Trump Whips Up Troops Into a MAGA Frenzy & Plans $45 Million Military Parade | Comedian Atsuko Okatsuka

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🗓️ 12 June 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Desi Lydic tackles Trump’s politicized Fort Bragg rally, which screened soldiers for loyalty and waist size. Plus, Trump plans a $45 million military parade for his birthday, and Ronny Chieng is pumped to sit courtside at a display of America’s military might.

Corporate America has been suspiciously quiet this Pride Month due to fear of backlash from the Trump administration. Desi Lydic and Troy Iwata discuss the current muted tones of Pride Month, and how the corporations will have to prove themselves when the pendulum swings back to the gays.

Comedian Atsuko Okatsuka talks to Desi about her new Hulu stand-up special, “Father,” including how her lack of housework partly inspired the title, as well as the intentional juxtaposition of her colorful clothes and set with the deeply personal stories she mines for levity. Okatsuka also shares how her Grandma Li was able to embrace her silliness later in life through their viral videos, and she explores alternate hairstyles if she were to ever change her signature bowl cut.

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:05.0	You're listening to Comedy Central.
0:11.0	From the most trusted journalists at Comedy Central,
0:15.1	it's America's only source for news.
0:18.3	This is The Daily Show with your host, Desi Linens.
0:22.6	Welcome to the Daily Show.
0:41.4	I'm Jessie Lightick.
0:42.3	We've got so much to talk about tonight.
0:44.6	Trump is a total idiom.
0:46.6	Corporation sashay away from Pride Month.
0:49.1	And does America have a military?
0:51.1	A parade this weekend might finally give us the answer.
0:53.8	So let's get into the headlines.
1:00.2	Let's kick things off with meme coin entrepreneur Donald Trump,
1:04.1	who also moonlights as president of the United States.
1:08.2	Yesterday, he went to Fort Bragg to give a speech to his favorite men in uniform
1:12.2	who aren't in the village people. He was there to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the Army,
1:19.7	so of course he ended up discussing Joe Biden. We had a grossly, grossly unfit president. And by the way, I've known this guy for a long time. He was never
1:31.0	the sharpest bulb.
1:37.1	Sharpest bulb. What a word smith. See, most people would have gone with brightest bulb or sharpest tool, but Donald Trump took half of both and smush them together.
1:49.8	That is what makes him the cream of the litter.
1:55.1	But again, Trump wasn't there to talk about Joe Biden.
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