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Trump Talks S**t at the U.N., Rebrands AI as "Superintelligence" & Praises Mamdani | Tom Morello artwork

Trump Talks S**t at the U.N., Rebrands AI as "Superintelligence" & Praises Mamdani | Tom Morello

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

September 23, 2026

Desi Lydic dives into the headlines with Trump’s press ban leaving him speechless (literally, he has no mic anymore). Plus, "AI" is out and “super intelligence” is in as the president coins a new term for his favorite humanity-threatening technology. And at the U.N.

Speakers Donald Trump, Desi Lydic, John Alite, Josh Johnson, Tom Morello

TopicsComedyNewsDaily News

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Donald Trump (0:42)

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SPEAKER_2 (0:47)

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SPEAKER_2 (0:52)

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SPEAKER_6 (1:01)

You're listening to Comedy Central.

From the most trusted journalists at Comedy Central, it's America's only source for news. This is The Daily Show with your host, Desi Lydic.

Desi Lydic (1:31)

Welcome to The Daily Show, I'm Desi Lydic.

Desi Lydic (1:34)

We've got so much to talk about tonight. Trump drains the White House press pool. New Jersey continues to be a parody of itself. And it's the UN. General Assembly when all the world's countries come together to see if they can get a guest spot on subway takes. So let's get into the headlines.

As everyone knows by now, Donald Trump banned several news outlets whose coverage he hates, including MS Now, Politico, CNN, and Salad Digest. By now, all those news outlets are gone except for CNN, who left behind a suspicious new janitor named Bolf Glitzer.

You get that story, Bolf. This is obviously a sad story, especially for female journalists. I mean, where are they going to find someone to insult their looks and call them Piggy now? What's that? Oh, the entire Internet? Oh, that's great. So now, in an act of solidarity, all the TV networks have pulled their coverage and boycotted White House events.

SPEAKER_5 (2:40)

Yes.

Desi Lydic (2:44)

Even Fox News joined the boycott. Fox News!

SPEAKER_5 (2:50)

Yeah.

Desi Lydic (2:52)

The channel whose lead story last night was President Has Massive Hog.

This is the smartest thing Fox News has done since tricking Trump into taking Pete Hegsteth away from them. But while the media is all ghosting him, I'm sure that won't stop President Trump from getting the word out.

SPEAKER_9 (3:10)

Let's see if we can pick up some of the sound from President Trump here in that new helipad. Okay, so there is no microphone because the pool cameras aren't there.

Desi Lydic (3:35)

Oops. Whoopsie, I'm sorry. You're going to have to speak up. I can't hear you over the sound of you stepping on your own dick.

I gotta say, it is so peaceful not hearing his voice. I mean, I can finally be alone with my thoughts. I got a lot going on up there. But while the major networks boycotted Trump's helipad reveal, we here at The Daily Show were able to obtain exclusive audio of what he said. Because the president's words matter. And the American people deserve to hear the important things that he's saying.

SPEAKER_10 (4:18)

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But sometimes you just want to show off a straight, firm ass. This guy gets it. Anyway, quick question.

What's a helipad?

Desi Lydic (4:41)

Fascinating. Fascinating stuff. So, banning the media obviously backfired on Trump, and yet another one of his recent losses. The Supreme Court struck down his war on mail-in voting. The Fed raised interest rates. Spanx just discontinued their line of ankle girdles.

But Trump needs right now is a little pick-me-up. Maybe he needs to spend some time with someone he loves. No, not her.

No, not them. Come on, I'm talking about the person who's the wallpaper on his phone.

SPEAKER_11 (5:13)

President Trump met with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani at Gracie Mansion. Though they're on opposite ends of the political world, obviously, they actually appeared friendly yesterday.

Donald Trump (5:23)

I want him to be a great mayor, and he certainly got potential. Got great potential. So hopefully, you're going to be a great one. I'll be able to say, you're going to be a great one, and you're off to a start.

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