You might recall that in the aftermath of the 2020 election,
while the Trump camp and his inner circle engaged in a whole lot of illegal and
absolutely humiliating attempts to overturn the results of the election,
nobody really had it worse than this guy over here.
Rudy Giuliani made an absolute fool of himself, and
one of the most pathetic parts of it other than maybe the Borat
stuff was that he did all of this with apparently no real payment.
He was putting in long days of work, flying all over the country,
losing court case after court case without making much.
But he did want something, and it was a lot, actually.
So, an associate of his apparently tried to pass a message to Donald Trump
asking him to grant Giuliani a general pardon, which again is what
you do when you're innocent, and also the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
This comes just after the January 6th insurrection,
which again remember Giuliani spoke at the rally beforehand, and called for
like trial by combat or something.
Anyway, he wanted the President's Medal of Freedom, of course.
Maria Ryan who's that associate of Giuliani's also pleaded for
Mr Giuliani to be paid for his services which is just so pathetic.
And Maria also requested tens of thousands of dollars for herself, for what?
I have no idea, but she apparently wanted it.
This is being revealed in a new book, Giuliani, The Rise and
Tragic Fall of America's Mayor.
In it Marie, Ryan wrote, as you know, he lost his job and income and more defending
you during the Russia hoax investigation and then the impeachment pro bono.
Ryan requested $2.5 million for Giuliani's legal services and
expenses $45,000 for her own services and, of course, the pardon and
the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
And honestly, as embarrassing as all of it is, the idea that he would get $2.5
million, I like that he threw in the Medal of Freedom cuz honestly why not?
At the tail end of the first trump term, what did that medal mean anymore?
Why not give it to Giuliani for sweating himself ragged on live TV?
I think he earned as much as any of the Trump people did, guys, what do you think?
>> And for giving that ridiculous press conference in front of the four seasons
which was obviously not the four, like just so many things and
I mean you have to ask, you know what does trump or what does anybody have on Rudy?
And how did Rudy fall from wherever he was to whatever he is today?
It's very strange, his trajectory.
The course that his life has taken and one of his former associates,
he just said that Donald Trump stole Rudy Giuliani's soul.
He doesn't have a soul anymore, he's a shadow of whoever he once was.
And the thing with asking for the presidential medal of freedom,
I always have issues with things like this with awards and medals or whatever because
it really is only as valuable as people make it out to be, right?
It has no ac actual values, it's all implied value.
And something like the Medal of Freedom, the value of it has dwindled so much that
we just have people like Rudy Giuliani just asking for one, can I just have one?
He didn't do anything to earn it, he's not particularly one of the best people in
the country right now, but he's not like a champion for freedom.
He's the opposite of that, but he just wants one.
So, maybe he should get one of those.
>> It's kind of amazing, he didn't give them to all of them.
Give them to his kids, give them to Havana [CROSSTALK], why not?
Doesn't mean anything anymore.
Yeah, just everyone have one, [CROSSTALK] just take one.
>> Yeah.
>> I'll take one, maybe, you know what?
I don't ask for things, so maybe I should have asked for
a Presidential Medal of Freedom.
>> Maybe this time, talk to Biden.
We should make a medal.
We should have a Dragon Squad medal that we give to people.
>> Can I have one? >> And it will be-
>> Well, this is my [INAUDIBLE],
I want a medal.
>> If you earn it. I want a medal.
>> I'll consider it, okay?
This is gonna be worth a lot, so I have to have a very high bar.
>> [CROSSTALK] do what you think is best.
Thank you. >> Thank you, I appreciate it.
But anyway, before we move on because there are more embarrassing details here,
we read the stuff from Maria Ryan and
there was a lot that was embarrassing there.
Did you catch what was most embarrassing about that?
You might think it was the wanting $2.5 million, or
the general request to be paid for the work he did.
All that is embarrassing, the thinking that he should get a Medal of Freedom,
that must be the most embarrassing, right?
Or is it that he wants a pardon when he told it incommunicado?
No, that is not the most embarrassing thing, the most embarrassing thing, and
it's subtle, is that Maria Ryan had tried, tried to pass this message to Mr Trump.
Do you know why she had to do that?
Because apparently Trump wasn't talking to Giuliani.
Why is she doing this?
Why is Giuliani, who is a longtime close associate of Trump,
not making this request himself?
Apparently, Trump wasn't returning his calls.
The fact that you have to have an intermediary,
you've been just rolling all across the country,
humiliating yourself, and you can't request this stuff yourself.
There are a lot of people who have truly debased themselves for
Donald Trump, but I don't know if there's anyone who has made
themselves more humiliated than Rudy Giuliani,
this poor schlub, anyway, Mr- >> It's so embarrassing.
>> It's just so terrible.
>> It's painfully embarrassing, it's so bad.
Rudy Giuliani would be a good candidate for
quiet quitting because he's working way too hard, he's not getting paid for it.
>> [LAUGH] >> He's one of
the people who need to quietly quit and just do what's expected of him,
do what you're getting paid to do, Rudy, whatever that is these days.
Just do that.
>> [LAUGH] Exactly.
My God.
So I have to read this just cuz it's awful.
The Times previously reported that Mr Trump told aides that Mr Giuliani was only
to be, quote, paid on the come, which is a term used in the casino game craps and
I would like to make a humble request that nobody ever used that term again.
But anyway, it means you only get paid if you succeed,
which in Giuliani's defense, I assume is not how this was presented to him.
I assume it was not his perception that he would only be paid if they
successfully overturn the election.
But if that is the way it was presented to him, and
he still decided to do it knowing there was no chance that this is gonna succeed,
then he is the dumbest [INAUDIBLE] ever in America, legally at the very least.
How could you have thought that it was gonna be worth your time?
Was he not paid at least for airfare?
It's not just an opportunity cost, of all of the cameos he could have been doing
instead of losing all these court cases, but he was flying all over the place,
that's gotta cost a lot of money.
Anyway- >> And
he did it, that's why he had to do the mask thing,
he was trying to make up some revenue that he lost, some lost profits.
[CROSSTALK] What does the term paid on the come?
>> So, I've played a little bit of craps.
It's something about if you win on the bet, you get the money, I don't know, and
honestly, I'm uncomfortable with- >> Yeah, but it sounds terrible, but
I've fully committed it to my memory bank, and now it's a part of my vernacular,
thank you.
>> That I will use when it's applicable and when it's not.
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