually try to silence them,

  • it's like trying to put a fire out by putting wood on to it.

  • You've given Trump the villain

  • that, up until now, he was making up.

  • And you're probably saying, "What villain, Trevor?

  • "We're just a bunch of progressive college students

  • "of various ethnicities

  • and, like, religions and gender identities."

  • -(laughter) -Exactly.

  • You are the villain he's talking about.

  • (laughter)

  • And here's how you know

  • that you're doing exactly what Trump wants.

  • It's in his script.

  • Go home to Mommy.

  • Go to tuck you in bed.

  • Get 'em out of here! Get 'em out!

  • -Get 'em out of here! -(applause and cheering)

  • Can I be honest with you? It adds to the flavor.

  • -It really does. -(applause and cheering)

  • Makes it more exciting.

  • I mean, is isn't this better

  • than listening to a long, boring speech?

  • -Really? -(audience groaning)

  • "Isn't this better than list...?"

  • Yeah, yeah, it is better

  • than listening to a long, boring speech,

  • unless your plan was to go and watch a presidential candidate.

  • Then, getting punched in the face

  • sort of throws your day off. Yeah, that is what that does.

  • "What happened to you?" "I was watching a speech."

  • -(laughter) -Here's the truth.

  • Donald Trump didn't just create an atmosphere

  • for violence at his rallies.

  • He basically engineered it as carefully and deliberately

  • as Matt Damon did when he was growing potatoes on Mars.

  • There are no consequences to protesting anymore.

  • There used to be consequences.

  • I love the old days.

  • You know what they used to do to guys like that

  • when they were in a place like this?

  • They'd be carried out on a stretcher, folks.

  • Am I allowed to rip that whistle out of the mouth?

  • I'd rip that whist...

  • Well, if you see somebody getting ready to throw a tomato,

  • knock the crap out of them, would you? Seriously.

  • He's walking out, like big high fives, smiling, laughing.

  • Like to punch him in the face, I'll tell you.

  • Part of the problem is

  • nobody wants to hurt each other anymore.

  • -Are you f...?! -(audience groaning)

  • (Noah sighs)

  • -(bleep) -(laughter)

  • Part of the problem is

  • nobody wants to hurt each other anymore?

  • Are you (bleep) me? That's not a problem.

  • That's civilization.

  • Now I'm afraid to know how Trump views flush toilets

  • and-- oh, God, we're back at incest again.

  • I don't even know... and I don't even know how we get here.

  • Because basically, Donald Trump is saying

  • he just wants his rallies to be like hockey games, you know?

  • Nobody knows the rules, and most of the fans are white,

  • and fighting is definitely allowed.

  • Which is weird, given how Trump has described himself

  • so often in the past.

  • I'm a peace-loving person, folks.

  • Well, you know, I'm somebody that is a thinker.

  • I'm a big thinker.

  • We love peace. We all love peace.

  • Of course Trump loves peace.

  • Yeah, Trump loves peace.

  • He couldn't hurt a fly.

  • Not with those tiny little elf hands.

  • (laughter)

  • (applause)

  • (whooping)

  • Who knew?

  • Who knew Donald Trump was such a hippie?

  • I guess that's why he never cuts his hair

  • and drops acid before every speech.

  • He must be high-- those speeches can't be a sober thing. Come on.

  • Like, how does anyone believe this crap?

  • On one hand, he's saying, "I'm an upstanding citizen

  • who hates violence."

  • On the other hand, he's rolling up his sleeves,

  • bellowing about tearing down the system to a pack of followers

  • who love getting into fistfights.

  • Like, who is this guy?

  • Like, this guy doesn't want to be president--

  • he wants to be Tyler Durden

  • from Fight Club.

  • That's exactly what's happening.

  • Donald Trump is basically running political Fight Club.

  • And he even knows the first rule of Fight Club.

  • There's no violence. There's a love fest.

  • These are love fests.

  • You do not talk about Fight Club.

  • And I thought I was just imagining

  • Trump's split personality-- until, until...

  • an actual medical expert-- of the brain, no less--

  • gave us his diagnosis last Friday

  • during his medical endorsement.

  • I've come to... to know, uh, Donald Trump...

  • There are two different Donald Trumps.

  • There's the one you see on the stage,

  • and there's the one who's very... uh, cerebral,

  • sits there and considers things very carefully.

  • You can have a very good conversation with him.

  • -(like Carson): Y-Yeah. -(laughter)

  • Uh... just like there are...

  • two Ben Carsons.

  • The Ben... who is...

  • wild and crazy...

  • and the one that you never get to see.

  • (laughter)

  • Hoo, ha, hoo, ha, ha.

  • (laughter)

  • -(applause) -I'm so glad he's back.

  • (whooping, cheering, whistling)

  • You know... in any other world,

  • in any other campaign,

  • having two faces as a charge,

  • the accused would deny, because they know

  • it would immediately disqualify them

  • from running for the highest office in the land.

  • So, Donald Trump... do you agree with Ben Carson?

  • I probably do agree-- I think there are two Donald Trumps.

  • (like Trump): Yeah. And believe me,

  • there's no problem with either of them's penis.

  • (laughter)

  • So even Trump says that there are two Trumps.

  • But the question is, what does the other Trump say?

  • I don't think there are two Donald Trumps.

  • I think there's one Donald Trump.

  • (laughter)

  • (applause, whooping)

  • You know, uh, we laugh, but it's still more likely

  • that there's only one Donald Trump,

  • who's just a cynical, manipulating man.

  • You know, manipulating his followers

  • and his enemies and the media

  • without any concern for what he's doing to the country.

  • That's possible. That's probably the truth.

  • But I do hope, I do hope that there are two Donald Trumps,

you know, we've spent the last eight months

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