Actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/will-smith">Will Smith</a>, 54, spoke with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/trevor-noah">Trevor Noa</a><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/trevor-noah">h</a> on “The Daily Show” Monday, blaming his violent outburst against <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">Chris Rock</a> on an underlying “rage” that had been festering for some time. 
“I was gone, dude,” Smith told Noah about the incident, <a href="https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/will-smith-daily-show-trevor-noah-oscars-slap-1235443683/">according</a> to Variety. “That was a rage that had been bottled for a really long time.”
The actor attempted to explain his behavior, saying, “you just never know what somebody is going through.”
“I was going through something that night,” Smith told the audience. “That doesn’t justify my behavior at all.”
“We just gotta be nice to each other, man,” he continued. “It’s hard. I guess the thing that was most painful for me, is I took my heart and made it hard for other people. I understood the idea when they say hurt people hurt people.”
The “Men in Black” star also discussed his childhood, saying he was brought back to being “the little boy that watched his father beat up his mother, all of that bubbled up in that moment. That’s not who I want to be.”
Smith also recalled how it felt to watch the scene with his young nephew. 
“He’s the sweetest little boy. He stayed up late to see his Uncle Will. We are sitting in the kitchen, he’s on my lap holding the Oscar, [and he asked] ‘why did you hit that man, Uncle Will?&#8217;” he recalled.
“Why you trying to Oprah me?” the actor remembered thinking. “I was like, it was a mess. I don’t want to go too far into it to give people more to misunderstand.”
While Noah attempted to stick up for Smith by saying “everybody can make a mistake,” the actor got emotional and said, “I understand how shocking it was to people.”
Earlier this week, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/will-smith-says-he-totally-understands-and-respects-if-people-arent-ready-to-see-his-new-film">Smith told Variety</a> that he understands if people don’t want to see his new movie, “Emancipation,” but hopes it won’t affect the rest of the cast and crew. 
“I completely understand that, if someone is not ready, I would absolutely respect that and allow them their space to not be ready,” Smith said. “My deepest concern is my team – [director Antoine Fuqua] has done what I think is the greatest work of his entire career.”
“I’m hoping that the material – the power of the film, the timeliness of the story – I’m hoping that the good that can be done would open people’s hearts at a minimum to see and recognize and support the incredible artists in and around this film,” he continued.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/meghan-mccain" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Meghan McCain</a> said <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/trevor-noah" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Trevor Noah</a> is another &#8220;bootlicking comedian&#8221; who is &#8220;too scared to be funny&#8221; in response to his announcement about leaving &#8220;The Daily Show,&#8221; which she said was &#8220;a long time coming.&#8221;
The former co-host of &#8220;The View&#8221; wrote an op-ed for the <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11267365/Trevor-Noah-ruining-Daily-MEGHAN-MCCAIN.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Daily Mail</a> Friday, titled &#8220;I loved The Daily Show and Trevor Noah ruined it — the best comedy punches up at the powerful but today&#8217;s late-night hosts are too scared to be funny.&#8221;
In the piece, McCain shared that after Noah took over for late-night host Jon Stewart in 2015, the comedy show has &#8220;slogged into mediocrity and quite frankly, boredom&#8221; as she talked about the host being more interested in his “‘cool kid&#8217; clout in the media.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/meghan-mccain-says-one-reason-she-left-the-view-is-because-she-didnt-feel-supported-after-having-a-baby" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The former Fox News host said</a> &#8220;comedy is supposed to be … punching up and speaking truth to power,&#8221; but &#8220;instead, Noah and his ilk were content to go along with the in-crowd. Too bad for them that audience is pretty small.&#8221;
&#8220;Gone are the days of Johnny Carson and Jay Leno, who were apolitical and watched by more than 10 million on any given night,&#8221; Meghan shared. &#8220;Obviously, America&#8217;s media landscape and the TV business has changed since then. Even in his heyday, Stewart couldn&#8217;t reach those ratings-heights. But funny is still funny. And it&#8217;s something our late-night comedians have long forgotten.&#8221;
&#8220;Today&#8217;s bootlicking comedians are so afraid to make a joke at the expense of their political favorites and the result is that they just aren&#8217;t funny,&#8221; she added. &#8220;How is it that SNL is not mocking Joe Biden and Kamala Harris every single night?&#8221;
&#8220;Our aging president looks lost in public and even his allies admit it,&#8221; McCain continued. &#8220;Harris can&#8217;t get through a single public appearance without blurting out an incomprehensible word salad.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/meghan-mccain-calls-joy-behar-pathetic-for-trolling-former-view-co-hosts-valentines-day-tweet" target="_blank" rel="noopener">McCain</a> said we can &#8220;no longer laugh together&#8221; because of the polarization in America.
&#8220;If the elites that control comedy have decided that Democrats are off-limits because President Trump was so evil, then we are all screwed,&#8221; the former co-host added. &#8220;No one should be off limits. More often than not, late night comedy just feels like another news show on MSNBC.&#8221;
&#8220;I don&#8217;t want any more lectures,&#8221; McCain continued. &#8220;I want to laugh. So how do you save &#8216;The Daily Show&#8217; and late-night TV for that matter? Hire a comedian who wants to be a barn burner, who isn&#8217;t beholden to an agenda, political party or ideology. Someone who wants to call out hypocrisy, corruption, the absolute absurdity of our current political climate and feckless politicians.&#8221;
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Comedian <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/topic/trevor-noah/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Trevor Noah</a> shocked his audience on Thursday with a pre-show video announcement declaring that his time at &#8220;<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/trevor-noah-host-of-the-daily-show-drops-27-5-million-on-bel-air-mansion/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Show</a>&#8221; had come to an end.
The late night show — which airs five nights a week on Comedy Central — shared a video preview of that evening&#8217;s monologue just an hour before the show was scheduled to air. In the monologue, Noah revealed that he was leaving the show after seven years.
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<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/this-would-have-never-happened-to-donald-trump-trevor-noah-slams-embarrassing-report-gulf-countries-wont-answer-joe-bidens-calls/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Noah</a> began by noting that he had been thinking a lot about the fact that he had been doing the show for seven years — and as he thought about his time doing the show, he had been flooded with &#8220;a feeling of gratitude.&#8221;
&#8220;The journey we have been on together has been wild,&#8221; he said, noting that it took a lot of producers and correspondents and moving parts to make the show come together successfully every night. &#8220;And I want to say thank you to the audience, for an amazing seven years, it&#8217;s been wild. It&#8217;s been truly wild.&#8221;
The audience exploded in applause and cheers then, and after a long pause, Noah continued. &#8220;I remember when we first started &#8230; so many people didn&#8217;t believe in us, it was a crazy bet to make, I mean, I still think it was a crazy choice &#8230; what a journey it&#8217;s been.&#8221;
&#8220;I just found myself filled with gratitude for the journey,&#8221; Noah added, listing off a number of events that had come about during his time behind the desk.
&#8220;I realized that after the seven years, my time is up,&#8221; Noah said then, prompting several audible gasps from the audience. &#8220;Yeah, but in the most beautiful way, honestly. I&#8217;ve loved hosting this show. It&#8217;s been one of my greatest challenges, it&#8217;s been one of my greatest joys, I&#8217;ve loved trying to figure out how to make people laugh even when the stories are particularly s***y on the worst days. You know, we’ve laughed together, we’ve cried together.”
&#8220;But after seven years, I feel like it&#8217;s time,&#8221; Noah said, going on to note that one of the things he had really missed was traveling to do stand-up — and he hoped to be able to get back to that.
&#8220;I&#8217;ve never been good at goodbyes,&#8221; he concluded, quickly reassuring the audience that he wasn&#8217;t going to drop off the face of the earth. &#8220;It&#8217;s not instant, I&#8217;m not disappearing, don&#8217;t worry. If I owe you money, I&#8217;ll still pay you.&#8221;

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White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki declined to answer on Sunday what it was like to be made fun of by Trevor Noah during the White House Correspondents&#8217; Dinner last week.
During an interview on Fox News with host Howard Kurtz, Psaki also repeatedly tried to downplay President Joe Biden&#8217;s (D) lack of media interviews and press conferences, claiming that he &#8220;speaks to the American people nearly every day.&#8221;
Psaki tried to dismiss the negative news cycles that the administration faces, saying, &#8220;We can&#8217;t determine what the media decides to cover, of course, that&#8217;s not our role. We&#8217;re not in China and Russia.&#8221;
Later in the interview, Psaki was asked about what it was like being made fun of by Noah last week when he brought up her apparent upcoming move over to MSNBC.
&#8220;The word on the streets is actually that Jen Psaki is going to MSNBC next month,&#8221; Noah <a href="https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/2022-white-house-correspondents-association-dinner-transcript">said</a>. &#8220;Apparently, just being on CSPAN, the ratings were too high and she wanted more of a challenge. Wanted to switch things up. She can’t laugh at that. Don’t put the camera on her. If it’s true, congratulations to Jen on your big career change. But, moving to MSNBC is going to be a big switch up for you because right now your current job is to make the Biden administration look as good as possible at all costs. Now, you’re going to be at MSNBC and you’re going to have to… You’ll be fine actually. Sorry.&#8221;
&#8220;Well, I have nothing to say about what I am going to do in the future, aside from it&#8217;s now been announced that I will be departing the White House next week, I have a lot of emotions about that,&#8221; Psaki responded. &#8220;They&#8217;re all filled together at once. I&#8217;m going to sleep. I&#8217;m going to read a lot of books. I&#8217;m going to watch a lot of movies I haven&#8217;t seen. What I will say is that you couldn&#8217;t have done my job. I don&#8217;t think anybody could do this job as White House press secretary if they didn&#8217;t value the role of the press and the media. And I do. Even on days where we disagree, on days we debate.&#8221;
Psaki later claimed that she was a good sport about being made fun of by Noah.

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Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates told Trevor Noah that it was &#8220;quite clear&#8221; that the novel coronavirus came from animals, ultimately jumping from bats to humans with &#8220;one step in between.&#8221;
Gates laid out an argument, comparing the coronavirus to other viruses like Ebola and HIV and arguing that they had all come from animals first and transmitted to humans via intermediate hosts like chimpanzees. He stopped short of offering a suggestion as to what had been the intermediate host for COVID-19.
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&#8220;How do we prevent something where we don&#8217;t even understand how it came to be?&#8221; Noah asked. &#8220;Like, you know, are there labs where they need to do better at, you know, enclosing the work that they&#8217;re doing? I understand that they have to do the work, but how do we figure that out and how do we move forward in that realm?&#8221;
Gates agreed that lab safety was something everyone should prioritize, but then he pivoted to argue that did not necessarily <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/china-refuses-to-cooperate-with-w-h-o-probe-into-lab-leak-theory-its-against-science/">have any relevance</a> with regard to the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.
&#8220;It’s quite clear in this case, that [COVID] came across through animals. And almost all our diseases, like HIV, crossed over from chimpanzees in Africa quite some time ago; Ebola came from bats, this also, with one step in between came across from bats, so it&#8217;s going to keep happening, particularly with climate change where we&#8217;re invading a lot of habitats, and you want to catch it as soon as you can,&#8221; Gates said.
Despite evidence that surfaced very early in the pandemic, Gates is one of several prominent voices continuing to assert that COVID-19 did not <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/greg-gutfeld-offers-advice-to-fauci-after-lab-leak-document-dump-resign-and-get-a-lawyer/">come from a lab</a> — either accidentally or intentionally — and transmitted from bats to humans through an intermediate host. Scientists around the world have been searching for a possible intermediate host since the pandemic began, but have not found anything.

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President Joe Biden took some heat for laughing at jokes highlighting the fact that, since he took office, the American people are having a hard time affording a decent quality of life. The man who promised to restore &#8220;decency&#8221; to the Oval Office was filmed laughing at comedian Trevor Noah&#8217;s joke about inflation at Saturday night&#8217;s White House Correspondents Association Dinner.
Saturday featured the first WHCA Dinner in two years — and the first one in six years to be attended by a sitting president. The event <a href="https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/kim-kardashian-pete-davidson-more-at-2022-white-house-correspondents-association-dinner-1235170413/">featured</a> D.C. media elite and celebrities like Kim Kardashian, who arrived alongside her new beau Pete Davidson. Roughly 2,600 people crammed into a Washington hotel basement and chuckled along to various quips about the presidency and current state of politics. Outside the ballroom and beyond the tuxedos, wine glasses, and multi-course meal, Noah&#8217;s joke about inflation fell a little flat while critics slammed the president for his out-of-touch laughter.
&#8220;Since you’ve come into office, things are really looking up,&#8221; Noah, the emcee of the dinner said while addressing Biden,&#8221;Gas is up, rent is up, food is up! Everything.&#8221;
During the bit, the camera panned to Biden, who could be seen clapping his hands and laughing.
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“Since you’ve come into office, things are really looking up. Gas is up, rent is up, food is up! Everything!”
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If you fail to see what&#8217;s so funny about high prices, you are not alone.
Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) tweeted, &#8220;Here&#8217;s regular Joe from Scranton laughing uproariously at the inflation he&#8217;s inflicted on Americans while surrounded by cheering journalists.&#8221;
&#8220;What a model of empathy,&#8221; he added. &#8220;You can&#8217;t make this up.&#8221;
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Here&#39;s regular Joe from Scranton laughing uproariously at the inflation he&#39;s inflicted on Americans while surrounded by cheering journalists. 
What a model of empathy. You can&#39;t make this up. <a href="https://t.co/QW1ucFdEyT">pic.twitter.com/QW1ucFdEyT</a>
&mdash; Tom Cotton (@TomCottonAR) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomCottonAR/status/1520804181103194112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 1, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Paris Dennard, a spokesman for the GOP, <a href="https://twitter.com/PARISDENNARD/status/1520606818887958528?s=20&amp;t=sjiXSywelTvFP60FaL0jvQ">added</a>, &#8220;Joe Biden thinks it is really funny that millions of Americans are suffering right now because of rising costs &amp; inflation caused by his policies!&#8221;
&#8220;This isn’t empathy or leadership it’s shameful!&#8221; Dennard stated. &#8220;Tell Biden your life isn’t a joke!&#8221;
Biden, of course, knows that not many Americans are in a jovial mood right now. In late February, he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/meads-joe-biden-blames-nations-foul-mood-on-psychological-impact-of-covid-19">blamed</a> that pessimism on the &#8220;psychological impact of COVID-19.&#8221; In Biden&#8217;s mind, the reason why U.S. citizens were unable to appreciate the economy was because they were too worried about whether or not they would get sick from the virus.
The president said in an interview at the time, &#8220;Almost a million Americans have died of COVID and so I think it’s hard for people to get their arms around the fact that we have the fastest growing economy in 40 years, wages are actually up — not down, unemployment is the lowest it’s been….You know it’s just incredibly low, and it’s around the in the three-point range,” he claimed.&#8221;
“We find ourselves in a position where it’s hard to fully appreciate that when you wake up in the morning and wondering whether or not your uncle, aunt, mother, father, son, daughter who has COVID are going to be okay,” Biden added.
If the comment was out of touch then, based on recent economic numbers, it seems to be even more out of touch now.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics recently <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/us-inflation-consumer-price-index-march-2022-11649725215">announced</a> that inflation rose 8.5% year-over-year in March, according to the Consumer Price Index.
The Daily Wire also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/wholesale-inflation-surges-11-2-breaking-another-record">reported</a> that based on the BLS&#8217; <a href="https://www.bls.gov/news.release/ppi.t01.htm">Producer Price Index</a>, which measures inflation from wholesale producers, rose 11.2% annually between March 2021 and March 2022, the highest that figure has been since 2010. Wholesale food prices also jumped 16.2% annually, 2.4% monthly while wholesale energy prices rose 36.7% annually, headlined by liquefied natural gas, which saw a massive 91.4% increase, nearly doubling in price between 2021 and 2022.
In the first quarter of the year, America&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10763421/US-economy-shrank-1-4-Q1-consumers-kept-spending.html">economy shrank 1.4%</a>. The president blamed that downturn on COVID-19 and Russian President Vladimir Putin&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine causing a rise in prices. Various polls <a href="https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/polls-voters-blame-biden-for-inflation/article_bf2811f6-aa0e-11ec-bde8-c3db8056c94f.html">show</a> that the American people blame the president — of the U.S., not of Russia — for inflation.
As all of it adds up, the economy is quickly becoming a top concern for voters, too.
“Americans&#8217; confidence in the economy remains very low, and mentions of economic issues as the most important problem in the U.S. are at their highest point since 2016,” a recent poll from Gallup <a href="https://www.oleantimesherald.com/news/nation/americans-more-worried-about-inflation-than-they-have-been-in-decades/article_f6557693-81e8-51f5-b558-62493fb06fdd.html">said</a>. “Inflation, which registered as the top economic problem last month and continues to be, was previously at this level in 1984.”
Without any economic reprieve predicted, it is evident that voters&#8217; concern about the economy will continue through the 2022 midterms.
While the president may have found Noah&#8217;s remarks hilarious Saturday night, it&#8217;s unlikely he will be laughing if that clip is used as a GOP advertisement down the line.
Just like excuses, jokes have a tendency to get a little old after you hear them more than a few times. The American people will only be able to tolerate Biden blaming Putin and outside factors for the state of the economy — while appearing to laugh at their misery — for so long before they take out their frustrations at the ballot box.
The views expressed in this piece are the author&#8217;s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
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Digital Dunkirk organizer Alex Plitsas criticized comedian Trevor Noah after the latter used his platform at the White House Correspondents&#8217; Dinner to crack a joke about the Biden Administration&#8217;s disastrous exit from Afghanistan.
&#8220;Please be careful leaving tonight,&#8221; Noah said. &#8220;We all know this administration doesn&#8217;t handle evacuations well.&#8221;
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Trevor Noah: &quot;Please be careful leaving tonight. We all know this administration doesn&#39;t handle evacuations well.&quot; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WHCD?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WHCD</a> <a href="https://t.co/6QLR5JlmH6">pic.twitter.com/6QLR5JlmH6</a>
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&#8220;I finally understand the &#8216;too soon&#8217; response to a joke,&#8221; Plitsas replied. &#8220;There are a lot of people who were left behind and are suffering after we made a promise to them as a nation. We are not done.&#8221;
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I finally understand the “too soon” response to a joke. There are a lot of people who were left behind and are suffering after we made a promise to them as a nation. We are not done. <a href="https://t.co/8FwvDONKlL">https://t.co/8FwvDONKlL</a>
&mdash; Alex Plitsas 🇺🇸 (@alexplitsas) <a href="https://twitter.com/alexplitsas/status/1520598537528086528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 1, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Plitsas, an Army veteran who served in both Iraq and Afghanistan, was instrumental in a massive civilian-led rescue operation known as &#8220;<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/u-s-military-veteran-escapes-ukraine-with-help-of-american-rescue-group/">Digital Dunkirk</a>&#8221; — so named because of its similarities to the massive civilian rescue operation that took place at Dunkirk between May 26 and June 4 of 1940. Plitsas has worked tirelessly with other civilians and intelligence operators to aid American citizens and Afghan allies in their <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/group-of-veterans-rescues-another-374-evacuees-from-afghanistan/">escape from the Taliban</a> after President Joe Biden ordered all American troops to leave Afghanistan — and that work is still ongoing.
Plitsas was not alone in his criticism of the joke, however. Congressman Peter Meijer (R-MI) was not amused either.
&#8220;Ha ha that’s a great joke [at the expense of the tens of thousands of Afghan allies we left behind to rot that @WHCOS wants to forget bc it’s the reason why Biden’s favs/unfavs are absolutely dismal but] lolol great zinger much laughs,&#8221; Meijer <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMeijer/status/1520607083359793152">tweeted</a> in response.
&#8220;For the record Afghanistan is still going on, and not just in the context of throwaway nerd prom jokes about abandoning people who risked their lives for the US,&#8221; he added.
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For the record Afghanistan is still going on, and not just in the context of throwaway nerd prom jokes about abandoning people who risked their lives for the US <a href="https://t.co/CYb17F3caJ">pic.twitter.com/CYb17F3caJ</a>
&mdash; Rep. Peter Meijer (@RepMeijer) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMeijer/status/1520607147813339137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 1, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Leaving Americans to die on their own in Afghanistan is just a joke to those who think they&#8217;re better than you,&#8221; another <a href="https://twitter.com/AF632/status/1520654544887160832">commented</a>.
GOP rapid response director Tommy Pigott <a href="https://twitter.com/TommyPigott/status/1520634248537206784">added</a>, &#8220;13 people died trying to save people from his mistakes.&#8221;
Texas Congressional candidate Jenny Garcia Sharon made it clear that she was not impressed either. &#8220;I find nothing humorous about the disastrous evacuation that cost the lives of 13 American soldiers &#8230;what a disgusting display of callousness. #WHCD,&#8221; she <a href="https://twitter.com/jenny4congress/status/1520633144986140673">said</a>.
&#8220;Wow. How completely inconsiderate and disgusting of #TrevorNoah, to joke about #Biden’s horrible evacuation from Afghanistan which resulted in the deaths of 13 members of our military. #WHCD,&#8221; another <a href="https://twitter.com/Kimba212Jupiter/status/1520628893950136320">added</a>.
Plitsas, for his part, has carried on with the mission and continues to assist Afghan allies as they slowly make their way out of Taliban-controlled Afghanistan to the United States or other safe countries for refuge.
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Four Afghan children who we helped to rescue in Kabul were reunited with their loving mother in New York. She’s experienced health issues and is unable to work. They need help!
I&#39;m raising money for Home &amp; Food for Afghan Refugee Children.👇🏼
Donate: <a href="https://t.co/4LVrxLsZPM">https://t.co/4LVrxLsZPM</a>
&mdash; Alex Plitsas 🇺🇸 (@alexplitsas) <a href="https://twitter.com/alexplitsas/status/1519701822272942086?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 28, 2022</a></blockquote>
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‘We Are Not Done’: Digital Dunkirk Organizer Blasts Trevor Noah Over Afghan Evacuation Joke While People Are Still Stranded

Alex Plitsas: Too Soon To Joke About Biden's Botched Afghanistan Withdrawal

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WASHINGTON — Comedian Trevor Noah suggested that Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is trying to &#8220;outmaneuver&#8221; former President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election.
The comedian headlined the White House Correspondents’ Association gala Saturday evening at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., where he leveled shots at the press and politicians alike.
&#8220;What a room this is! Everyone is here tonight,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We’ve got politicians. We&#8217;ve got the media, we&#8217;ve got celebrities. Basically anyone who has been to Jeffrey Epstein’s island. This is an exclusive event.&#8221;
&#8220;Many big names here tonight,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;One of my favorites, Ron DeSantis is here. I’m actually surprised that he found the time. You know, he has been so busy trying to outmaneuver Trump for 2024.&#8221;
&#8220;I see you, Ron,&#8221; Noah told the Florida governor, who has thus far steered clear of saying whether he would run in 2024. &#8220;I see you, player! I see what you&#8217;ve been doing! Blaming Trump for the lockdowns, distancing yourself from the vaccines that Trump created with his own two hands.&#8221;
DeSantis, however, wasn&#8217;t in attendance, and has since made that abundantly clear.
“I would never attend that. Have no interest in that. Did not watch it. I don’t care what they do,” <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/02/desantis-invite-white-house-correspondents-dinner-00029335">said</a> the Florida governor on Monday. “For them to advertise me when that invitation was rejected by my office, that is a lie. Here they are saying how important they are that they are somehow these paragons of truth, yet they are lying about something that is readily verifiable.”
At the dinner, Noah also imitated Trump&#8217;s voice, saying, &#8220;Nobody knew how to make vaccines until I made them, beautiful, beautiful vaccines. Nobody knew how. Not even Fauci.&#8221;
The comedian then continued, &#8220;But Ron — Ron is playing it coy, man. He won’t even tell people if he got the booster. Or as they say in Florida, don’t ask, don’t tell, am I right? I see you, Ron.&#8221;
&#8220;You see,&#8221; Noah said, &#8220;what I like about Ron DeSantis is like, if Trump was the original terminator, DeSantis is like the T-1000. You’re smarter than him, you&#8217;re slicker than him, you can walk down ramps.&#8221;
Though Trump said he won the election, Noah said, &#8220;everyone was just able to look at the numbers and see that he was wrong.&#8221;
&#8220;That’s why Ron DeSantis is one step ahead,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;First you ban the math textbooks then nobody knows how to count the votes.&#8221;
&#8220;Boom, my man,&#8221; Noah said, laughing out loud as he concluded his DeSantis bit.
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Trevor Noah Says DeSantis Is Trying To ‘Outmaneuver’ Trump For 2024: ‘I See You Ron, I See You Player’

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WASHINGTON — Comedian Trevor Noah highlighted Saturday evening that formerly high-profile liberal journalists have lost their national spotlight since President Donald Trump has left the White House.
Noah spoke at the White House Correspondents’ Association gala on Saturday evening at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., following remarks delivered by President Joe Biden.
The comedian alternatively mocked the president and the press before saying that he knew there were &#8220;mixed reviews&#8221; of the Biden presidency among the media present at the gala.
&#8220;There was a lot of talk about how the president really respects the press, but what has he done for you guys? Huh?&#8221; asked Noah.
&#8220;Think of all the journalists whose careers have been hurt by the Biden presidency,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;People like Daniel Dale. Used to be CNN&#8217;s star fact checker, on TV every day. But now, there is barely anything to check. Same for Glenn Kessler of The Washington Post. On the way here, I saw him on the street offering four pinnochios for a dollar. Mr. President, that’s on you.&#8221;
He continued: &#8220;And what about Maggie Haberman? For four years, it was exclusives on the Russia investigation, corruption, the president doesn&#8217;t read his daily briefings &#8230; Now look at her! She spends all day fighting with random people on Twitter like a common political reporter.&#8221;
&#8220;You’ve ruined her, Mr. President,&#8221; he joked.
&#8220;Now, of course, of course, President Biden doesn’t often have to deal with the media directly,&#8221; Noah continued. &#8220;Yes, the task falls to Press Secretary Jen Psaki.&#8221;
Noah joked to Psaki about the many times she has contracted the coronavirus before reminding the audience that Psaki is <a href="https://www.axios.com/jen-psaki-leaving-white-house-msnbc-a75bdbc6-4c6b-43f9-b406-e104ea3b88e9.html">rumored to be leaving the White House and heading to MSNBC</a>.
&#8220;If it’s true, congratulations to Jen and your big career change,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But, you know, moving to MSNBC is gonna be a big switch up for you because right now, the current job is to make the Biden administration … look good as possible, you know, at all costs, and now you&#8217;re going to be at MSNBC and you’ll have to — you’ll be fine, actually. Sorry.&#8221;
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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden jabbed at the vaccinated Fox News reporters attending the White House Correspondents’ Association gala on Saturday evening.
The president, who spoke at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., to the assembled reporters, politicians, and celebrities attending the WHCA event, joked to the room, &#8220;Why in the hell are we still doing this?”
&#8220;I know there are [other] questions about whether we should gather here tonight, because of COVID. Well, we’re here to show the country that we’re getting through this pandemic. Plus, everyone had to prove they are fully vaccinated and boosted,&#8221; Biden added.
&#8220;So, if you&#8217;re home watching this, and you&#8217;re wondering how to do that, just contact your favorite Fox News reporter,&#8221; he said. &#8220;They’re all here, vaccinated and boosted. All of em.&#8221;
&#8220;Fox News, I’m really sorry your preferred candidate lost the last election,&#8221; the president continued. &#8220;To make it up to you, I’m happy to give my chief of staff to you all, so he can tell Sean Hannity what to say every day.&#8221;
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Comedian Trevor Noah would also mock Fox News hosts during his remarks later in the evening, joking that Fox News was like a &#8220;Waffle House.&#8221;
&#8220;It’s relatively normal in the afternoon, but as soon as the sun goes down, there&#8217;s a drunk lady named Jeanine threatening to fight every Mexican who comes in,&#8221; he said.
&#8220;How about that Fox primetime lineup, huh?&#8221; he continued. &#8220;Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, their coverage of COVID was really impactful. Their segments about vaccines moved their viewers into the ICU.&#8221;
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Biden Tells Americans To Look To 'Vaccinated And Boosted' Fox News Reporters Attending WHCA Dinner

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Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, was banned temporarily from Instagram after violating company policies, according to <a href="https://pagesix.com/2022/03/16/kanye-west-suspended-from-instagram-for-24-hours/">Page Six</a>.
A Meta spokesperson confirmed Wednesday night that the account @kanyewest, which boasts 15.6 million followers, was temporarily deleted for “violating policies on hate speech, bullying and harassment.” He is unable to post, comment or send DMs for 24 hours. The company confirmed they will take additional steps if Ye continues to violate the platform&#8217;s rules. 
The situation began when the “Donda” rapper allegedly posted a photo of comedian Trevor Noah along with a caption that used racial slurs. Page Six said the caption replaced the lyrics to “Kumbaya” with, “All in together now… K*** baya my lord k*** baya K*** baya my lord K*** baya Oooo’ lord K*** baya.” 
The rapper was banned for using the racial slur &#8220;k***&#8221; in the lyrics. West’s post was likely a response to Noah’s remarks about the drama in the rapper’s personal life. 
“It’s spun into a story that seems fully tabloid but I think deserves a little more awareness from the general public. … I know everyone thinks it’s a big marketing stunt,” Noah said during an episode of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show.”
“Two things can be true: Kim likes publicity, Kim is also being harassed. Those things can be happening at the same time.”
“What [Kardashian is] going through is terrifying to watch, and it shines a spotlight on what so many women go through when they choose to leave,” Noah continued. 
The host went on to compare West and Kardashian’s situation to his own childhood, when his mother wasn’t believed about her abusive relationship. He said she was accused of “overreacting” up until his stepfather shot his mom Patricia in the head. She did survive, but Noah said it all could have been avoided.
“As a society, we have to ask ourselves questions. Do we wish to stand by and watch a car crash when we thought we saw it coming?” Noah said on the show.
Meanwhile, tensions between West and Kardashian have been making headlines every week, with many of them stemming from social media posts. The rapper most recently posted a photo of his 8-year-old daughter North’s backpack and claimed he hadn’t seen her in a week. Kardashian <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/please-stop-with-this-narrative-kim-kardashian-posts-scathing-comment-on-kanye-wests-instagram-post">left a comment </a>asserting this was all made up.
West wrote in the caption, “This was on my daughters back pack when I was ‘allowed’ to see her last week[.] This is why I go so hard for my family I am wired to protect my family at all cost[.] As the priest of my home Don’t worry Northy God is still alive.”
Kardashian replied by saying, “Please stop with this narrative, you were just here this morning picking up the kids for school.” Her clapback received more than 100,000 likes.
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Trevor Noah, the host of “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central, issued a surprising monologue on Tuesday after it was reported that countries like Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates had refused to take phone calls from President Joe Biden to discuss potential oil deals.
The White House has officially denied that report, but the self-appointed funny-man news commentator said that regardless of if the story is true or not, under President Donald Trump, something like that never would have happened because of the former president&#8217;s unpredictability. He also poked fun at Biden&#8217;s bedtime schedule.
On Tuesday, The Wall Street Journal <a href="http://The Daily Wire is one of America’s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.">reported</a> that the Biden White House began calling countries like Saudi Arabia and the UAE to discuss potential oil deals to help offset the banning of Russian oil from American markets. Rather than increase drilling at home, the Biden team wanted to purchase oil from those Persian Gulf nations, according to the paper.
The only problem is that they allegedly did not answer, and because of that, Noah slammed Biden for the &#8220;embarrassing&#8221; story.
&#8220;You have got to be kidding me,&#8221; Noah said after a brief montage of news reports regarding the story. &#8220;Apparently, Saudi Arabia won&#8217;t even pick up the phone for the President of the United States.&#8221;
&#8220;I mean, look, I know it&#8217;s hard to arrange those calls. You know, Riyadh is eight hours ahead. Biden is asleep by 4:00 p.m.,” Noah said, making fun of &#8220;Sleepy Joe&#8221; and his sometimes light schedule. &#8220;It&#8217;s a narrow window to make it work, but still.&#8221;
&#8220;That must have been really embarrassing for Biden. Can you imagine? He phones them, and they don&#8217;t pick up,&#8221; he continued before noting the White House rejected the story.
On Thursday, The Washington Examiner reported that White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/white-house-denies-charge-that-gulf-leaders-rejected-bidens-calls">said</a>, &#8220;There were no rebuffed calls. Period,&#8221; when asked about the Journal story.
Nonetheless, Noah said, &#8220;You can say what you want, but this would have never happened to Donald Trump. Never.&#8221;
&#8220;Yeah, because if you ignored Donald Trump&#8217;s calls, you didn&#8217;t know how he would respond. Maybe he&#8217;d send an angry tweet, or maybe he&#8217;d just, like, ban your country from everything,&#8221; Noah claimed. &#8220;You don&#8217;t know.”
&#8220;That&#8217;s why I bet in these situations, Biden actually wishes that he could hire Trump to step in as President Wild Card. You know?&#8221; he joked. &#8220;Just keep everyone on their toes. &#8216;Cause if Trump was calling, you best believe the UAE — they&#8217;ll be racing to pick up the phone.”
&#8220;Ah, Mr. Trump! Mr. Trump, we&#8217;re here, we&#8217;re here, hello?&#8221; Noah said in a Middle Eastern accent.
&#8220;Too late, Ahmed, you made me wait two rings. We’re bombing the UAE and the UFC, just in case,&#8221; the host said while doing a Trump impression.
Noah&#8217;s monologue sounded surprisingly conservative. It is similar to what Republicans have been saying about Trump and Biden for years.
Immediately after the story that Gulf leaders would not answer Biden&#8217;s phone calls this week, New York Congressman Lee Zeldin (R), tweeted that it was a &#8220;TOTAL EMBARRASSMENT!&#8221;
&#8220;@POTUS stooped to groveling and being rejected by foreign dictators for oil,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;The answer is to ramp domestic energy production, but he won’t admit it because he’s afraid of the most extreme demands of far-left climate activists.”
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TOTAL EMBARRASSMENT! <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> stooped to groveling and being rejected by foreign dictators for oil. The answer is to ramp domestic energy production, but he won’t admit it because he’s afraid of the most extreme demands of far-left climate activists. <a href="https://t.co/UqR8yM9vA7">https://t.co/UqR8yM9vA7</a>
&mdash; Lee Zeldin (@RepLeeZeldin) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepLeeZeldin/status/1501641036489273353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 9, 2022</a></blockquote>
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In 2018, former U.S. United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley also <a href="https://www.albanyherald.com/news/nikki-haley-trumps-unpredictable-behavior-was-advantageous-at-un/article_d41e0e28-3253-5455-bb7f-5c781f740ca2.html">said</a> that Trump&#8217;s uncertain reactions worked to the United States’ advantage and helped her in her job at the U.N., CNN reported at the time:
<blockquote>&#8220;He would ratchet up the rhetoric, and then I&#8217;d go back to the ambassadors and say &#8216;you know, he&#8217;s pretty upset. I can&#8217;t promise you what he&#8217;s going to do or not, but I can tell you if we do these sanctions, it will keep him from going too far,’” Haley told NBC&#8217;s Craig Melvin in an interview that aired Wednesday on NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Today.&#8221;
&#8220;I was trying to get the job done. And I got the job done by being truthful but also by letting him be unpredictable and not showing our cards,&#8221; she said.</blockquote>
Noah&#8217;s monologue can be seen <a href="https://youtu.be/L9s5a1JNz2M?t=356">here</a>.

‘This Would Have Never Happened To Donald Trump’: Trevor Noah Slams ‘Embarrassing’ Report Gulf Countries Won’t Answer Joe Biden’s Calls

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