>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY.
MY NEXT GUESTS ARE THREE FORMER OBAMA STAFFERS WHO NOW HOST ONE
OF THE MOST POPULAR PODCASTS IN THE NATION.
FROM "POD SAVE AMERICA," PLEASE WELCOME JON FAVREAU
JON LOVETT, AND TOMMY VIETOR!
JON.
THERE YOU GO.
♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: ALL RIGHT.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
JON FAVREAU, BUT NOT THE JON FAVREAU.
JON LOVETT, BUT NOT THAT JON LOVETT, AND TOMMY VIETOR, BUT
THAT ONE OVER THERE.
YOU GUYS FOR THE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO DON'T KNOW WHO HAVEN'T
HEARD YOUR GREAT PODCAST, YOU GUYS WERE SPEECH ITS WRITERS AND
A SPOKESMAN.
YOU GUYS WERE SPEECHWRITERS AND YOU WERE A SPOKESMAN FOR THE
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION.
( APPLAUSE ) WE ARE-- YOU GUYS ARE AN EASY
BAIT.
( LAUGHTER ) SO YOU GUYS HELPED THE PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES, OBAMA, EXPRESS HIMSELF AND GET HIS
IDEAS AND HIS POLICIES ACROSS.
WHAT IS THE BIGGEST PIECE OF CRAP YOU WERE ASKED TO WRITE A
SPEECH ABOUT TO TRY TO SELL?
BECAUSE THERE HAD TO BE TIMES YOU WERE LIKE, "REALLY?
WE HAVE TO MAKE THIS SOUND GOOD?"
>> REMEMBER THE OIL SPILL.
>> Stephen: OH, YEAH, THE GULF OIL SPILL.
>> SO THE OIL'S COMING OUT OF THE GULF OF MEXICO, AND IT WON'T
STOP, AND WE CAN'T FIX IT.
AND SOMEONE IN THE WHITE HOUSE GETS A BRIGHT IDEA TO DO AN OVAL
OFFICE ADDRESS AS IF THAT'S GOING TO STOP THE OIL SPILL.
SO SENDING THE PRESIDENT OUT TO GIVE A SPEECH TO THE NATION
WHILE THE OIL IS STILL COMING OUT OF THE GULF OF MEXICO-- IT
DIDN'T WORK THAT WELL.
>> Stephen: SO HE COULD INSPIRE THE OIL TO STOP GUSHING?
HE COULD SHAME IT INTO BEING CLEAN?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: WHAT ABOUT THE NOBEL ACCEPTANCE SPEECH?
THAT MUST HAVE BEEN A CHALLENGE?
YOU PUT YOUR FINGERS ON THE EXPEEBD GO, "SOME THINGS CAN'T
BE EXPLAINED."
>> NO, HE KNEW FROM THE BEGINNING OF THAT SPEECH, HE
SAID, "LOOK, I AM THE COMMANDER IN THE CHIEF IN THE MIDDLE OF
TWO WARS AND I JUST GOT THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE, AND THIS HAS
TO BE A SPEECH ABOUT WAR AND PEACE AND WHY WAR IS NECESSARY
SOMETIMES EVENS AWE TRY TO ACHIEVE PEACE."
>> I THINK HE WAS PRESIDENT FOR SEVEN RECORDS.
HIS REACTION WAS, "YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME," IN MORE COLORFUL
LANGUAGE.
>> Stephen: WOW.
SO SPEAKING OF "YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME," WE HAVE A NEW
PRESIDENT.
-- ( LAUGHTER )
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN ON THE INSIDE
OF THE-- OF A WHITE HOUSE, INSIDE OF AN ADMINISTRATION.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THEIR COMMUNICATION AINLT OF
ABILITIES, GETTING THEIR IDEAS OUT, OR THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF?
( LAUGHTER ).
>> AAHH!
( LAUGHTER ) I MEAN, IT'S HARD-- LOOK, I'M
NOT SYMPATHETIC BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE HAVE MADE THEIR BARGAIN,
BUT IT'S NOT EASY TO, LIKE, WORK FOR, LIKE, A FASCIST HAMBURGLAR.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) THE ADDLED, RACIST, NARCISSISTIC
MIND, LAST, LIKE, PICKED UP SOME INFORMATION FROM "THE NO, POST"
IN 1987-- >> WE'RE ON THE FENCE.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> SO IT'S-- SO IT'S LIKE I GET WHY SEAN SPICE SER IN A BAD MOOD
MOST DAYS.
>> Stephen: YEAH, IT SEEMS TO BE SHRINKING HIM.
IT'S ACTUALLY-- HE'S GOING TO BE A DIAMOND FROM THE PRESSURE BY
THE END OF THE WEEK.
>> I MEAN THE CHALLENGE IS WHEN YOU GO OUT AND SAY THINGS LIKE
HE DID THE OTHER DAY, LIKE IF CHINA DOESN'T SOLVE NORTH KOREA,
WE WILL, THAT HAS TO BE BACKED UP BY SOME SORT OF ACTION.
>> Stephen: BUT IT SOUNDS BAD-ASS, MAN.
THAT'S ABSOLUTELY "DIRTY HARRY."
WOULDN'T YOU HAVE LOVED TO WRITTEN THAT LINE?
>> I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE.
SO -- >> Stephen: OKAY, THAT'S AN
OPENING LINE.
>> OPTIMISM.
>> Stephen: THAT'S ACTUALLY A GREAT PICKUP LINE.
>> TRUMP'S PRESIDENT, THERE'S NO TIME TO WASTE!
LET'S GET OUT OF HERE!
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: TOMMY, YOU WERE
THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL, RIGHT?
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: THE AGENCY, THE N.S.A.
>> N.S.C.
>> Stephen: BANNON JUST GOT KICKED OFF THE NATIONAL SECURITY
COUNCIL.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> YUP.
THAT'S A POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT, BUT HE NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON
THERE BECAUSE THE MESSAGE THAT SENDS TO, LIKE, THE CHAIRMAN OF
THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF WHO IS REMOVED FROM THE N.S.C., THE
SAME DAY, SAYS POLITICS IS AT THE HEART OF POLICY DECISION
MAKING.
AND I WAS IN HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF SITUATION ROOM MEETINGS AND
WE NEVER, EVER TALKED ABOUT POLITICS BECAUSE IT SHOULDN'T
MATTER.
YOU SHOULD MAKE THOSE DECISIONS BASED ON THE MERITS AND NOT
BASED ON REA RE-ELECTION.
>> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU THINK OBAMA AND CLINTON SHOULD BE
DOING, YOU KNOW-- SHE DIDN'T GET INTO OFFICE AND HE'S OUT OF
OFFICE?
SHOULD THEY JUST LAY BACK, OR DO YOU THINK IT'S PROPER FOR THE
OPPONENT AND THE PREVIOUS PRESIDENT TO BE OUT THERE AND
VOCALLY OPPOSING THE ACTIONS OF THE SITTING PRESIDENT?
>> HE SAID, YOU KNOW, HE'S GOING TO PICK HIS BATTLES AND WHEN
THEY'RE IMPORTANT HE'S GOING TO STIP.
AND I THINK HILLARY HAS BEEN SPEAKING MORE LATELY, AND I
THINK THAT'S GOOD.
I DO THINK THAT, LIKE, IF THERE'S ONE THING WE HAVE TO
TAKE AWAY FROM TRUMP BEING PRESIDENT WE DON'T NEED ANY
MORE, LIKE, POLL-TESTED, CAREFUL SENTENCE.
EVERYBODY HAS TO SAY WHAT'S ON THEIR MINDS.
I'M SORT OF DONE WITH TALKING POINTS.
WE'RE DONE-- TRUMP IS PRESIDENT.
YOU CAN SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT.
GO BANANAS.
>> Stephen: THAT'S TRUE.
>> YOU CAN LIE.
YOU CAN MAKE STUFF UP.
THERE ARE NO RULES ANYMORE.
>> NOT RECOMMENDING THAT.
>> I'M NOT SAYING THEY SHOULD DO IT.
I'M SAYING IT IS ALLOWED NOW.
>> Stephen: YOU HEARD IT HERE FOR.
THEIR PODCAST IS "POD SAVE AMERICA."
JON FAVREAU, JON LOVETT, AND TOMMY VIETOR, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.