>> Stephen: WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY.
FOLKS, MY FIRST GUEST TONIGHT IS AN OSCAR-WINNING DOCUMENTARY
FILMMAKER, BESTSELLING AUTHOR, AND NOW A BROADWAY STAR.
PLEASE WELCOME MICHAEL MOORE!
♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE )
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> MAN!
>> Stephen: NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> YES, THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
OUR THEATER IS ON BROADWAY HERE, AND NOW YOU'RE OPENING ON
BROADWAY.
HOW DO YOU LIKE WORKING ON THE GREAT WHITE WAY?
>> ACTUALLY, MY PRODUCTION OFFICE, WE'RE ALSO MAKING
ANOTHER FILM RIGHT NOW, IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM YOU.
>> Stephen: ON BROADWAY.
>> RIGHT HERE.
LITERALLY, WE'RE LIKE FIVE FLOORS-- I CAN ACTUALLY-- EVERY
DAY WE LOOK DOWN INTO YOUR OFFICE.
>> Stephen: MY OFFICE?
>> AND YOUR WRITER S.
>> Stephen: I'VE GOT TO GET SOME PANTS ON!
>> NO, YOU'RE FINE.
YOU'RE FINE.
>> Stephen: I'M OKAY.
>> YOU'RE FINE.
IT'S THE WRITERS, THEY OCCASIONALLY END UP ON THE ROOF.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE A ROOF-- WE HAVE A ROOF DECK WE GO ON.
>> AND I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT PUTTING THIS ON FACEBOOK BECAUSE
IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE UP THERE PASSING A MARLBOROUGH AROUND OR
SOMETHING.
I'M NOT -- >> Stephen: THEY CAN ONLY
AFFORD ONE CIGARETTE AT A TIME, STRANGELY.
( LAUGHTER ) I DON'T KNOW WHY.
WE HAVE TO PAY THEM MORE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
>> WHAT IS IT, THOUGH, ABOUT THIS CORNER YOU AND I ARE ON.
THE DRILLING EVERY DAY, EVERY DAY THERE'S SOME CRAZY DRILLING.
>> Stephen: I THINK IT'S TRUMP'S FRIENDS IN THE
CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS.
THEY JUST GOT-- THERE'S A GUY JACKHAMMERING UP 15 FLOORS UP
NEAR MY HEAD ALL THE TIME.
>> YOU HEAR IT EVERY DAY.
>> Stephen: THAT'S ALL I HEAR.
I HEAR IT RIGHT NOW WHEN WE'RE ON AIR.
LISTEN, BUDDY, WE HAVEN'T TALKED TO YOU IN A WHILE.
LET ME GET YOUR TAKE ON SOMETHING.
TRANSGENDER MILITARY BAN.
HE ANNOUNCED IT TODAY JUST BY FIAT, LIKE, DIDN'T TALK TO
ANYBODY, DIDN'T TELL ANYBODY, NO LAWYERS, DIDN'T TALK TO THE
MILITARY.
JUST GOT UP THIS MORNING AND SAID, "YOU KNOW, LET'S GET THOSE
FOLKS," AND JUST TWEETED IT AND THERE'S NO IMPLICATION OF WHAT
IT MEANS.
NO ONE KNOWS.
NOBODY ANSWERED ANY QUESTIONS.
SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS THREAT EVERYONED TO SHUT DOWN THE
BRIEFING TODAY IF ANYBODY ASKED ABOUT IT.
>> WHAT IS SO DISGUSTING ABOUT THIS, IF YOU ARE TRANSGENDER
TRYING TO GET BY IN THIS SOCIETY, I COULDN'T THINK OF ANY
MORE BRAVE PEOPLE TO HAVE DEFENDING THIS COUNTRY THAN
TRANSGENDERS BECAUSE EVERY DAY.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) THEY'VE GOT-- I MEAN--
>> Stephen: WHAT DO THEY DO NOW?
THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF TRANSGENDER SERVICE MEN AND
WOMEN, WHAT DO THEY DO NOW?
>> THEY SHOULD REFUSE TO LEAVE.
SERIOUSLY, 15,000-- ( APPLAUSE )
JUST SAY, "WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
COME GET US."
LET HIM GO.
LET HIM GO AS THE COMMANDER-- ACTUALLY --
>> Stephen: THEY HAVE A LOT OF WEAPONS.
THEY DO HAVE A LOT OF WEAPONS.
>> WHAT WE HAVE IS A COMMANDER IN CHIEF WHO IS TRANSSIBERIAN.
THAT'S MAYBE THE BIGGER PROBLEM.
>> Stephen: JEFF SESSIONS IS GETTING A LOT OF HEAT FROM THE
PRESIDENT.
>> YEAH, WHICH IS SAD BECAUSE HE WAS HIS, LIKE, MAIN POLICY
ADVISER, HIS BEST FRIEND IN THE CAMPAIGN.
>> Stephen: A LOT OF HIS EARLY STAFF WAS SESSIONS STAFF.
>> BEFORE THERE WAS TRUMPISM, THERE WAS SESSION-ISM.
BEFORE THAT IT WAS JUST CALLED RACISM, BUT YOU KNOW.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: IT MAKES YOU
QUESTION WHETHER ANYBODY WOULD TRUST DONALD TRUMP BECAUSE
POLITICS IS ALL ABOUT, YOU KNOW, "I DO A FAVOR, YOU DO ME A
FAVOR."
BUT TRUMP SAY LITTLE BIT MORE "YOU DO ME A FAVOR AND STABBING
TIME."
>> YEAH.
>> Stephen: A YEAR AGO YOU WROTE AN OPEN LETTER PREDICTING
DONALD TRUMP WOULD WIN.
WHEN NO ONE ELSE THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO WIN, YOU SAID, "NO, I
THINK HE'S GOING TO WIN."
SO, FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS?
>> NO, NO.
>> Stephen: YOU WERE RIGHT.
>> NO, I'VE NEVER WANTED TO BE MORE WRONG IN MY LIFE.
WELL, I LIVE IN MICHIGAN.
( CHEERS ) RIGHT, SO I WAS TRYING TO WARN
THE REST OF THE COUNTRY, OUT HERE, PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR OBAMA
WERE TELLING ME THEY WERE GOING TO VOTE FOR HIM.
AND IT WAS LINING OH, WOW.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I ACTUALLY CONTACTED THE PEOPLE IN THE
CLINTON CAMPAIGN AND SAID, "I THINK YOU NEED TO SPEND MORE
TIME IN MICHIGAN, WISCONSIN, OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA.
THESE ARE THE BREXIT STATES OF AMERICA.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF ANGRY PEOPLE.
THEY DON'T SORT OF LIKE TRUMP THAT MUCH, BUT THEY SEE HIM AS
THEIR HUMAN MOLOTOV COCKTAIL THAT THEY WANT TO JUST THROW
INTO THE SYSTEM THAT HAS HURT THEM SO BADLY.
AND I COULDN'T GET ANYBODY TO LISTEN TO MOW.
>> Stephen: BUT YOU WERE SO PRESCIENT ABOUT HIM WINNING, NOW
THAT HE'S BEEN PRESIDENT FOR ABOUT SEVEN MONTHS, HAS HE MET
YOUR EXPECTATIONS?
LIKE, IS THIS WHAT YOU THOUGHT-- I MEAN, HIGH OR LOW
EXPECTATIONS, THIS IS WHAT YOU THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE LIKE?
>> I AM AMAZED AT-- I KNEW WE WOULD GET HIT A LOT BY ALL THE
THINGS HE WAS GOING TO DO.
I DID NOT EXPECT A DAILY, HOURLY FIRE HOSE OF (BLEEP) IN OUR
FACE.
( APPLAUSE ) I MEAN, IT WAS JUST-- IT'S ONE
THING AFTER ANOTHER THAT -- >> Stephen: YOU DO-- YOU DO
WANT TO READ THE NEWS WITH A SNORKEL.
( LAUGHTER ).
>> YES.
AND SOME WET WIPES.
BUT IT'S-- BUT THE THING, IS I THINK WHAT HAS BEEN AMAZING IS
THAT-- IS THAT WHILE HE, OBVIOUSLY, GETS DISTRACTED, WE
ALL LIKE TO LAUGH AT HIM WITH THE SHINY KEYS AND HE'S OFF ON
SOMETHING ELSE, HE ALSO, THOUGH, HAS HIS SHINY KEYS AND WE GET
DISTRACTED BY THEM.
SO HE GOES OFF ON MIKA OR JOE, OR WHATEVER THE TWEET IS THAT
MORNING.
AND THEN LATER IN THE DAY IS DOING SOMETHING TO OUR NATIONAL
PARKS, OR IS ENDING FUNDING TO KEEP THE GREAT LAKES CLEAN OR
THESE OTHER THINGS.
AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T GET DISTRACTED TOO MUCH BY
HIS SHINY KEYS AND STAY ON TOP OF THIS.
( APPLAUSE ) IN A WAY THAT-- IT'S A LOT OF
WORK.
>> Stephen: NOW, YOU'VE GOT YOUR BROADWAY SHOW RIGHT NOW.
IT IS CALLED MICHAEL MOORE ON BROADWAY "THE TERMS OF MY
SURRENDER."
SO IS THIS YOU GIVING UP?
ARE YOU-- ARE YOU WAVING THE WHITE FLAG AND SAYING THIS IS
HOW THE WORLD IS NOW?
>> NO, YOU'RE FOCUSING ON THE WRONG WORD.
NOT "SURRENDER" IT'S "TERMS."
WHAT ARE MY TERMS.
>> Stephen: WHAT ARE THE TERMS OF MICHAEL MOORE'S SURRENDER.
>> YOU HAVE TO COME SEE THE SHOW.
I WILL TELL YOU THIS.
I WILL SAY THIS.
I REFUSE TO LIVE IN A COUNTRY WHERE DONALD TRUMP IS PRESIDENT
AND I'M NOT LEAVING.
SO SOMETHING'S GOT TO CHANGE.
( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: VOTE.
YOU-- THREE AND A HALF MORE YEARS.
>> WELL -- >> Stephen: DO YOU THINK HE
MAKES IT ANOTHER THREE AND A HALF YEARS.
>> OH, I, I ACTUALLY-- I LIVE WITH THE ATTITUDE-- AND I'M
SORRY TO-- I DON'T MEAN TO GO DARK ON YOU HERE.
BUT JUST THINK OF-- YOU ALL KNOW YOUR AGE RIGHT NOW.
HOW OLD ARE YOU GOING TO BE IN 2025?
THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS THAT DONALD TRUMP WILL BE YOUR, OUR
PRESIDENT IN THE YEAR 2025 AT THAT AGE THAT YOU'RE AT.
RIGHT.
WE DON'T WANT TO THINK THAT.
BUT WE WERE ALSO A YEAR AGO SITTING HERE-- NOT MYSELF BUT
OTHER PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, "THERE'S NO WAY HE'S GOING TO WIN.
THERE'S NO WAY.
HILLARY'S GOT THIS IN THE BAG."
THEY WERE ALREADY POPPING THE CHAMPAGNE CORKS AND CELEBRATING.
WE HAVE TO FORM AN ARMY OF CITIZENS AND COME AT HIM LIKE A
SWARM OF BEE WHERE'S IT'S HE'S GETTING HIT ONE WAY, ALL THE
WAY.
( APPLAUSE ) , AND, FRANKLY, I SUGGESTED A
FEW MONTHS AGO THAT WE HAVE AN ARMY OF SATIRE, BECAUSE I THINK
THE WAY TO BRING HIM DOWN IS WITH SATIRE.
HIS THIN SKIN, AS YOU POINTED OUT SO WELL, IS SO THIN, ALL WE
NEED IS 1,000 OR A MILLION LITTLE COMEDY SHIVS--
NONVIOLENT, DON'T HURT HIM, UNDER HIS SKIN BECAUSE HE CAN'T
TAKE BEING LAUGHED AT.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE TO DO IT ON "FOX & FRIENDS."
THAT'S ALL HE WATCHES.
>> HE'S WATCHING YOU STEPHEN!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: I REALLY DON'T THINK SO.
>> NO, NO, NO, AND I'LL TELL YOU AND THE ARMY OF SATIRE, WE
ALREADY HAVE GIVEN OUR FIRST MEDAL OF HONOR TO MELISSA
McCARTHY, "BECAUSE SHE'S TAKEN DOWN THE FIRST TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL WITH SATIRE
( APPLAUSE ).
>> Stephen: PLEASE COME BACK.
>> I WILL.
AND, ACTUALLY, I HAVE, IN MY BROADWAY SHOW, A LITTLE TALK
SHOW EACH NIGHT FOR 10 MINUTES.
AND I WOULD LOVE IT IF YOU WOULD COME ON MY SHOW JUDGE.
>> Stephen: DONE.
>> IT'S JUST DOWN THE BLOCK.
>> Stephen: "THE TERMS OF MY SURRENDER" IS IN PREVIEWS THIS
FRIDAY AND OPENS AUGUST 10.
MICHAEL MOORE, EVERYBODY!