-Welcome back, everybody.
We're here with my very good friend Amy Poehler.
We were talking about the first show back in 2014.
-Yes. -Your fellow guest.
He was kind enough to follow you that night,
Vice President Joe Biden. -Yeah, that was very,
very special, very special. -He was a class act.
-Yeah. -We did try to get him for
our 10-year anniversary show.
Obviously he's got a bigger job now,
so he was unavailable. -Oh, you couldn't get him?
-I couldn't get him, no.
-Oh, I could get him.
Hey, Mr. President.
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-Everybody.
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-Welcome back, Mr. President.
-It's good to be back.
Why haven't you invited me earlier?
Well... [ Laughter ]
You know, you were a busy guy.
Did you think when you were here in 2014,
this show would make it 10 years?
-No. -Yeah.
[ Laughter ]
We appreciate -- we appreciate the honesty, you know?
Now, you guys actually,
uh, you've been colleagues before, you worked together.
You did an episode of "Parks and Recreation."
We talked about it back in 2000. -Are you kidding me?
I bragged about that all -- for a long, long time.
-That was really fun. -That was before president.
This was the best gig you ever had.
-And maybe the best gig I ever have, period.
-Yeah. How was, Amy,
how was -- how was the president as a scene partner?
-Well, it was an awesome time to go to DC
because we met with then Mr. Vice President --
Mr. President, Vice President, President.
-That is right. -I don't want to get it wrong.
-Joe, Joe. -I don't want to get it wrong.
Um, but we met people from both sides of the aisle.
And then if you remember, we did that scene together,
and then you said to me, "How should I act?"
And I said, "Just act like, what is this lady doing here?"
And you nailed it.
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-I have one -- I want to talk -- I want to look to the future,
but one last glance to the past.
In 2014, you had just called LaGuardia a third world airport,
and you had had to fly into LaGuardia to come to this show.
And the only reason I bring it up is LaGuardia,
much to the chagrin of late night comics like myself,
is a beautiful airport now.
It's a beautiful airport, and it really does speak
to what infrastructure spending could do.
Sometimes it takes a long time, but it's really worth it.
Have you been to LaGuardia recently?
-I have, but it didn't take me a hell of a long time, yeah.
The last guy had -- he had infrastructure week every week.
-Yeah, he did.
-We actually got it done.
How can you be the leading country in the world
with ranked number 13 in terms of infrastructure?
-It's not good. -Not possible.
-Yeah. -Not possible.
But that's not the only thing we're doing.
We're getting a lot of things changed.
-You got a lot of things changed,
and I want to ask about that.
But there's something that I've been very --
it just speaks to the era we live in now.
There's a Dark Brandon conspiracy meme,
and this is something that you seem to have a lot of fun with.
You've co-opted -- [ Laughter ]
You've co-opted Dark Brandon. This is a yard sign.
And do you enjoy playing around with the Dark Brandon meme?
-No, I resent the hell out of it.
-Okay.
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-Now I want -- my favorite one recently
is there are 18% of Americans, according to recent polling,
have believed that you and Taylor Swift
are actually working in cahoots. [ Laughter ]
And after the Kansas City Chiefs won the Super Bowl,
you, uh, you posted this on social media
and you wrote -- you wrote "Just like we drew it up."
Now, can you -- I have you on the hotspot here --
can you confirm or deny that there is an active conspiracy
between you and Miss Swift?
-Where are you getting this information?
It's classified. -Classified information.
-That's classified information. -You won't share it with us?
But I will tell you, she did endorse me in 2020.
-She did. [ Cheers and applause ]
-You might be wondering -- might be wondering.
You think it might come around again?
-I told you, it's classified. [ Laughter ]
-I'm going to -- I'm going to ask you another question
because we mentioned "Parks and Rec,"
and "Parks and Rec" was a show
that was about how government could actually help people,
and it was a really optimistic show.
Real quick though.
Well, do you believe any conspiracy theories?
-Oh, yeah, I do have one conspiracy.
I think that, uh, octopus -- an octopus is an alien.
-Okay. -And the bottom of the sea floor
is actually the top of the Earth.
[ Laughter ]
-He's leaving. He's going to go.
-Wait, wait. Hey.
[ Laughter ]
-I told you to stop telling people that.
[ Laughter ]
-So if that's wrong, don't spoil it for me.
-I'm not, I'm not, I'm not. -Alright, so "Parks and Rec"
was about optimism.
You, I believe, are more optimistic about this country
than certainly I am, than a lot of people are.
Why do you continue to be optimistic about this nation
despite everything that's happened in recent years?
-Look, I tell every world leader,
and I mean this sincerely.
Never underestimate the ability of the American people.
There's nothing beyond our capacity.
Nothing. Think about it.
Every single crisis we've ever, ever, ever been in,
we've come out stronger than we went in.
Every one, and folks, it's because of you.
Not because of your leaders, because of you.
Really and truly, the American people are incredible.
And we're the best -- You know, I've told --
I asked -- I was asked by Xi Jinping
when I was in the Tibetan mountains with him,
and he said, "Can you define America for me?"
I said, "Yeah. One word, possibilities."
America believes anything is possible.
And by the way, people step up,
people here step up, and look what's happening.
We got the best economy in the world now.
We got a long way to go, but the best in the world now.
And we're going to get it better.
-Well, I have a lot more to ask you
about what's coming up next.
You guys, that's President Joe Biden.
That's Amy Poehler. We'll be right back
with more from President Biden.