UM, WHAT? Trump says he’ll "have a threesome" with his sons

Um. you might want to watch this. >> They're the only father and son pair to. receive our nation's. highest. military award for courage above and. beyond. the call of duty. Now, as I see my two. beautiful sons sitting there, I think. I'm going to give one to myself, one to. them, and we'll have a threesome, okay? I'll pick out one of the two. I'll give them the Congressional Medal. of Honor for something.

For their genius at hunting. And I'll get one for. taking on Russia, Russia, Russia, or. something. >> That was Donald Trump at the opening of. Teddy Roosevelt's Presidential Library, looking at his two adult sons and. saying, quote, "I think I'm going to. give one Medal of Honor to myself, one. to them, and we'll have a threesome.". How's that for some imagery? As if. Trump, for the umpteenth time, trying to. award himself and his family the Medal. of Honor wasn't bad enough, now, for.

some bizarre reason, unbeknownst to any. normal functioning human, he's also. declared that he maybe wants to his. sons. No words. I mean, honestly, he cannot. shake this {quote} {unquote} joke that. he needs this medal. >> You're a very special man. There are very few people that have. them. You know, I want to give one to. myself, but they tell me I'm not allowed. to. My son over here, my both of them, I said, "Fellas, I'd love to give one of. them to me.

What have I done that that I deserve. it?" And they couldn't think of. anything. So, I'm not happy with them today. Now, there's no higher award. That's the. Congressional Medal of Honor. The highest award we have. You have the Presidential. [clears throat]. Medal of Freedom. That's more of the civilian nature, but. those two, but in particular that, because what you have to go through is. very rough. >> I guess the concept of actually doing. something to earn the medal has.

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of content, but this is the one time. that I'll ask for some support for a. book that I really think meets this. moment. Thanks so much. Although, the. great irony is that when Donald Trump is. faced with actual Medal of Honor. recipients, this is what he does. >> Thank you, everybody. We have a lot of. great service members here with us, too, in this beautiful building. Isn't it. beautiful? We're adding on to the building a little. bit. We're. improving the building. See that nice. drape? When that comes down, right now you see. a very, very deep hole.

But, in about a year and a half from. now, you're going to see a very, very. beautiful building. And there's your entrance to it, right. there. In fact, it looks so nice, I. don't think I'll even I think I'll save. money on the doors. cuz it can't get more beautiful than. that. I picked those drapes in my first term. I always like gold. But, I think we can save a lot of money. I just saved I just saved curtains. But, uh and it will be it'll be. spectacular. It'll be the most beautiful. ballroom. I believe it's cuz I built. many a ballroom. I believe it's going to.

be the most beautiful ballroom anywhere. in the world. And when you hear all that. hammering out there, you know why the. first lady is not thrilled, exactly. She said, "Will the pile drivers ever. stop?" You know, they go from 6:00 in. the morning till 11:30 in the evening. Can you imagine? Here. You know what? To me, that's a beautiful. sound. She doesn't like it, I love it. You know what? To me, other than here, because we're donating it not a penny to. the taxpayer, it'll be under budget, ahead of.

schedule. It'll be 400 million or less. Most people say 400 million or more. No, it'll be less. But, uh when I hear that. sound, that beautiful sound behind me, it means money, so I like it. But, my. wife isn't thrilled. She said, "This is getting crazy. It'll. I said, "Don't worry about it. We'll be. all finished up in a few months.". But, now for the reason that we're. gathered this morning to recognize the. unsurpassed courage of three really.

incredible American heroes, one living. and two no longer with us. >> Keep in mind, that was a Medal of Honor. ceremony. And before he got to the Medal. of Honor recipients, he spent his time. talking about his ballroom. Put another. way, the Medal of Honor recipients had. to wait while Trump was done talking. about the drapes before they could be. honored for their sacrifices. Because. something something patriotism USA. Although, perhaps the reason that the. Trump family has zero reverence for.

Medal of Honor recipients is because. these are people who have never worn a. uniform, never deployed, never done a. single day of public service that wasn't. a grift dressed up as a business trip. Don Jr. hunts endangered animals for. Instagram content. Eric runs golf. courses. That's the resume. And Trump's. response is, "Let's workshop which one. of my sons gets the country's highest. honor. And I'll just take one for myself. while I'm at it for standing up to. Russia." A country whose president. Donald Trump has spent the better part. of a decade refusing to say a single bad.

word about. This isn't a joke that. reveals nothing. It is a joke that. reveals exactly how Trump sees these. medals. Not as recognition of sacrifice, but as merchandise that he hands out to. people that he likes, including, especially, his own family. But, this is really the through line of. the entire Trump project. This isn't a. government that exists to serve the. country, it is a government that exists. to serve Trump and by extension his. family. It was never what can I do for. you, it was always what can you do for.

me? And if you want proof that is not. just a punchline about metals, look at. what's actually happened to the family's. finances since Trump took office. Just. this week, his own financial. disclosures, a 927-page. document, showed that he personally. banked over a billion dollars last year. from his family's crypto venture alone, including more than half a billion. dollars from World Liberty Financial, which is the crypto platform that he. built with Don Jr. and Eric, and 35. million dollars from Trump branded meme.

coins. That's just what's disclosed. Independent tracking from Forbes puts. Trump's own net worth at roughly 6.3. billion dollars as of this year, nearly. three times what it was before he retook. office. Zoom out to the whole family and. estimates is high as 10 billion dollars. Bloomberg's reporting found that crypto. alone added about 1.4 billion dollars to. the family's fortune in a single year, making up roughly a fifth of everything. they own. Congressional Democrats. tracking what they call the family's.

digital grift put the number of realized. profits tied directly to paid-for-play. schemes and foreign payments at over 2. billion dollars, which is a figure. that balloons past 9 and a half billion. once you factor in the value of. everything that they're still sitting. on. And some of that money isn't even coming. from Americans. Buried in that reporting. is a 500 million dollar investment into. World Liberty Financial from an Abu. Dhabi investment vehicle tied to the. UAE's national security adviser, a deal. signed off on by Eric Trump that sent.

roughly 200 million dollars straight to. entities that the Trump family controls. Shortly after that money moved, the. administration approved exporting. advanced AI chips to the UAE over the. objections of people worried about. national security. So, uh you're free to. decide for yourself whether that's just. a mere coincidence or not. And if you. think that Donald Trump is bothered by. any of this, well, you just listen to. him talk about it and tell me if he. sounds like he's in any way perturbed. >> Mr. President, your financial disclosure. showed a very lucrative year last year.

What message would this send to average. Americans? >> Well, I you know, I don't get involved in my personal We. have funds that run my money. >> But you are benefiting. >> Well, I've made a lot of money before I. became president, and they invest my. money, and I don't talk to them. I never. I don't even speak to them. So, I have. many people. I don't know what they call. closed accounts or something. You put. your money in, and that's it. I don't talk to them. They're big institutions, and uh they run it. But yeah, I've had a.

great career. In business, I've had a. great career. >> What have you learned about conflicts of. interest? >> I don't know if I've had a better career. in politics or business, but I had a. great career in business, and. uh. you know, you saw the cash, and you report the different things. And. what they do is we gave it I think it's. called a blind account, but they. basically they take it, and I purposely. I never speak to any of the people that. run the money. But they're at big. institutions, and uh they invest in. whatever they invest. >> But the president is benefiting. >> Right. See, who among us hasn't tripled.

their net worth and raked in over $4. billion in the last 18 months? Am I. right? So, no, this isn't just Trump. making a very. very bizarre joke about his kids at a. library opening. It is a window into how. this entire administration operates. The. presidency isn't a job to Trump, it is. an asset. His sons aren't public. servants, they are business partners, and the country isn't something that he. works for, it's something that he. extracts from. One crypto token, one. foreign investment, one imaginary medal.

at a time. The threesome line might be. the the Trump lunacy that you'll. remember from all of this, but the. billion-dollar disclosure is the part. that should actually make you furious. >> [music]. >> Before you go, I'm very excited to. announce that I've written a new book. titled The Day After: How to wield power. in a post-Trump world. The book explores. what is, in my opinion, the single most. important theme that we're dealing with. in politics today and moving forward: power. Specifically, how Republicans.

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