0:00 This week, Donald Trump announced that European leaders jokingly call him "the president of Europe." Last week we covered his international incidents, and I guess this week he decided to just take over the whole continent.0:14 The main event, though, was the rescheduled White House Correspondents' Dinner.0:19 You know, the big journalism prom.0:21 The one he spent four years boycotting, calling the attendees "the enemy of the people." So naturally, he was the keynote speaker.0:30 He gets up there and his first question is, and I am not making this up, "What do we do here?0:36 Is this supposed to be fun?0:37 Am I supposed to be serious?0:39 Am I supposed to be a comedian?" Buddy.0:42 You are ALL of those things.0:44 At the same time.0:45 It's a problem.0:46 He then proceeds to give a one-hour speech that was part roast, part hostage video.0:51 He's calling NBC and ABC "fake news" and says their licenses should be revoked.0:56 Then, minutes later, he's shaking hands with reporters from those same outlets as they get awards.1:03 The whiplash is incredible.1:04 It’s like firing your plumber and then asking him to fix one more leak on his way out.1:10 And then we get the classics.1:12 The deep cuts.1:13 He turns to CNN's Kaitlan Collins and tells her, "You should smile more." He's bringing back his greatest hits!1:20 It's 2026 and we're still getting notes on our facial expressions from a man who has ONE.1:26 It's like seeing a band on a reunion tour and they only play the song you hate.1:31 But the grand finale...1:32 the pièce de résistance of this whole cursed dinner party...1:36 was the hat.1:37 After an hour of this, he puts on a red cap that says "Trump 2028." Two-thousand-twenty-eight!1:43 He’s joking about a third term, which is, you know, just a little bit unconstitutional.1:49 The entire room is full of people who are supposed to report on the sanctity of American democracy, and the guy in charge is turning the 22nd amendment into a punchline.2:00 So what does it all add up to?2:02 You get a guy who treats a state dinner like an open mic night, and then you see how he treats actual statecraft.2:09 Just a few days later, he’s on Air Force One talking about the war in Iran.2:14 And he tells reporters he has "a lot of patience." Patience.2:18 This is a man who gets into a Twitter war with the weather.2:21 He says there’s a "good chance" for a ceasefire.2:25 He says it with the same casual energy he used to demand a reporter smile for him.2:30 It’s all just material.2:31 It’s all just part of the act.2:33 At the dinner, he said, "the show must go on." He was talking about the event, but he may as well have been talking about the entire country.2:42 The show goes on, whether we're the audience or the punchline.
