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  • -The president gave a speech on Saturday

  • about the government shutdown and offered an immigration deal

  • that both Democrats and hard-line conservatives

  • have rejected.

  • For more on this, it's time for "A Closer Look."

  • [ Cheers and applause ]

  • President Trump's speech on Saturday

  • was mostly just a collection of the same debunked talking points

  • he's been repeating for weeks.

  • And as usual, he spent the whole time

  • sucking in air like he was running a marathon.

  • Here are some highlights.

  • -[ Breathing heavily ]

  • [ Laughter ]

  • -Good Lord!

  • That sounded like the first 20 minutes

  • of a movie about Pablo Escobar.

  • [ Laughter ]

  • Maybe Trump is laboring

  • because he knows every time he gives one of these speeches,

  • it gets harder and harder to convince people.

  • On Saturday, for example, he floated a new proposal.

  • In exchange for wall money, he would offer temporary extensions

  • for recipients of two programs that protect immigrants

  • known as DACA and TPS.

  • And not only did Democrats reject it,

  • but so did hard-line conservatives.

  • Right-wing pundit Ann Coulter tweeted,

  • "Trump proposes amnesty. We voted for Trump and got Jeb."

  • Wow.

  • She compared him to Jeb Bush, his nemesis from the primaries.

  • Trump prides himself on being a master negotiator.

  • Here is actual footage

  • of Jeb Bush's most successful negotiation.

  • -Please clap.

  • [ Laughter ]

  • -But, of course, the guy's --

  • The comparison is unfair. It's ridiculous.

  • I mean, it's not like Trump has ever asked a crowd

  • to give him a standing ovation.

  • [ Cheers and applause ]

  • -Get up.

  • -Oh, my God.

  • It's happening! He's turning into Jeb.

  • Soon he's going to start wearing glasses

  • and getting trapped in his own hoodie.

  • [ Laughter ]

  • Even Trump's speeches are low-energy now.

  • When he runs for re-election in 2020,

  • the primary debates are just going to be a split screen

  • of him making faces at himself.

  • -That is our plan.

  • Border security, DACA, TPS, and many other things.

  • -Now, we are living in a very surreal time

  • where people like Ann Coulter

  • have tremendous sway over the president.

  • In December, Trump was going to give up on the wall

  • until Coulter called him a gutless

  • and a vulgar publicity hound.

  • He then went to try to win her back.

  • Trump shut down the government.

  • And once again, after Coulter insulted him

  • and called the deal amnesty,

  • Trump scrambled to make her happy by tweeting,

  • "No, amnesty is not a part of my offer."

  • Man, why is he so subservient to her?

  • Does she have a different pee tape?

  • [ Laughter ]

  • Here's the thing. Trump's proposal is not amnesty.

  • It's not even a reasonable deal.

  • And there's no reason to believe he'll follow through on it.

  • Remember, we've been down this road many times with him.

  • And every time, he's reneged on his promises.

  • As early as February 2017,

  • he said he wanted to protect DREAMers,

  • the young undocumented immigrants

  • brought here as children,

  • and that he would be open to a bill

  • that would give them permanent legal status.

  • -On the DACA program for immigration, what is your plan?

  • Do you plan to continue that program or to end it?

  • -We're going to show great heart.

  • DACA is a very, very difficult subject for me, I will tell you.

  • To me, it's one of the most difficult subjects I have,

  • because you have these incredible kids.

  • We are going to deal with DACA with heart.

  • The DACA situation is a very, very --

  • It's a very difficult thing for me.

  • Because, you know, I love these kids.

  • I love kids.

  • I have kids.

  • -"I have kids!

  • I have kids.

  • I've only ever tried to deport two of them.

  • [ Laughter ]

  • Sorry, boys. Back to Transylvania."

  • [ Laughter ]

  • That was in February 2017.

  • In September, Trump canceled the program.

  • Then in January,

  • he told lawmakers he was open to a compromise.

  • And then two days after that,

  • he completely changed his mind again.

  • And even Republican senator Lindsey Graham,

  • who brokered the compromise

  • and has become one of Trump's closest allies in Congress,

  • was stunned by Trump's sudden change of heart.

  • -Tuesday we had a president that I was proud to golf with,

  • call my friend,

  • who understood immigration had to be bipartisan.

  • You had to have border security. It's essential.

  • You have border security with the wall,

  • but he also understood the idea

  • that we had to do it with compassion.

  • Now, I don't know where that guy went.

  • I want him back.

  • -Oh! Why did he suddenly change his mind out of nowhere?

  • Because he's President Werewolf!

  • Except he's a werewolf 29 days a month

  • and then there's a full moon,

  • he turns into a human, and you can talk to him.

  • And then all you dummies celebrate

  • because you think it's permanent.

  • Then the full moon goes away,

  • and he goes back to chasing you through the woods.

  • [ Laughter ]

  • You can't negotiate with someone who doesn't know anything,

  • who changes his mind constantly,

  • and who lives in fear of Ann Coulter's Twitter account.

  • There's really only one person

  • who can end this shutdown right now,

  • and that's Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

  • The Senate has already passed a bill to keep the government open

  • with no strings attached.

  • All McConnell has to do is pass that same bill again

  • and override the president's veto,

  • and the government would open up immediately,

  • which is why a group of freshmen Democrats,

  • led by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,

  • showed up in his office last week

  • demanding to know what he was doing.

  • -We have voted repeatedly, over and over again,

  • to reopen the government.

  • We went to his office in the Capitol.

  • We went to his office here in the Russell Building.

  • We went to the floor. -To the cloakroom.

  • -We went to the cloakroom. He's not in the cloakroom.

  • He's not in the Capitol.

  • He's not in the Russell Building.

  • He's not in the floor of the Senate,

  • and 800,000 people don't have their paychecks.

  • So where's Mitch?

  • -I mean -- Yeah.

  • [ Cheers and applause ]

  • Although I will say, if you're ever wondering where's Mitch,

  • just go down to the marsh and check the lily pads.

  • [ Laughter ]

  • We've been down this road with Trump before.

  • And there's no reason to trust him

  • any more than we have in the past.

  • The Senate could pass a bill right now

  • to reopen the government.

  • In the meantime, millions of people are needlessly suffering,

  • and all the president has to say to them is...

  • -[ Breathing heavily ]

  • -This has been "A Closer Look."

  • [ Cheers and applause ]

-The president gave a speech on Saturday

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