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Welcome to The Daily Show. I'm Roni Shack. We got so much to talk about tonight. Megan DeStallion is featuring on a Kamala Harris track, Donald Trump makes some black friends. So let's Welcome to our ongoing coverage of Indecision 2024. Let's kick things off with Donald Trump. He was doing really well with black voters when he was running against Joe Biden, probably because black people don't fuck with ghosts. But Kamala Harris is now stealing back some of Trump's black support. So today, Trump sat down with an interview with the National Association of Black Journalists, and things got off to a rocky start.

A lot of people did not think it was appropriate for you to be here today. You have pushed false claims about some of your rivals, from Nikki Haley to former President Barack Obama, saying that they were not born in the United States. Which is not true. You have told four congressmen women of color who were American citizens to go back to where they came from. You have used words like animal and rabbit to describe Black district attorneys. You've had dinner with a white supremacist at your Mar-a-Laga resort. So my question, sir, why should Black voters trust you after you have used language like that?

Tough question. But hey, at least this is a good chance for former President to address the concerns of Black voters by answering with civility and grace.

Well, first of all, I don't think I've ever been asked a question in such a horrible manner, a first question. You don't even say, Hello, how are you? Are you with ABC? Because I think they're a fake news network, a terrible network.

Okay, not a great start talking to a room full of Black journalists, but you can still recover.

I think it's a very rude introduction. I don't know exactly why you would do something like that. You invited me under false pretense, and then you were half an hour late. Just so we understand, I have too much respect for you to be late. I think it's a very nasty question. I have answered the question. I have been the best President for the Black population since Abraham Lincoln. That's my answer.

Better than President Johnson who signed the Voting Rights Act.

For you to start off a question and answer period, especially when you're 35 minutes late because you couldn't get your equipment to work in such a hostile manner. I think it's a disgrace.

Wow. Trump was like, Listen up, black people. You're always late. Your microphone's a ghetto, and I'm Abraham Lincoln. I think he just won the black vote. For most politicians or anyone else on Earth, that would have been a low point of the interview. But because it's Donald Trump, it somehow got worse.

Do you believe that Vice President Kamala Harris is only on the ticket because she is a Black woman?

Well, I can say no. I think it's maybe a little bit different. I've known her a long time indirectly, not directly, very much. She was always of Indian heritage, and she was only promoting Indian heritage. I didn't know she was black until a number of years ago when she happened to turn black, and now she wants to be known as black. I don't know, is she Indian or is she black?

She has always identified as a black- But you know what?

I respect either one, but she obviously doesn't. Because she was Indian all the way, and then all of a sudden, she made a turn, and she went, she became a black person.

Just to be clear, sir, do you believe that she is- I think somebody should look into that, too, when you ask a continue in a very hostile, nasty tone.

I don't know what's worse, that he thinks she turned from Indian to black, or that he thinks someone should look into that. Who should look into that? Does he think the FBI is the federal black investigators investigators? I don't think she turned from Indian to black. She's Indian and black. What does he think happens? When the time is right, Indian is going to a cocoon and they play some Drake, and they come out black. It's very clear that Trump doesn't quite know how to handle Kamala Harris right now. He's trying to find the angle of attack. And today, he was hitting her race. Yesterday, he was hitting her age.

She is younger. I mean, she's 60 years old. A lot of people, I didn't realize she was 60. I thought she was a little younger, but she's 60.

I guess Trump just discovered that black don't crack. I mean, this is going to be the first time he does birtherism as a compliment. Like, show us your birth certificate because you don't look a day over 50, okay? So just drop the skincare routine, girl. I bet Trump spend the rest of the day just googling how old other black people are. Like, Morgan Freeman, 200 years old? To be fair, Trump does have some substantive criticisms of Kamala, but he can't seem to say them without making it gross and personal. When he was asked about how she would do in negotiations with foreign leaders.

How would they consider a Harris presidency? That's just in geo-politically.

I think they'll walk all over. How so? I think they'll look at her. I think they'll walk all over. She'll be so easy for them. She'll be like a play toy. They look at her and they say, We can't believe we got so lucky. They're going to walk all over. And I don't want to say as to why, but a lot of people understand it.

He's like, I don't want to say why she'd be a bad president. You know, the hee-he, and the whoo-hye, and the who-hi and the blah, blah, blah, blah, and the fellows get it. I'm pretty sure Kamala can handle world leaders, okay? I mean, she did just overthrow the President of the United States. Also, nobody was easier to manipulate than Donald Trump. Foreign leaders just had to roll out the red carpet, and Trump treated them like a best friend. Saudi Arabia bone-sawed an American journalist, and Trump was fine with it because they let him touch an orb. I'm pretty sure now this is getting to Kamala. Right now, she's on top of the world. She's enjoying life as the Democrats' new Messiah.

Atlanta turned up and turned out for Vice President Harris, and a rap star came with a new slogan for campaign merch. Megan Thee Stallion and others made this the largest crowd of Harris's young campaign. More 10,000 people filled a downtown arena.

Well, Donald, as the saying goes, if you got something to say, say it to my face.

Thousands waited hours to see Harris speak. Does she make it easier for Democrats to win Georgia in November?

Yes. Yeah, we're so excited. We don't have to vote for Joe Biden anymore. You know, I do feel bad for Biden. Everyone's going crazy for Kamala, and he's at home with COVID going, Who is Kamala? I've never seen so much joy for a statistical tie. This is like when people cheer after their plane lands. It's supposed to land, okay? That's a bare minimum. For more on the enthusiasm around the vice President, Harris, we go live to one of her rallies in Houston with Michael Koster. Thanks, Ronan. Thank you. Michael, what's the feeling down there?

It's electric, Roni. I haven't seen Democrats this excited since they came out with that fifth COVID booster.

Okay, wow, they do sound pumped, but can the Democrats build on this momentum?

They definitely can, Roni. And there's only one way to do it. Kamala Harris has to drop out.

Wait, what do you mean she has to drop out? Why? Everyone's enthusiastic about her.

Well, the excitement is not about her. It's about the newness. You know when that new kid comes to your school and everyone's like, Oh, what's his deal? He's not actually cool. He's just new. He's just another loser whose dad happened to get a job near your school. So quit faunting about him, Becky Solvay. Look, the point is this. Newness goes away, as will this enthusiasm for Kamala. It's not going to be Megan The Stalion at her next rally, it's going to be Katie Perry, and not Teenage Dream Katie Perry, easy. It's going to be her new album, the one that the gays won't even listen to.

Okay, but if Kamala steps away, who will replace her? Who cares?

The new nominee doesn't matter the Democrats should replace them, too. Every week, a new candidate, new excitement. Republicans won't be able to keep up. Oh, you think Gavin Newsom is unfit to be President? Who cares, bitch? We're with Pete Buttijage now.

Okay, I mean, I do like Pete Buttagej.

Yeah, well, too bad he's out because now the candidate is Twisters.

Wait, the movie or the actual tornado? It doesn't matter because now it's Gretchen Whitmer. Okay, Costa, when does this end? Okay, who's actually going to be the nominee on election day?

Well, after Whitmer and Shapiro and Tom Hanks and that palma horse guy, they're finally going to reach the last possible nominee, Joseph Robinette Biden. Wait, Biden again?

That's why this whole thing started.

Yeah, exactly. As soon as he takes the oath of office, he resigns in favor of his VP, Kamala Harris, and the excitement loop begins again, Roni.

Wow, how very Buddhist. Michael Costa, everybody. When we come back, Black Whoomus will be here, so don't go away.

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Welcome back to The Daily Show. My guest tonight is the singer, songwriter, and producer of the Grammy nominator band, Black Pumas, whose latest album is called Chronicles of a Diamond. Please welcome Eric Burton. Thanks so much for being on the show.Thank you.You're making me cooler just by joining me at the desk. Thanks so much. I feel you're just so cool. I feel like your band right now is in such a great place culturally. You're in that... Crum me if you feel differently, but you're in that sweet spot of... You're big enough to sell out Radio City, and people love your music, but you're still that underground vibe where you don't have to play to a mainstream sensibility or do anything you don't want to do. Do you feel that way?

Which is a great place to be because we feel in charge of our self-expression, which is amazing as artists and human beings. Selling out Radio City here in New York is still really cool for us. We don't take it for granted. It's been amazing. Just being in here in this smaller TV audience situation is super dope.

The authenticity is coming through in the second album, I feel. I I can still feel it. That was one of my questions for you was, do you feel that transition from making your first album where you're just pure self-expression and doing what you want to do to the second album where there's expectations for it now? Did you feel that pressure? Did they change your creative approach to it?

Most definitely. With the last album, I was really lucky because of my other half, Adrian Casada. He came to the table with such a knowledge and such a sensitivity towards the culture, towards the style of music that I just-You can say black people. Yeah, black people. But it was really easy for me to adopt the character that was being presented by way of the canvas that is soul music. As we accomplished that, and he liked some of my songs, and those songs helped catapult black pumas like colors. It's been really amazing. But for the second album, there was way much more pressure. But I was raised in an artist's household, and I was always taught to genuinely be okay with expressing myself. And thankfully, the people have allowed it. It feels nice to be here.

You haven't changed yet. Not yet. Not never. I guess I know you're still with an indie music label.

Yeah, that's right.

Eto But do you feel like this second album, with the more anticipation and the undouled success of the first one, do you feel like you have more resources now? How is it actually affecting how you make music for the second album?

When we did so well the first time around, I immediately learned that our team, which is a great team, they were relying on us for direction. And so that came as a really big surprise. While it It doesn't sound like a big deal, it came as a surprise because I don't know that we were for sure as to what direction we wanted to go in. So we just continued to be genuine, continued to be honest, and it's led us into some places that have been really new and very cool, and we're still observing people's reaction to it. So that's been really nice.

You came up playing smaller gigs coming up in our radio city, and everything is really happening for you. Do you feel like you... Do you still go back to play smaller gigs just to get the energy of that?

Most definitely. I'm lucky because I was busking before. Everybody hated me.

No, that's not true. What city were you busking?

I was busking in Santa Monica, in Los Angeles. I went from Los Angeles to Austin, Texas, where there's a live show for anybody and everybody every every single day. To be interjected in such a culture where the artist is just embraced in this uncanny way, that really opened my eyes to being able to play and not having to pay to play, too, but being able to play and really just integrate in the culture. We played Sea Boys, which is a smaller venue, Shotgun Club.

You feed off that energy. Obviously, it's smaller, everyone's there, you're playing original music and you're killing it.

Yes. But there's that sense that You really have to work hard because we have friends who come in there and just in the back doing that thing.

It's like you're playing, you're trying to prove yourself versus your city where everyone's there to...

Most definitely. I want to say briefly that we were just very lucky just from the very get-go. As soon as I met Adrian Casada, we had such a chemistry. Obviously, I'm a creative and an artist first, and it helped to be with a partner who was just knowledgeable enough to help me find a container for that musically, and to then see the stage in such a real way. I used to be in theater. I grew up acting. It's not that much different. To be in that situation in Austin, Texas, it was the perfect place to cultivate the live performative element.

I heard you recently went into a silent meditation retreat.

Yeah, most definitely. I discovered Vipasana through through a girlfriend of mine and changed my world. I have done the retreat twice. It's free. They fed me for free.

They put me up for free. But what's the condition? You just have to shut the for seven days?

Exactly.

Sorry, I should have said it's a silent retreat. Did I mention-It's a silent retreat.

It's a silent retreat. You get there, it's maybe 100 students, five instructors, and you learn the technique, which is really easy to learn. It's to shut up. Yes, just to be quiet. You'd be surprised.

The technique for that is a quiet skill, I guess, these days. What What happens if you don't shut up? Do they kick you out? How do they kick you out? They go like...

You can get kicked out. Yeah, for sure. You can get kicked out. But I think that the technique is to get you on a vehicle to the source of how and/or where our subconscious mind is reacting to our thoughts and things that might have happened in the past. To get to the bottom of it, it's really technique do so.

Yeah, that sounds horrible. It's something I'll never do that. Chronicles of a Diamond is available now. Eric Burn and the Black Pumas, everybody.

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All right, so there we are from Chicago, the National Association of Black Journalists Convention. Panel interviewing President Trump on stage. Sandra has some interesting questions and interesting dynamic there as well, not only with the questioners, but the crowd. Yeah, really interesting.

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