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Mike Waltz Leaves the Group Chat & Trump’s Town Hall Gets Racist | Sen. Elissa Slotkin
Fri, 02 May 2025
Michael Kosta continues TDS coverage of Trump’s 100th day in office with reports from NewsNation’s town hall, where the president racially slighted Stephen A. Smith, as well as details on Mike Waltz’s exit and subsequent United Nations promotion, and Pam Bondi’s ridiculous claims about fentanyl deaths. With anxiety-inducing news cycles and Trump Derangement Syndrome on the rise, it’s easy to feel helpless with the current administration. But in these times of despair and uncertainty, the Hang In There poster will take all your Trump-related anxieties away! The perfect comforting distraction in these disturbing political times. Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin, the youngest Democratic female serving in the U.S. Senate, joins Michael Kosta to share her perspective on the current state of national security and the Democratic agenda moving forward. The senator explains why voters are looking for Democrats with alpha energy (“You don’t have to be a male to [have] alpha energy,” she says), how President Trump’s tariff policy is “slow-rolling us into a recession,” responsible vs. reckless change, and the importance of tuning in during challenging times.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Chapter 1: Who is Michael Kosta and what is this show's focus?
From the most trusted journalists at Comedy Central, it's America's only source for news. This is The Daily Show with your host, Michael Kosta.
Welcome to The Daily Show. I'm Michael Kosta. There's a lot going on in MAGA world tonight. Pam Bondi wins the war on drugs and reality. Mike Waltz has left the group chat. And Trump thinks Stephen A. Smith is the mayor of Harlem. So let's get into our ongoing coverage of Donald Trump's first 100 days.
A little disturbance.
Chapter 2: What happened during Trump's 100th day NewsNation town hall?
Trump, Tuesday was Donald Trump's 100th day in office, and he celebrated the only way he knows how, by getting together with the boys. Last night, the big party was at Channel 372 on your cable service. News Nation.
We've just gotten started. You haven't even seen anything yet.
Rock out with your c**k out, huh? Which is actually how most of those people got fired from their previous jobs. This was an event where Donald Trump phoned in, probably from the bathroom, and a bunch of people got to ask questions, including Stephen A. Smith.
And there's a thing I've noticed that happens at parties where there's only one black guy, which is that no matter what he's talking about, a certain type of white person tries to steer the conversation into an awkward direction.
Mr. President, thank you for your time. It's interesting that you brought up Harvard because when people think about Harvard, what they're basically talking about is they're asking, what do you say to those who view your actions as an attack on academic freedom rather than a defense of fairness? What do you say to that?
Well, I say this. We had riots in Harlem. Amazing.
Amazing. Trump heard a black man say Harvard, and he thought he must have meant Harlem. What a beautiful mix of racism and dementia. It sounded like you asked about Social Security, but I'm going to assume you really asked about Soul Plane. Not a great start, but maybe Donald Trump, maybe he can save it.
We had riots in Harlem, and frankly, if you look at what's gone on, and people from Harlem went up and they protested, Stephen, and they protested very strongly against Harvard.
No, he didn't say that. What is he talking about exactly? There were no riots in Harlem. They definitely didn't go from the non-riots to protest Harvard. And none of that had anything to do with Stephen A. 's question about academic freedom. It's almost like he's talking about black stuff because Stephen A. Smith is black.
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Chapter 3: Why did Mike Waltz leave his position and what is his new role?
Marco Rubio is very busy right now. Our own David Gurra reminding us that he's right now Secretary of State, Interim National Security Advisor, Acting Administrator of USAID, and also Acting Archivist for the United States. That's a lot of work. Those are a lot of jobs.
Yeah, and I don't know how you balance working four jobs all at the same time, but I'm going to guess it probably involves doing a shitty job. And he's actually working five jobs when you consider the hardest job of them all, which is being a father. Which reminds me. Honey, you're going to have to put the kids to bed tonight because I'm going to go get drunk at Dave & Buster's.
But amazingly, Trump hasn't been firing administration officials all that much because, partly, most of them have really learned a lesson about staying on his good side. Let me show you how bad it can get. Three days ago, Pam Bondi was on Fox News making an outrageous claim about Trump's success stopping fentanyl deaths.
Since Donald Trump has been in office, DEA has seized over 21 million fentanyl pills. That's 21 million lives saved, in my opinion.
21 million people. 21 million people. Just for context, 70,000 people die from fentanyl in an entire year. But we're supposed to believe that in three months, Trump prevented 21 million fentanyl deaths. I guess a lot more people were planning to try fentanyl this year, huh? Were you guys? Because if everyone's doing it, I'll do it. I'm not a pussy. All right. This audience is pro-fentanyl.
Now, to be fair to Bondi, she must have realized these numbers were way off because two days later, she corrected herself.
Since he's been in office, DEA has taken 22.2 million fentanyl pills off the streets. This is 119 million lives Donald Trump has saved since January. Pretty remarkable. Oh, my God. 119 million?
He saved 100 more million lives in two days? Wow. Keep in mind, keep in mind, the entire population of the United States is 340 million. So she's crediting Trump with saving the lives of a third of the entire country. Pam, what are you talking about? Are you on the fence? Because you sound high as f*** right now, okay? All right. But you know what?
Bondi sobered up, she checked her math, and she realized something was off again. Because during Trump's cabinet meeting yesterday, she came back and corrected herself one more time.
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Chapter 4: What are the outrageous claims made by Pam Bondi about fentanyl deaths?
Trump derangement syndrome, anything with Trump's name attached to it, Democrats will automatically pre-hate no matter what it is.
Trump derangement syndrome is stage five, no vaccine, no cure, no therapeutic.
It's a horrible, horrible terminal disease. It destroys the mind before the body, but the body eventually goes.
Yeah, that's right. That's right. Trump derangement syndrome. The only disease Trump can give you that doesn't require you to notify recent sex partners. Of course, in reality, Trump derangement syndrome is a fake mental illness coined by right-wing trolls on social media, but that's about to change.
Republican lawmakers in Minnesota want to, here in the state, add Trump derangement syndrome as an official mental illness.
The bill aims to change our state's definition of mental illness to include a form of criticism of the current president.
Yeah, so five GOP senators in Minnesota want to codify Trump derangement syndrome into state law. And look, I can already hear all the woke libs out there whining about this Minnesota bill. So let me just say, is this bill perfect? No. Is the disease totally made up? Yes. Is this a huge waste of time and taxpayer money? Yes.
Did one of the Republicans behind the bill just get arrested for soliciting a 17-year-old for prostitution? Well, as they say in Minnesota, oy, I betcha, officer. But still, you have to admit that these past 100 days have caused very real stress for a large percentage of Americans. And if that sounds like you, well, luckily, there's a time-tested product out there to help you deal with it.
After President Trump's first 100 days. A dramatic escalation of President Trump's illegal immigration crackdown.
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Chapter 5: What is Trump Derangement Syndrome and how is it being discussed politically?
When we come back, Senator Alyssa Slotkin will be joining me on the show. Stick around. Hang around. Hang in there. Welcome back to the show. My guest tonight is the junior U.S. Senator from Michigan. Please welcome Senator Alyssa Slotkin. Senator Slotkin, that sounds nice.
You know, it's pretty good.
Feels good.
Yeah, it's good.
You speak Arabic. You speak Swahili. You speak English. How would you like me to conduct this interview?
English would be fantastic.
English would be great. Okay. So some big news today. Mike Waltz is out. Yeah. You are, and I don't say this very often, a Democrat with an impressive national security background, working in the CIA, security debriefing Obama every morning, working at the Pentagon. How worried should we be now? Pete Hegseth is Pete Hegseth.
He is. He is Pete Hegseth.
What's your take on how we are right now?
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Chapter 6: What is the Hang In There poster and how does it help with political stress?
Yeah, he has four jobs now. And I think that... The truth is like there are some really serious international challenges and we just can't have the B team in here. We need serious people. And I think that Pete Hegseth should resign and is just not where we need to be.
Trump was just in Michigan for his 100th day. You won in Michigan on the same ticket as Trump. What do Michigan voters want, you think?
Well, Michiganders are very independently-minded people, as you know. I'm a Michigander. Yes, he's a Michigander, and we're very proud of him, right?
Hold on, we've got to tell these Coastals, this is the shape of Michigan.
Yeah. And, you know, I think, so we're independently minded, but I think the two things that really came through in the last election was, one, it was a pocketbook election, right? People wanted someone who was going to put more money in their pocket. And then number two, if I can be frank, is a little harder to grab onto. It's like people are looking for a little alpha energy.
And I think I had, like, a little bit more alpha energy than the average Dem, and I want us to get more alpha energy. Okay, okay.
And this comes from my wife, what is alpha energy?
I just think well, okay, you're a Midwesterner and let me explain for those who are not Midwesterners like think of who we identify with as like our big leaders right right now.
Most popular man in Michigan is the coach of the Lions right Dan Campbell and go lines and and he is just but he like he loves big he's tough with people but he like well hug you and give you know and cries eyes out with his guys do great like we want leadership right we're in a moment of crisis in the country and a moment of change as well.
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Chapter 7: Who is Senator Elissa Slotkin and what topics does she discuss?
People are responding very well to that. You know, my daughter finished a puzzle the other day. She's five, and I gave her this big hug, and I was crying, and she was like, Dad... Dad, I love this alpha male energy right now. You've said adopt the alpha energy, but you've also said that the Dems, there's a perception of the party as weak and woke.
It's actually what Michiganders said. There was a poll in February, and those were the words identified most with the Democratic brand.
Yes.
And I think that, you know, again, I don't think it's just Trump voters who want something different. I think our government is a 20th century government, and we're in the 21st century. It needs to change. No one loves our health care. No one loves how we do education. No one loves how our government works.
So we need to change it, but we want responsible change, not reckless change, not just breaking stuff to break stuff.
Yeah.
I think we need to hear that. And I think that Michiganders understand that, like, we can't stay the same. We can't look backwards. We have to look forward. But we want to know who that is. And I think the Democratic Party should be leading instead of just saying, no, no, no, status quo, status quo, don't change. No, embrace change. But, like, put your marker down on what you think should happen.
Talk about how we need a stronger middle class in this country because it's shrinking. It is. Like, don't try to hide it. It is.
Yeah.
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