President Donald Trump made no promises that there would be a peaceful transfer of power if he lost to Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election. While the President remains mother, late-night hosts Trevor Noah and Seth Meyers warn viewers about what Trump’s refusal to leave in peace could bring.
“Trump refusing to say he would resign if he lost is a scary thought because who knows what could happen to this type of threat, ”said Noah during Thursday’s episode of The Daily Show.
The Comedy Central host said during his segment that the president’s potential move would be different from anyone else. Noah said that “the world’s oldest democracy will become the world’s newest dictatorship,” and that such political rejection seems un-American.
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“I never thought that I would see the day when an American president threatened not to accept an election defeat, ”he said. “Let’s face it, this is something you hear about in a random country where America is stepping in to enforce democracy. I think now it is only fair that these countries send peacekeepers to the US, ”he added.
If Trump really refuses to vacate the presidency for Biden, “One of the world’s most famous landlords is going to turn into the world’s most famous squatter, Noah Kid during the segment. He also quipped that in order to stay in the White House as long as possible, Trump could live in the basement with Biden sitting on the parasite à la Bong Joon-Ho.
Similarly, Meyers criticized Trump for failing to confirm a peaceful transfer of power.
“He’s threatening a coup, although I’m sure he has no idea what the phrase ‘coup’ means,” said the late night host. “He probably thinks it’s text from the Moulin Rouge!”
Like Noah, Meyers said that Americans are seeing democracy transform into an “autocratic regime” in real time. He even joked that if Trump stays in office, it won’t be long before he parks a military tank on Pennsylvania Avenue wearing green suits and a long beard.
During his “A Closer Look” segment, the NBC late night host also beat up Trump for criticizing the general mail-in vote. He showed videos of Trump saying the voting practices in place prior to the COVID-19 pandemic could lead to false election results and disruption.
However, Trump’s uncertainty about the voting results may not be due to real concerns about postal ballot papers, but may be due to his polling numbers, Meyers said.
“You think you can only lose an election if it’s rigged? They haven’t broken 50% of the survey averages all year, ”he said. “You were not a single time ahead of Biden on average, you lost the referendum by three million and your approval numbers have been under water since the start of your campaign.”
Check out Noah and Meyer’s segments below.
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