Dave Chapelle on Trump and other top moments from Settle In
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🗓️ 26 May 2026
⏱️ 21 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Everybody, Jeff Bennett here. We wanted to let you know that Settle In is taking a brief summer break, |
| 0:05.0 | but we plan to be back with new episodes very soon. In the meantime, we'll be reposting our full conversations wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:14.0 | So, subscribe today. And as a bonus, here's five of our favorite moments from Settle In so far. You also did Saturday Night Live's first show in 2025 after President Trump was re-elected to office. |
| 0:30.6 | And I remember in that monologue, you spoke directly to the president. |
| 0:34.6 | And you said, Donald Trump, I know you watched the show. |
| 0:38.5 | That's right. |
| 0:39.5 | And you said, I mean this, when I say this, |
| 0:41.1 | you said, good luck, please do better next time. |
| 0:45.7 | I met that. |
| 0:46.4 | Yeah, I met that. |
| 0:48.3 | How do you think he's doing? |
| 0:50.3 | He's joking, right? |
| 0:53.1 | He's, man, come on, man. |
| 0:55.0 | Nobody wants to feel this way. |
| 0:58.0 | I don't think anybody wanted a war. |
| 1:02.0 | They definitely didn't want to arguably lose one. |
| 1:07.0 | But when you're asking him to please do better, what was it in that moment that you were |
| 1:12.8 | asking the president to do and to do differently? |
| 1:15.6 | Well, I believe in that same monologue. |
| 1:18.6 | I reminded him that everyone on earth is counting on him. |
| 1:23.6 | Yeah. |
| 1:24.6 | I think I made the point that the presidency is no place for a petty person. |
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