>>> ONE OF THE FIRST CLOSE U.S. ALLIES THAT WAS OFFENDED AND
YELLED AT AND REPORTEDLY HUNG UP ON BY THE NEW ADMINISTRATION, BY
THE NEW PRESIDENT, WAS THE PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA.
YOU MIGHT REMEMBER PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS IN A CONVERSATION WITH
THE PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA. THINGS TURNED HEATED FOR A
REASON THAT WAS NEVER QUITE CLEAR AND PRESIDENT TRUMP HUNG
OUP THEM IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR FIRST KFRGSS.
THE PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA HAS A NAME.
MALCOLM TURNBULL. IT'S NOT THAT HARD.
MALCOLM TURNBULL. THAT'S HIS NAME.
>> THE PRESIDENT HAD A VERY CORDIAL CONVERSATION WITH PRIME
MINISTER TRUMBLE. >> HIS NAME IS NOT TRUMBLE.
IT'S TURNBULL. JUST THOSE TWO SYLLABLES.
TURNBULL. >> WHILE HE HAS RESPECT FOR THE
AUSTRALIAN PEOPLE AND RESPECT FOR PRIME MINISTER TRUMBLE --
>> THIS IS NOT ACTUALLY THAT HARD, BUT THE WHITE HOUSE
SPOKES -- IT'S TURNBULL. BUT RIGHT AWAY FROM THE VERY
BEGINNING IT WAS CLEAR THE WHITE HOUSE SPOKESMAN COULD NOT MANAGE
THIS. >> RESPECT FOR PRIME MINISTER
TRUMBLE. >> HIS NAME IS NOT TRUMBLE.
IT'S TURNBULL. THERE WERE THESE EARLY LITTLE
SIGNS THAT MAYBE EVEN THE KIND OF EASY STUFF LIKE THIS WAS
GOING TO BE A PROBLEM BECAUSE IT TURNS OUT IT'S NOT EVEN JUST
NAMES, IT'S WHEN YOU SPELL STUFF OUT, TOO.
LITERALLY ACRONYMS ARE EVEN HARD.
EVEN SHORT ACRONYMS. >> HE RECEIVED AN INTELLIGENCE
BRIEFING AND THE PBD EVERY DAY. >> THE PRESIDENT RECEIVES A PDB
EVERY DAY NOT A PBD. IT'S THE PRESIDENT'S DAILY
BRIEF, NOT THE -- PRESIDENT'S DAILY BRIEF.
PDB. BUT THE WHITE HOUSE SPOKESMAN
CANNOT MANAGE THAT. >> HE RECEIVES AN INTELLIGENCE
BRIEFING AND THE PDB EVERY DAY. HE DOES GET THE PDB EVERY DAY.
>> IT'S NOT THE PDB. IT'S THE PDB.
THEN HE WAS TRYING TO TALK ABOUT THE TERRORIST ATTACK IN ORLANDO.
IT HAPPENED IN ORLANDO. ORLANDO IS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT
PLACE THAN ATLANTA, WHICH IS WHAT HE KEPT SAYING INSTEAD.
>> WHAT DO WE SAY TO THE FAMILY THAT LOSES SOMEBODY OF A
TERRORIST, TO WHETHER IT'S ATLANTA OR SAN BERNARDINO OR THE
BOSTON BOMBER. >> YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK ANY
FARTHER THAN THE FAMILIES IN ATLANTA, SAN BERNARDINO.
>> WHEN HE SAYS ATLANTA OVER AND OVER AGAIN, THERE ISN'T A
TERRORIST ATTACK IN ATLANTA THAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT.
HE'S TRYING TO TALK ABOUT ORLANDO.
BUT IT KEEPS COMING OUT ATLANTA OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
HE LATER CLEARED THAT UP BUT NOT BEFORE THE -- AND NOW TODAY IT'S
WORLD WAR II 101 AS FAILED BY THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES. YOU HEARD ABOUT THIS TODAY BUT
IF YOU ACTUALLY HEARD THE THING ITSELF, BECAUSE THIS ISN'T JUST
MISPRONOUNCING SOMETHING. THIS IS THE FULL-BLOWN
BLOSSOMING OF SOMETHING THAT APPEARS TO BE A THOUGHT.
>> WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THAT, AT THIS POINT, HE'S GOING TO PULL
BACK IN HIS SUPPORT FOR PRESIDENT ASSAD AND FOR THE
SYRIAN GOVERNMENT RIGHT NOW? >> I THINK A COUPLE THINGS.
YOU LOOK -- WE DIDN'T USE CHEMICAL WEAPONS IN WORLD WAR
II. YOU HAD A -- YOU KNOW, SOMEONE
AS DESPICABLE AS HITLER WHO DIDN'T EVEN SINK TO USING
CHEMICAL WEAPONS. >> I'M NOT GOING TO GO AHEAD AND
SPELL OUT THE HISTORY HERE OF HITLER GASSING MILLIONS OF
PEOPLE TO DEATH IN WORLD WAR II. OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW THAT HISTORY.
EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT HISTORY. 7-YEAR-OLDS ARE TOO YOUNG
PROBABLY TO WATCH THIS SHOW BUT 7-YEAR-OLDS KNOW THAT HISTORY,
RIGHT? BUT THIS IS OUR WHITE HOUSE NOW.
THAT WAS THE STATEMENT TODAY. DO YOU CARE TO CLARIFY, SIR?
WERE YOU TALKING ABOUT SOMEONE, SOMETHING OTHER THAN HITLER
MAYBE? DO YOU WANT TO CLEAR THIS UP?
>> I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO CLARIFY SOMETHING
YOU SAID THAT SEEMS TO BE GAINING SOME TRACTION.
HITLER DIDN'T EVEN STOINK THE LEVEL OF USING CHEMICAL WEAPONS.
>> I THINK WHEN YOU COME TO SARIN GAS, HE WAS NOT USING THE
GAS ON HIS OWN PEOPLE THE SAME WAY THAT ASSAD IS DOING.
THERE WAS CLEARLY -- I UNDERSTAND -- THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE THAT. THERE WAS NOT, IN THE -- HE
BROUGHT THEM INTO THE HOLOCAUST CENTER.
I UNDERSTAND THAT. >> THE HOLOCAUST CENTERS?
HE BROUGHT THEM INTO THE HOLOCAUST CENTERS?
AND WHEN HE WAS NOT USING GAS ON HIS OWN PEOPLE?
BY WHICH YOU MEAN THE PEOPLE HITLER GASSED BY THE MILLIONS
WEREN'T HIS OWN PEOPLE? WHOSE PEOPLE?
THIS IS AN ATTEMPT AT HISTORICAL REFERENCE GONE VERY, VERY, VERY
WRONG, CLEARLY. BUT WHAT IT'S ABOUT IN THE
PRESENT, WHAT THIS HISTORICAL PRESENCE IS ABOUT NOW IS ALSO A
PROBLEM HERE. >> HE WAS NOT USING THE GAS ON
HIS OWN PEOPLE THE SAME WAY THAT ASHAD IS DOING.
>> THE SAME WAY WHO? WHAT?
>> THE SAME WAY THAT ASHAD IS DOING.
>> ASHAD. THAT'S ONE OF HIS ATTEMPTS TODAY
TO SAY BASHAR AL ASSAD. THAT WAS ONE OF HIS TRIES.
HERE'S ANOTHER TRY. >> NO, I DON'T SEE A FUTURE
SYRIA THAT HAS BASAAD AL ASCHAR AS PART OF THAT.
HIS NAME IS BASHAR AL ASSAD. THE WHITE HOUSE SPOKESMAN LATER
WENT ON CNN. STILL COULDN'T MANAGE THAT PART
OF IT. STILL.
>> THERE'S NO WAY THAT I CAN SEE A STABLE AND PEACEFUL SYRIA WITH
BASHAD AL ASSAD IN CHARGE. >> BASHAR AL ASSAD.
YOU'VE MISPRONOUNCED HIS NAME A FEW TIMES.
>> BASHAD AL ASSIR WAS THE ATTEMPT THERE.
TALKING IS HARD. EVERYBODY GETS TRIPPED UP
SOMETIMES. BUT THIS IS THE PERSON WHOSE JOB
IT IS TO SPEAK FOR THE WHITE HOUSE.
AND HE CAN'T EVEN DO IT IN PRINT, LET ALONE OUT LOUD.
SERIOUSLY. AFTER INITIALLY STATING THAT
HITLER DIDN'T USE CHEMICAL WEAPONS, THAT HITLER, OKAY,
OKAY, WELL, AT LEAST HE DIDN'T GAS HIS OWN PEOPLE.
THAT HITLER ONLY DID THE GASSING OF WHOEVER HE GASSED IN THE
HOLOCAUST CENTERS. AFTER THAT HAPPENED OUT LOUD,
LOOK AT THIS. THIS IS HOW THEY TRIED TO CLEAN
IT UP IN PRINT. THE WHITE HOUSE PUT OUT THIS
WRITTEN CLARIFYING STATEMENT FROM THE PRESS SECRETARY.
IN NO WAY WAS I TRYING TO LESSEN THE HORRENDOUS NATURE OF THE
HOLOCAUST, HOWEVER, I WAS TRYING TO DRAW A CONTRAST OF THE TACTIC
OF USING AIRPLANES TO DROP CHEMICAL WEAPONS ON INNOCENT
PEOPLE. WHEN YOU SAY INNOCENT PEOPLE, DO
YOU -- OKAY, NO, LET'S TRY THAT AGAIN.
SO THEN A FEW MINUTES LATER, THIS IS NINE MINUTES LATER.
FROM THE PRESS SECRETARY. IN NO WAY WAS I TRYING TO LESSEN
THE HORRENDOUS NATURE OF THE HOLOCAUST, HOWEVER, I WAS TRYING
TO DRAW A CONTRAST OF THE TACTIC OF USING AIRPLANES TO DROP
CHEMICAL WEAPONS ON POPULATION CENTERS.
OKAY. YOU WANT TO LEAVE IT THERE?
YOU SURE THAT'S WHERE YOU WANT TO LEAVE IT?
NOPE, SORRY. ANOTHER WRITTEN CLARIFICATION
TEN MINUTES LETTER. THIS ONE 3:06 P.M. FROM THE
PRESS SECRETARY. IN NO WAY WAS I TRYING TO LESSEN
THE HORRENDOUS NATURE OF THE HOLOCAUST.
I WAS TRYING TO DRAW A DISTINCTION OF THE TACTIC OF
USING AIRPLANES TO DROP CHEMICAL WEAPONS ON POPULATION CENTERS.
ANY ATTACK ON INNOCENT PEOPLE IS REPREHENSIBLE AND INEXCUSABLE.
THAT MAKES THREE DIFFERENCE WRITTEN TRIES IN 19 MINUTES.
ANYTHING ELSE? ARE WE DONE WITH THIS NOW?
OH, NO. NOT DONE.
NOT DONE IT TURNS OUT. >> I NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT I
CLARIFIED AND NOT IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM ANY MORE OF A
DISTRACTION FROM THE PRESIDENT'S DECISIVE ACTION IN SYRIA AND THE
ATTEMPTS HE'S MAKING TO DESTABILIZE THE REGION.
>> ATTEMPTS HE'S MAKING TO WHAT? THE WHITE HOUSE NOT WANTING TO
DISTRACT FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP'S EFFORTS TO DESTABILIZE THE
REGION. >> ANY MORE OF A DISTRACTION
FROM THE PRESIDENT'S DECISIVE ACTION IN SYRIA AND THE ATTEMPTS
HE'S MAKING TO DESTABILIZE THE REGION.
>> TALKING IS HARD. SOME PEOPLE ARE BETTER AT
TALKING THAN OTHERS. I TALK FOR A LIVING ON TV, FOR
EXAMPLE. I'M NOT GREAT AT IT.
I KNOW FOR SURE THAT I COULD NOT LAST FIVE MINUTES AS A
SPOKESPERSON FOR THE WHITE HOUSE.
NEVER. COULDN'T DO IT.
MOST PEOPLE COULDN'T DO THAT. BUT SOME PEOPLE CAN.
WHY IS HE DOING IT? JUST A TRANSFIXING SERIES OF
BLUNDERS TODAY FROM THE WHITE HOUSE ON AN INCREDIBLY SERIOUS
SUBJECT. AND IT'S ONLY MADE WORSE BY THE
FACT THAT IT'S ACTUALLY NOT JUST THE FREAKING SPOKESMAN.
TODAY SECRETARY OF STATE REX TILLERSON WAS AT A G7 MEETING IN
ITALY. YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THIS GROUP
USED TO BE CALLED THE G8. BEFORE THEY KICKED RUSSIA OUT
FOR INVADING UKRAINE AND THE G8 BECAME THE G7.
REX TILLERSON FLEW FROM THE G7 TO MOSCOW.
SUPPOSEDLY TO TAKE THIS VERY HARD-LINE WITH RUSSIA.
BUT BEFORE HE GOT ON THE PLANE TO RUSSIA, HE MANAGED TO PRY
THIS OUT OF HIS OWN MOUTH. WHY SHOULD U.S. TAXPAYERS CARE
ABOUT UKRAINE? WITH ONE OFFHAND REMARK, U.S.
SECRETARY OF STATE REX TILLERSON LEFT EUROPEAN DIPLOMATS
BEFUDDLED AT A GATHERING IN ITALY.
WHY SHOULD U.S. TAXPAYERS BE INTERESTED IN UKRAINE, TILLERSON
ASKED. YEAH, WHO CARES ABOUT UKRAINE.
AMERICAN PEOPLE CLEARLY DO NOT CARE ABOUT UKRAINE.
NOW I'M OFF TO TELL RUSSIA WHAT A HARD LINE WE'RE TAKING WITH
THEM AFTER A INVADED UKRAINE BECAUSE THAT'S SO IMPORTANT TO
US. MAYBE THE WHITE HOUSE SPOKESMAN
CAN WALK THAT ONE THROUGH ITS PACES, CLARIFY IT.
SPELL IT, MAYBE. EVEN ON THE MOST SERIOUS ISSUES
ON EARTH, THIS WHITE HOUSE, THIS ADMINISTRATION CAN MAKE ITSELF
THE CENTER OF ATTENTION JUST BY SHEER VIRTUE OF HOW
DISASTROUSLY, DISTRACTINGLY INEPT THEY CAN BE AT EVEN THE
MOST EASY THINGS. BUT IF THAT MAKES YOU LESS FUNNY
HA, HA AND MORE FUNNY SICK, THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A CURE.
THERE'S A CURE FOR THAT DESPAIR. IT'S CALLED DEMOCRACY.
AND WE ARE HAVING A LITTLE
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