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  • I WANT TO APOLOGIZE.

  • WE HAD SO MUCH FUN STUFF PLANNED

  • FOR YOU TONIGHT.

  • WE WORKED ON IT ALL DAY.

  • WE HAD A "BACHELOR IN PARADISE,"

  • KIDS GOING BACK TO SCHOOL.

  • WE WERE GOING TO TALK ABOUT --

  • THERE'S A HORRIBLE NEW PAIR OF

  • UGGS WE WERE GOING TO DISCUSS.

  • I EVEN THOUGHT HEY, MAYBE WE

  • WON'T TALK ABOUT DONALD TRUMP

  • MUCH TONIGHT.

  • AND THEN HE OPENED HIS MOUTH AND

  • ALL MANNER OF STUPID CAME OUT.

  • [ LAUGHTER ]

  • AND I'M NOT JOKING WHEN I SAY I

  • WOULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE IF

  • CERSEI LANNISTER WAS RUNNING

  • THIS COUNTRY AT THIS POINT.

  • [ LAUGHTER ]

  • THIS PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY.

  • I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW THIS.

  • I KNOW A LOT OF YOU ARE HERE ON

  • VACATION.

  • IT STARTED -- IT WAS SUPPOSED TO

  • BE A PRESS CONFERENCE ABOUT

  • INFRASTRUCTURE, AND IT ENDED

  • WITH OUR PRESIDENT MAKING AN

  • ANGRY AND PASSIONATE DEFENSE OF

  • WHITE SUPREMACISTS.

  • IT WAS LIKE IF YOUR BOOK CLUB

  • MEETING TURNED INTO A COCK

  • FIGHT.

  • IT REALLY WAS REMARKABLE.

  • [ LAUGHTER ]

  • I DON'T KNOW WHO DECIDED IT

  • WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO SEND HIM

  • OUT THERE TO TALK TO REPORTERS

  • TODAY.

  • BUT WHOEVER DID OBVIOUSLY

  • MISREAD HIS STATE OF MIND AND

  • THE MOOD IN THIS COUNTRY RIGHT

  • NOW.

  • I FEEL LIKE I CAN SAY THIS WITH

  • REASONABLE CERTAINTY.

  • THE PRESIDENT IS COMPLETELY

  • UNHINGED.

  • THE WHEELS ARE OFF THE WAGON AND

  • HURTLING TOWARD THE MOON RIGHT

  • NOW.

  • [ LAUGHTER ]

  • I HAVE SOME CLIPS TO SHOW YOU.

  • AND BEFORE I DO I WANT TO SAY

  • CLIPS ARE ONE THING.

  • YOU KNOW, THEY'RE EDITED DOWN.

  • WE CHOOSE THEM FOR CONTENT.

  • BUT IF YOU GET A CHANCE GO

  • ONLINE AND WATCH THE WHOLE PRESS

  • CONFERENCE FROM BEGINNING TO

  • END.

  • IT'S ASTONISHING.

  • THE ONLY THING I CAN COMPARE IT

  • TO IS REMEMBER WHEN MIKE TYSON

  • BIT EVANDER HOLYFIELD'S EAR OFF?

  • AND THEN HE BIT HIS OTHER EAR

  • OFF?

  • [ LAUGHTER ]

  • THIS WAS THE PRESIDENTIAL

  • EQUIVALENT OF THAT.

  • TRUMP WASN'T EVEN SCHEDULED TO

  • TAKE QUESTIONS TODAY.

  • HE WAS GOING TO GIVE A BRIEF

  • UPDATE ON AN EXECUTIVE ORDER HE

  • SIGNED TO BOOST INFRASTRUCTURE.

  • BUT REPORTERS WANTED TO ASK

  • ABOUT HIS WEAK RESPONSE TO WHAT

  • HAPPENED IN CHARLOTTESVILLE, AND

  • THINGS WENT INFRASTRUCING NUTS

  • FROM THERE.

  • >> HONESTLY IF THE PRESS WAS NOT

  • FAKE AND WAS HONEST THE PRESS

  • WOULD HAVE SAID WHAT I SAID WAS

  • VERY NICE.

  • BUT UNLIKE YOU AND -- EXCUSE ME.

  • UNLIKE YOU AND UNLIKE THE MEDIA,

  • BEFORE I MAKE A STATEMENT I LIKE

  • TO KNOW THE FACTS.

  • >> Jimmy: THAT'S RIGHT.

  • HE'S VERY CAREFUL ABOUT THAT.

  • [ LAUGHTER ]

  • LIKE THE FACT THAT TED CRUZ'S

  • FATHER KILLED JFK AND OBAMA WAS

  • BORN IN KENYA.

  • HE'S A STICKLER FOR THE FACTS.

  • [ LAUGHTER ]

  • SO WHEN THEY GOT TO HIS

  • STATEMENT ABOUT PUTTING THE

  • BLAME FOR THE MURDER AND THE

  • HATE CRIMES IN CHARLOTTESVILLE

  • ON MANY SIDES, NOT JUST THE

  • NAZIS AND KLAN MEMBERS, A

  • STATEMENT HE TRIED TO SOFTEN

  • YESTERDAY BY SPECIFICALLY

  • DENOUNCING THOSE GROUPS, NOT

  • ONLY DID HE GO BACK TO HIS

  • ORIGINAL STATEMENT.

  • HE DOUBLED DOWN AND ACTUALLY

  • DEFENDED THEIR ACTIONS.

  • >> WHEN YOU SAY THE ALT-RIGHT,

  • DEFINE ALT-RIGHT TO ME.

  • YOU DEFINE IT.

  • GO AHEAD.

  • >> I'M SAYING --

  • >> NO, DEFINE IT FOR ME.

  • >> SENATOR McCAIN DEFINED THEM

  • AS THE SAME GROUP --

  • >> OKAY, WHAT ABOUT THE ALT-LEFT

  • THAT CAME CHARGING -- EXCUSE ME.

  • WHAT ABOUT THE ALT-LEFT THAT

  • CAME CHARGING AT AS YOU SAY THE

  • ALT-RIGHT?

  • DO THEY HAVE ANY SEMBLANCE OF

  • GUILT?

  • LET ME ASK YOU THIS.

  • WHAT ABOUT THE FACT THEY CAME

  • CHARGING, THAT THEY CAME

  • CHARGING WITH CLUBS IN THEIR

  • HANDS, SWINGING CLUBS?

  • DO THEY HAVE ANY PROBLEM?

  • I THINK THEY DO.

  • >> Jimmy: I THINK WE DO.

  • [ LAUGHTER ]

  • I THINK IS -- I THINK WE MIGHT

  • NEED AN ALT-PRESIDENT RIGHT NOW.

  • >> I WILL TELL YOU SOMETHING.

  • I WATCHED THIS VERY CLOSELY,

  • MUCH MORE CLOSELY THAN YOU

  • PEOPLE WATCHED IT.

  • AND YOU HAVE -- YOU HAD A GROUP

  • ON ONE SIDE THAT WAS BAD AND YOU

  • HAD A GROUP ON THE OTHER SIDE

  • THAT WAS ALSO VERY VIOLENT.

  • AND NOBODY WANTS TO SAY THAT.

  • BUT I'LL SAY IT RIGHT NOW.

  • >> Jimmy: DON'T SAY IT RIGHT

  • NOW.

  • [ LAUGHTER ]

  • DON'T EVER.

  • SO HE PUT BLAME ON BOTH SIDES.

  • BUT HE ALSO HAD KIND WORDS FOR

  • BOTH SIDES.

  • >> NEO-NAZIS STARTED THIS.

  • THEY CAME TO CHARLOTTESVILLE,

  • THEY SHOWED UP IN

  • CHARLOTTESVILLE --

  • >> EXCUSE ME.

  • EXCUSE ME.

  • THEY DIDN'T -- YOU HAD SOME VERY

  • BAD PEOPLE IN THAT GROUP.

  • BUT YOU ALSO HAD PEOPLE THAT

  • WERE VERY FINE PEOPLE.

  • ON BOTH SIDES.

  • >> Jimmy: VERY FINE PEOPLE ON

  • BOTH SIDES.

  • LET'S LOOK AT SOME OF THE VERY

  • FINE PEOPLE ON THE TRUMP SIDE

  • THERE.

  • THIS IS FROM THE RALLY ON

  • FRIDAY.

  • >> YOU WILL NOT REPLACE US!

  • >> Jimmy: SO HERE'S THE THING.

  • IF YOU'RE WITH A GROUP OF PEOPLE

  • AND THEY'RE CHANTING THINGS LIKE

  • "JEWS WILL NOT REPLACE US" AND

  • YOU DON'T IMMEDIATELY LEAVE THAT

  • GROUP, YOU ARE NOT A VERY FINE

  • PERSON.

  • [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]

  • AND BY THE WAY, TODAY DAVID

  • DEUX, WHO IS A VERY FINE FORMER

  • GRAND WIZARD OF THE KKK, TWEETED

  • "THANK YOU PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR

  • YOUR HONESTY AND COURAGE TO TELL