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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