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- What is this event?
- It's a Trump rally. - It is a rally?
- I'd say it was.
- It's not a rally. - It's somewhat of a rally,
but it's not a big rally.
- Now I thought it was a rally.
It's not a rally. It's a bunch of people standing in line.
- It's an event, it's a list,
it's an invited list only.
- This is a private event that VIPs have been invited to.
- [Jordan] Yes. Only heavily vetted VIPs were invited.
Like this guy. - Sombrero Trump,
Jim Yates from Laurens, South Carolina
- Sombrero Trump. - Yes.
It's not a rally. It's a leadership forum.
Forming leadership teams.
- I see a guy like this, I'm thinking,
"This guy's got two dates circled on his calendar.
Cinco de Mayo and January 6th."
- Yeah. - This kicked off this pack
with classic style and classic takes.
- Donald Trump is president right now.
- He's currently the president?
- Absolutely. - He is still president.
There's a lot of things that this
Biden person does not have,
like the presidential seal
and things like that, that are pretty obvious.
- Biden doesn't have the presidential seal?
- No. - When he speaks,
there's a presidential seal in front of him.
- It's not real. - What is he doing
as president? - He is in charge
of the military. - Great.
- The military is in charge of this whole thing.
- The military were put in charge in 2018
when President Trump signed an executive order.
- The American military arms that are going to Ukraine,
we have Donald Trump to thank for that?
- No. - No.
- There's two militaries.
- There's two militaries?
- There's the good and the bad.
- So, there's two militaries.
Donald Trump's in charge of the good one?
- Yes. - Biden's in charge
of the bad military. - That's exactly right.
- [Jordan] Fortunately, there were some supporters
who still believe an election cycle is actually necessary
and were serious about planning for a long campaign.
- It's just been doing a lot of preparations,
a lot of tests in the waters, and you know,
just what's normal. - Talking to advisors.
- Yeah. Pretty much - Nick Fuentes, Kanye West.
- Pretty much. - The minds that are
gonna shape. - Right.
- The point of view of this whole campaign.
- Yeah.
- The original Trump brand is still strong.
Sweet as honey that guy, huh?
Mister when the looting starts,
that's when the shooting starts.
- Exactly. (laughs)
- But a new election cycle could mean a different tone.
What are you seeing that is different about Trump
and his tone with this kind of an event?
- I think it's more elevated.
He's at a more kind of mature level.
How everybody's got all their advisors,
it's almost like he's finally listening to his a little bit.
as far as (audience laughs)
tone the comments down.
- Are you noticing even the MAGA community
being more serious- - Oh, they're great.
- And respectable?
- If you watch the conservative rhetoric,
it looks like you still love America.
- Conservative rhetoric still respects
positions of power in this country.
- Our police, our military.
- Our executive branch. - Exactly.
- What's your hat say?
- (laughs) I don't remember.
I could a better president.
(Jordan laughs)
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- Are you excited about Nikki Haley for president?
- Very excited. She's done great things for South Carolina.
She's tough. She's a woman, women rule.
- The Republican party needs a change
and we need someone with Nikki's foreign policy expertise.
- I love Donald Trump,
but I think that she has more of a feminine finesse.
- You think Trump has a harder time with
communicating with ladies? - Yes, yes.
- He has a harsher approach when it comes
to women. - He does.
- He sometimes has to pay for it and sometimes-
- Yes, he does. - Has a hard time
navigating it. - Yes.
- I mean, I think she's really running to get like,
I don't think she'll win.
- Oh, so - I think it's for VP.
- So this is just sort of like batting practice.
- It's just fun to be here. Why not?
- VP or president?
I was curious to see how Haley
could win over ardent Trump supporters.
- I voted for Trump,
but I certainly will not be doing that again.
- When did Trump lose your support?
- The nail in the coffin for me with Donald Trump.
- Lemme guess. Charlottesville.
- No. - But, okay. Lemme-
- You're not gonna guess it.
- Kids in cages? - Nope.
- The insurrection. January 6th.
- Nope. - Oh, okay.
Wait, hold on. First impeachment.
- Nope. - Second impeachment.
- Nope. - Okay.
Inviting white supremacists over to Mar-a-Lago?
- No, but that, I mean, you know.
Criticizing DeSantis before his election.
- Wouldn't have guessed it.
So that's the line right there.
- That was the nail in the coffin.
- I would've guessed kids in cages.
- I told you, you wouldn't have guessed it.
- I know. - I would've saved you
30 minutes. - This is why you come out
and talk to people, you're constantly surprised.
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- Last week Donald Trump declared his arrest was imminent
and called for a protest to take our nation back
outside the Manhattan District Attorney's Office.
So yesterday I ventured all the way downtown
and joined the media circus to observe this crowd
of MAGA protestors
who were definitely around here somewhere.
Yeah. This is the Truth Social here.
It says, "Tuesday, protest. Take our nation back."
Excuse me. Is this the protest for Trump?
Or the Trump protest or the supporting?
Are we taking our nation back? Is that today?
I thought it was today.
So I did have the day right.
And then I found a proud
and totally concealed Trump supporter.
Why are you here?
- I came here to support Trump.
Because they want that to indict him.
- So Trump went on his own social media.
- Yeah. - And he called out people,
his supporters, to come out here and support him.
And right now, that's just you.
- I'm here, I'm here
- Heavy is the crown.
- I don't need you, you, you to come outside.
No, I got this. - Okay.
- I'm here to actually see what's going on.
Everyone was talking about it.
So I came here to check it out.
- You wanted to see it
with your own eyes. - Eyes. That's right.
Because I don't believe what I'm hearing on the news media.
- So what have you seen so far?
- Absolutely, almost nothing.
- Nothing. - Correct.
- This was an unusual MAGA rally.
The numbers were low and it was in my own city.
However, the arguments over some basic facts
were refreshingly familiar.
Do you think it's fair for Trump to be indicted if
that does happen this week?
- Listen, I don't know all the specific facts,
but what I do know, is he's my president.
- Right now? - I think he's my president.
- You think he's serving the role
as your president currently?
- Well, in my heart, he's my president.
- Okay, good. I just have to be clear sometimes.
- Well, sure, sure. - You think Joe Biden
is president, right? - No,
I think that man is a scam.
I just know that allegedly he's there
because that man doesn't make any sense to me.
- But technically he is there,
he is serving the role of president.
- Maybe. I don't know.
I haven't been down, I mean, I've been to Washington DC,
I've not seen him walk in the White House.
- You don't think he actually spends time
in the White House?
- I don't know.
- Well, there are videos of him in the White House.
He's, can we just, I just want to get beyond this fact.
He is the president of the United States.
Donald Trump was the president of the United States.
Fact? (horn honks)
- That's what some say.
- Okay. This is-
- That's what some say. - Right.
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I went downtown to watch Trump's historic arrest
and the surrounding media circus.
But I was curious how hometown boy Donald Trump
would be greeted by regular New Yorkers.
- (beep) Donald Trump, like, Jesus Christ.
What more is there to say?
- Trump's a dick! - Yes he is!
- (beep) Donald Trump, lock him up.
Nail the mother (beep) and get his ass.
- Then there were real, diehard MAGA folk.
But also appearing were some of the most respected
and articulate members of the Republican party.
Marjorie, are you afraid Trump will be mistreated
by the gazpacho police?
Yes, the rising stars of the GOP came out in force.
If anybody can get Donald Trump off today,
it's America's lead defense attorney, George Santos.
He went to Harvard Law and Stanford Law.
Are you finally bringing legitimacy
to this process? - That's right,
we in the video!
- Are you finally bringing legitimacy
to this process. George?
- Not in front of the cameras.
(reporters shouting)
- George, can you talk to us about your volleyball career?
We need to know.
Have you recently got a law degree? Is that why you're here?
Talk to me about your law degree.
Which law degrees have you gotten that are bringing to this?
- Yeah, I showed up.
- As first President of the United States,
do you feel that you can actually handle
the jurisprudence that's going on?
George, George.
George, George, talk to me about your volleyball, George.
After a productive conversation like that,
I feel good about our nation's future.
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- I don't believe what you're seeing is justice.
- You don't believe in the grand jury process?
- I don't believe, if this was a civilian,
it would- - I mean, he is a civilian.
He's a person with a New York address.
So he shouldn't go through the grand jury process?
- I believe it should be dismissed.
- Because? - Because,
I'm going by a general gut feeling.
- The way I see it's, you know,
the government is stepping over their bounds
in doing what they're doing here.
Indicting Donald Trump.
This stuff happens all the time.
- What stuff?
Paying off a porn star and then fudging business records?
- I mean, come on. It's his own money, for one thing.
And out of all the cases up against Donald Trump,
this is probably the weakest one.
- Probably the weakest one. - Good, yeah.
- There's no evidence to bring about this prosecution, so.
- Well, we don't know that until there's a grand jury
who can then see that evidence.
- You know, listen, I think that everyone
should get a fair trial.
- So you would support a grand jury looking at all
of the evidence and if they decide to indict Donald Trump,
well then, we will let that happen?
- Sure, certainly, if there's evidence,
every piece of evidence should be heard.
- Well, I mean, that's what happened here.
- Mm-hmm. (audience laughs)
- There's excitement in the air.
It feels almost like the American version of a royal event.
If the king (beep) a porn star, paid her,
and then lied about it in business records.
But like an American coronation.
And then the Donald arrived.
The former leader of the free world was now possibly
in the same room as a group of recently busted
subway masturbators.
- I think he wants the media.
- [Jordan] You think he orchestrated all of this?
- Yeah, because his polls, like DeSantis,
was sort of, was rising.
Now he's taking all the air out of the room now, Trump.
In 2016, he had all the media.
Fox News. - Yeah.
- CNN was covering him.
Now they don't cover him anymore. Now they have to.
- Getting arrested is the smartest
thing he could do. - That's it.
He's like one of the smartest guys that I know of.
- And you're talking about the man
who's getting fingerprinted inside that building right now?
- I think they fingerprinted him already.
They have his DNA.
- That guy's left his DNA in a lot of different places.
- This is like his seventh time.
- Could Trump run his election campaign from prison?
- He could do anything, Trump. Yeah.
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- Never surrender to the tyranny.
- What is Trump doing here on this shirt?
- This is his mugshot. - Gotcha.
So that was taken when he surrendered
to authorities to have his picture taken.
- Huh?
It says never surrender, but.
- Is that on the back? Is the but?
Lemme see the back. Lemme see the back.
- It's just Trump. - It's just Trump.
So where's the but part? That's implied.
Nick, take me through your fit.
- Well, I bought the socks in town.
- [Jordan] These socks have Trump hair on it.
- Yes sir. - How much did you pay
for this sweatshirt? - $40.
- Yeah, how much did you pay for the hat?
- $25. I think I get a hat at least once a month.
- How many Trump hats do you have?
- Probably 40 or so.
- How do you feel America's doing under Biden?
Economically? - Not good.
I think inflation
and the gas prices, everything's gone up.
Milk and eggs are just through the roof.
Buying regular food is, you know,
so you gotta work four jobs to pay your rent.
- Yeah.
How much money have you spent on Trump swag?
- Couple thousand dollars.
- Wow. That's a lot.
But people are having a hard time paying
for the necessities. - Right.
- [Jordan] As the Donald rolled in,
I wondered what fresh ideas I had missed
on the campaign trail.
- He's been out in Iowa, talking about,
when I was there,
he was talking about how he changed the name
from Crooked Hillary to Crooked Joe Biden.
- Oh, so he's focusing on the issues.
- Yeah. - Great.
Sadly, the Donald's campaign appearances
aren't the only thing on his schedule.
How many indictments are we up to now?
- Georgia. - Georgia.
Okay, great. - New York City.
- New York City. - That's the most,
the bankruptcy - New York is
the bankruptcy one, great.
It's hard to keep 'em straight.
- Right. - He has a lot of them.
- There's a lot of indictments.
- There's way too many, - I think they're just trying
to throw him in jail. - They are.
- It's a witch hunt. Like what he said in New York.
- Is that pre or post the first indictment?
- I think that was right when the lady charges.
- Wait, lady charges.
Is that Stormy Daniels lady charge
or sexual assault? - Sexual assault.
- It's the sexual assault charges.
- Yeah. - Which he was found
guilty of, right? - I think so.
- I think so.
Are you 100% sure you're voting
for Donald Trump in the next election?
- Yeah. - Yeah.
No matter what happens with these trials,
this election still comes down
to their guy versus the other guy.
- I mean, Trump has done more than Biden will ever do.
And that's the other side of it.
He should be in jail, him and his kid for treason.
I mean, they've taken money from other countries
who we're not really in favor of.
- It's insane, the fact that you can have a member
of your family get billions of dollars
from Saudi Arabia is nuts.
- Yeah. - Right?
- Nothing but a big coverup.
- So you think Trump should be punished for all
of that money that Ivanka and Jared got?
- No! - No?
Wait, who were you talking about?
- I'm talking about Biden with his kid.
- Oh, not the Jared
and Ivanka money from Saudi Arabia?
- No! - Does that bother you?
- No! - Right.
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