With President Trump's first term coming to an end,
we're launching a special new segment
to look back on everything that he's accomplished.
So here's Roy Wood Jr. to begin our four part countdown
of Donald Trump's 100 Most Tremendous Scandals.
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- Scandals, every president's had one.
But while most presidents are only known
for one big scandal, Donald Trump
has truly changed the game.
And that's why "The Daily Show" will be counting down
Donald Trump's 100 Most Tremendous Scandals.
Over four days, we're gonna celebrate 'em all,
the ones you forgot and the ones you wish you could.
So buckle up, baby,
'cause the Trump train's about to go off the rails.
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- [Male Reporter] President Trump expressed interest
in buying Greenland. (suspenseful classical music)
- And he went out and bought a big yacht,
and he had a very interesting life.
I won't go anymore than that 'cause you're Boy Scouts,
so I'm not gonna tell you what he did.
(boys laughing and groaning)
(triumphant orchestral music) - The price tag
for President Trump's July 4th Salute to America
is more than $5.3 million.
- [Male Reporter] Members at Mar-a-Lago are influencing
how President Trump runs the Department of Veterans Affairs.
- I gave him the kind of funeral that he wanted.
I didn't get "thank you," that's okay.
He's looking down, he'd be so thrilled.
Maybe he's looking up, I don't know.
(triumphant orchestral music) - Appearing to push aside
the prime minister of Montenegro
to get in front for a photo op.
(music intensifies) - Banning residents
from enrolling in Trusted Traveler Programs.
- And ripping up memos, letters,
things he's finished reading or does not like.
- [Female Reporter] Threatened to bomb sites
of cultural significance, an action
that could be a war crime.
- Someone as despicable as Hitler
didn't even sink to using chemical weapons.
- [Male Reporter] Scaramucci said,
"I'm not Steve Bannon, I'm not trying to suck my own--"
- [Female Reporter] China awarded seven new trademarks
to Ivanka Trump's company.
(triumphant orchestral music) - It will not reveal
its visitor logs.
- You wanna include the Congressional Black Caucus
and the Congressional-- - Well, I would.
I'll tell you what, (talking over each other)
do you wanna set up the meeting?
Do you wanna set up the meeting?
Frederick Doug, Douglass is an example
of somebody who's done an amazing job
and is being recognized more and more.
You will be receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
(crowd cheers)
When you wash your hands, it takes you five times longer.
You know, the water's on, you got soap,
you can't get it off.
I won't talk about the fact that people have
to flush their toilet 15 times.
(triumphant orchestral music) - "Greta must work
on her anger management problem."
"Chill, Greta, chill!"
- I think there's probably, possibly drugs involved.
- I love this guy right here.
- [Male Reporter] Blasted the FBI
over the Florida school shooting.
"They are spending too much time trying
to prove Russian collusion."
- [Female Reporter] Reducing the number
of mail sorting machines and removing collection boxes.
- [Melania] You know, who gives a (beeps)
about Christmas stuff and decoration?
But I need to do it, right?
- (sighs) Damn, that's exhausting.
And that brings us to tonight's final scandal.
Coming in at number 76, it involves the Secret Service,
Saudi Sikhs, and a hotel that gets a one star Yelp review
from the US Constitution.
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Before Donald Trump was in the Oval Office,
he was in business, every business.
- Gentlemen, Oreo has rejected my bid.
So we lick race for it, right here with Double Stuf Gold.
(record scratches) - That's right,
our president likes his Oreos the way he likes his pants,
(whooshes) Double Stuffed.
So when Trump ran for president,
it's no surprise that he saw dollar signs.
(dramatic music) During his campaign,
candidate Trump paid businessman Trump nearly $12.5 million
for expenses like airfare, office space, and meals.
They even dropped two grand on Trump Ice,
the only bottled water that's 100% angus beef.
The grift was going great, until the unthinkable happened.
- [Male Reporter] Donald J. Trump
will become the 45th president of the United States.
- [Roy] Which was a problem, because the president's job
is to protect and defend the Constitution
or whatever, not to get rich.
(crowd cheering)
So Donald Trump selflessly promised the nation
that he would give it all up.
- My two sons are going to be running the company.
They're not gonna discuss it with me.
- [Roy] That's right, Trump would part
with his precious businesses, and his only consolation?
Not having to talk to his sons.
But much like those folders,
Trump's promise proved to be empty.
- [Female Reporter] The president elect
has decided he will not sell his assets
or place them in a blind trust.
- [Roy] That's where things get conflicts of interesting.
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- As president, he's been steering government money
to his own companies for the entire time.
And that means, then, to his own pockets.
He spends nearly every weekend,
as you know, at one of his golf clubs.
Secret Service, they don't stay for free.
He charges them to stay there.
Federal spending records show the taxpayers
have paid Trump's businesses more than $900,000
just since he took office.
- [Roy] Getting paid for vacations?
This dude's a damn Instagram model.
According to Eric Trump, (jaunty music)
who is officially running the family business
while Daddy focuses on the good of the country,
the Trump Organization only charges the Secret Service...
- You know, we charge 'em like 50 bucks.
- [Roy] Like $50 a night for a hotel room.
But according to the receipts,
the real bill is more than $650 dollars.
Which means they're either being way over-charged,
or there's one Secret Service agent
who absolutely loves Toblerone.
But up-charging suckers who have
to stay at his property is one thing.
The big bucks are in visitors who choose to stay there.
Because you never know when lining the president's pockets
might be the thing to get him to rewrite federal policy
in your favor. (thoughtful music)
- We know that foreign governments are spending money there
in order to curry favor with the president
of the United States.
- [Male Reporter] The Philippines, Kuwait,
the government of Saudi Arabia,
through its lobbyists, paid for 500 nights in rooms.
And we've seen corporate clients do it, too.
T-Mobile, which needs approval for a big merger
from the Trump administration,
they've spent more than $195,000 on rooms there.
(sweeping orchestral music) - Yes, foreign governments
and corporations are greasing the Trumps' palms.
And from the looks of it, greasing their hair and faces too.
Of course, (elegant string music)
Trump isn't the only one winning here.
The president's financial entanglements
with foreign governments have given Americans
something better than money, the opportunity
to learn what the Emoluments Clause is.
- [Female Reporter] Emolument is basically a payment.
- [Roy] Yes, according to so-called lawyers familiar
with the so-called Constitution, receiving money
or gifts from foreign governments is illegal.
But on the other hand...
- You people with this phony Emoluments Clause.
- [Roy] Can't argue with that!
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And even if Trump loses in November,
he will still be the first president
to literally rake in billions of dollars
while serving in office. (clapping and cheering)
Never before has a living president earned
this many dead presidents.
- I'm really rich.
- [Roy] You certainly are now.
And if the national economy is lying in ruins at his feet,
at least Donald Trump finally found
a business he could be successful at.
- If you're smart and persevere,
there's a good chance you'll come out on top.
- Cashin' in on the presidency.
I'm surprised Trump didn't just go all out.
Why not just turn the Situation Room into a Airbnb?
That's all the time we have for tonight.
Join us next time as we explore the world
of masculine toilets, racist alligators
and alternative facts, as we continue
to count down Donald Trump's 100 Most Tremendous Scandals.