The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Trump Defies Court Order & Deports Migrants, Lewis Black vs. Air Travel | Ezra Klein & Derek Thompson
Wed, 19 Mar 2025
Jordan Klepper breaks down how Trump's attempt to mass-deport Venezuelans by invoking a racist wartime law has led to a feud with the federal judge and an all-out constitutional crisis. Troy Iwata checks in on sick MAGA children who have just learned that their letters from the president were signed by... an autopen. Lewis Black asks airlines to fix their s**t amid recent catastrophes. New York Times Opinion columnist Ezra Klein and staff writer for The Atlantic, Derek Thompson, talk to Jordan Klepper about their new book, “Abundance,” which details how lawmakers can solve the affordability crisis by “building and inventing more of what we need.” They also discuss how Democrats can build a more effective opposition to Trump by using their power in blue cities and states to implement results-oriented policy and create a positive party identity.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Chapter 1: What are Trump's recent actions regarding deportations?
So, let's get right into it. Now one of Trump's big promises for his second term was deporting violent immigrants from America. And he often mentioned one violent gang in particular.
Tren de Aragua. Remove the savage gang. Tren de Aragua.
Tren de Aragua. Tren de Aragua. Tren de Aragua. You know the members of that gang are like, is that us she's talking about? Trump sounds like my grandfather ordering Chipotle. I'll take the Barbaracoa! Buenos Nachos! And over the weekend, Trump announced he was deporting hundreds of these suspected Venezuelan gang members all the way back to El Salvador. So... Close enough.
And of course, these suspected gang members would be afforded a rigorous legal procedure, including a trial, the presentation of evidence and all the rights of due process. I'm just f***ing with you. He did it, Trump.
The administration invoking an obscure law, the Aliens Enemies Act of 1798, which allows the government to deport people with little to no due process and was last used to round up Japanese Americans during World War II.
Last used to round up Japanese Americans during World War II. Why does Trump always have to pick the oldest, most racist laws to do what he wants to do? Cutting taxes under the authority of the It's Okay to Drown Italians Law of 1863. It's not just that it's archaic. Invoking that law has some big problems.
One is that if you're deporting gang members but there's no due process, then you don't really know if you're deporting gang members. You're just deporting people who you think look like gang members. And if you start deporting every shady looking guy with questionable tattoos, I mean, who's gonna go to Jets games? But... You know what?
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Chapter 2: Why is Trump defying a federal court order?
I'm sure Donald Trump has the cultural understanding to carefully discern who is a member of... What's that gang name again? Trendy Uruguay. Yeah, yeah, you guys are f***ed. There's another problem with invoking this law, which is, it's supposed to be used in wartime. So, to make this work, Trump had to pretend that we're at war with Venezuela, which we're not.
Not to mention, a pretend war is an extremely complicated concept to throw at the Secretary of Defense on St. Patrick's Day. So, man... Okay, so, bottom line, bottom line here. Okay, there's a lot of legal questions up in the air. So, on Saturday, a federal judge decided to pump the brakes.
That federal judge in an emergency hearing Saturday ordered any plane containing these folks that is going to take off or is in the air needs to be returned to the United States. Adding, this is something that you need to make sure is complied with immediately.
Well, it was a good try, Donald, but the judge has ruled and that's the way the system works. So, Trump brought the Venezuelans back, gave them due process, did the whole constitution thing. I'm f***ing with you again! He ignored the judge.
The administration made a calculated decision to ignore a federal judge's directive to turn the flights around.
My God. I mean, if you had told me that Donald Trump would trigger a constitutional crisis just seven weeks into his term, I would have said, that is a lot later than I thought. I mean... Donald showed a lot of restraint. I mean, Trump's really becoming presidential. Of course, the administration didn't just come out and say, we don't listen to judges from now on.
They had the respect for the judicial branch to come up with some bullshit.
The White House argued that Boasberg's written order was issued when the planes were already mid-air and that his verbal order some 40 minutes earlier did not count.
It didn't count. Is that how rulings work? You have to put it in writing, you can't just say it? Well, this is definitely not the first time that Trump has defended himself by arguing that oral doesn't count. Look it up. Look it up. Look, the judge wasn't terribly impressed with that argument, so Trump's lawyers went with another response, which was, can't catch me, force field!
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Chapter 3: What is the controversy around Trump's use of autopen?
Thomas Jefferson? Ich meine, ich glaube, das macht Sinn. Wenn man so viele geheimen Kinder hat, sind das viele Geburtstagskarten, die man signen muss. Busy man. Nun, um es Trump recht zu sagen, sagt er nicht nur, dass Joe Biden ein Autopenn benutzt hat. Es ist etwas viel sinnigeres.
Eine Verschwörung, die so dreckig war, dass Trump sich Zeit aus seinem berühmten Zeitraum, auf dem er auf dem Flughafen wartet, um zu diskutieren.
Wusste er, was er machte? Hat er es verabschiedet? Oder ist das jemand in einem Offizier, vielleicht ein radikaler linker Lunatik, der einfach das Wort der Person bezeichnet hat?
Yes, good question. Did Joe Biden really sign the pardons that he said several times he signed? Or did a radical left lunatic sneak into the Oval Office and start signing whatever was in the room? Pardons, laws, doctor's notes, yearbooks. I mean, did Joe Biden really want Cindy to have a great summer or was it the deep state?
Chapter 4: How are sick children reacting to Trump's letters?
My favorite part of this whole story is how Trump tried to claim that he would never use an Autopen, only to remember that he actually did use an Autopen.
I never use it. I mean, we may use it as an example to send some young person a letter. It's nice, you know, we get thousands and thousands of letters and letters of support for young people, for people that aren't feeling well, etc.,
If I'm doing important things like pardoning January Sixers, I'll sign it myself. But for doing stupid shit like writing letters to sick kids, DocuSign is fine. Either way, Trump basically just admitted that he doesn't personally sign any of the get well letters he sends to young people who aren't feeling well. Now, obviously that's not the important part of this story.
What's important is the danger that... Excuse me, Jordan. Jordan. Oh, Troy Iwata, everybody.
Jordan, I'm at the hospital for young people who aren't feeling well. And you might not think that their feelings are important, but when these sick kids found out that Trump used an auto pen on their letters, their hearts broke. And they died. What? Holy shit, all the kids died? Well, no, there's still one hanging on and he is being so brave. Oh, okay.
There he goes, that was the last one. Okay. Are we sure it was their broken hearts? It wasn't whatever medical condition they were dealing with?
No, a lot of them weren't even sick. Some had scrapes, some had a tummy ache, some had that fake get-out-of-school-cough, you know, with the curled tongue, that one. But no matter what it was, when they learned about the Autopen, their hearts just stopped working. Except for one kid whose life support cord I tripped over. That was my bad. And I said I was sorry!
Okay, look... Troy, Troy, I don't get this. Trump has been so cruel to sick kids. He's cut cancer research and medical services. He's threatening their health insurance. I mean, what do they love so much about Trump?
Little kids just love tariffs, Jordan. I don't know, maybe some of them are racist, but the point is, they're gone now. No more little booger fingers, no more department store tantrums, no more screaming on airplanes. You know what, I'm kind of talking myself into this. Troy, no. Troy, you're being very callous. Sorry, you're right, you're right.
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Chapter 5: What is Lewis Black's take on current air travel issues?
Okay, some of these kids were five and six years old, so all they had at the end were their stuffed animals and their jobs at Doge. It was...
It's a real tragedy. It is. You're right, you're right. I mean, I don't... I don't know how their families are gonna live with this.
Well, fortunately, President Trump sent them all letters of condolence. He got a lot of them signed pretty quickly and... Oh, wait, oh, wait. Families, don't open those letters!
Oh, shit. Everyone's dead. Everyone's dead. Tragic stuff. Troy, you wanna, everyone? When we come back, Louis Black is grounded. So, stick around.
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Chapter 6: How is the air traffic control crisis affecting travel?
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You know, once upon a time, air travel was a pleasant experience. People got dressed up. The food was good. And if someone put their elbow on your armrest, you could burn it with your cigarette. Of course, nowadays, travel sucks. And it's only getting worse.
Unfortunately, in 2025...
The United States Airspace System is no longer considered the gold standard around the world.
Yeah, no shit. What else are you going to tell me? Alec Baldwin is no longer the gold standard in workplace safety? And look, I'm no aviation safety expert, but I'm pretty sure the plane is supposed to land right side up, not splayed on its back like it's waiting for a happy ending. Oh, Svetlana, my landing gear isn't gonna tickle itself.
So it's safe to say air travel is in rougher shape than RFK Jr. 's larynx. And all of these mishaps are no coincidence, since America treats its air traffic controllers like crap.
Air Traffic Controllers
How is this possible? There are 300 million people in this country and we can't find any more air traffic controllers? Listen, America, some of you need to help land airplanes. We can't all be TikTok influencers. And I was doing it first. What up, fam? Remember to smash that like button or I'll kill myself. Wow, three million likes. Joke's on you, I'm still gonna kill myself.
So yes, it seems like air traffic controllers are in a wee bit of trouble. Luckily, inbred Freddie Mercury is here to help.
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