Trump's $5M Immigrant "Gold Card," Elon's First Cabinet Meeting, | Rosebud Baker
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
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🗓️ 27 February 2025
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Desi Lydic tackles Trump’s first cabinet meeting, which included Elon Musk accidentally canceling Ebola prevention and RFK Jr. downplaying the measles outbreak. Meanwhile, Trump announces $5M "gold card" for wealthy immigrants.
Meet Elon Musk’s Body Movement Choreographer, Jean Lemón, the mastermind behind Elon’s X jump and heart-to-the-crowd salute.
Comedian, actor & writer Rosebud Baker sits down to discuss her Netflix stand-up special “The Mother Lode.” They talk about filming the special before and after giving birth, portraying an honest journey to motherhood, why Baker’s daughter is at high risk for becoming a comedian, and how kicking pigeons helps her cope while writing SNL’s Weekend Update.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Comedy Central. |
| 0:06.4 | From the most trusted journalists at Comedy Central, it's America's only source for news. |
| 0:13.8 | This is The Daily Show with your host, Desi Leiden. |
| 0:38.3 | Welcome to the Daily Show. I'm Jesse Lighting. |
| 0:41.1 | We've got so much to talk about tonight. |
| 0:45.2 | Donald Trump is releasing a new line of hats for your weird uncle to wear. |
| 0:50.2 | America's cover charge is about to go up, and Elon Musk does hand stuff. |
| 0:52.3 | So let's get right into it. |
| 0:59.8 | I'm going to come. |
| 1:09.8 | Today was a big day for Donald Trump. He had a meeting with every member of his cabinet, and he even invited the president. |
| 1:15.0 | By the way, thanks for dressing up, Elon. |
| 1:18.5 | Don't let us keep you from a blackjack tournament in 2006. |
| 1:22.9 | But yes, Elon did have a seat at the table. |
| 1:24.9 | Well, not an actual seat. |
| 1:30.8 | He was more looming over it, like an Ed Hardy Sith Lord. And some reporters wondered if that created tension with the actual cabinet members, given that he keeps trying to |
| 1:35.5 | fire all of their staff. President Trump put out a truth social today saying that everybody in the |
| 1:41.4 | cabinet was happy with you. I just wondered if that, if you had heard otherwise, |
| 1:46.0 | and if you had heard anything about members of the cabinet |
| 1:48.0 | who weren't happy with the way things were going. |
| 1:51.0 | Let the cabinet speak just for a second. |
| 1:54.0 | Anybody unhappy with you are, |
| 1:58.0 | if you are, we'll throw them out of you. |
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