1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:04,200 Speaker 1: So Happy President's Day to everyone, Yes, the ones who 2 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:08,119 love me and the ones, well, let's just say who don't. Usually, 3 00:00:08,119 --> 00:00:11,320 on Monday mornings, I like to take stock of what 4 00:00:11,560 --> 00:00:15,039 happened over the weekend. And after doing that, what I 5 00:00:15,119 --> 00:00:17,839 like to do is to analyze, right, all of the 6 00:00:17,879 --> 00:00:21,480 deranged behavior, all of the nonsense, all of the chaos 7 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:23,519 that we have to deal with on a day to 8 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:27,359 day basis. And right now, nobody understands chaos more than me. 9 00:00:27,879 --> 00:00:30,559 All right, And while I still will do that, I 10 00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:33,920 do actually want to look through the lens of a 11 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:38,280 past president. And I'm talking about Barack Obama. Why do 12 00:00:38,359 --> 00:00:41,159 I say that, Well, I say it because this weekend, 13 00:00:41,759 --> 00:00:45,359 not the Obama's. They spend some time together. Right. They 14 00:00:45,359 --> 00:00:48,840 went to, for example, an NBA All Star Game and 15 00:00:48,880 --> 00:01:08,719 they received a standing ovation. Play the clip. Okay, now, 16 00:01:08,799 --> 00:01:12,599 let's acknowledge that took place in Los Angeles, California. Right. 17 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:17,480 But here's the thing. Many people during Barack Obama's presidency 18 00:01:18,159 --> 00:01:21,439 did not actually like him, who resided in California. But 19 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:26,159 yet yet they had the what they had, the respect, 20 00:01:27,239 --> 00:01:33,879 the decency to applaud. Unfortunately, the same is not given 21 00:01:34,079 --> 00:01:36,400 to Trump. It's not given to Vance. It's not given 22 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:41,120 to the other people in the administration, who receive consistent 23 00:01:41,319 --> 00:01:45,040 booze at just about every single event that they attend. 24 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:49,319 But not only did Obama get a standing ovation, he 25 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:54,640 actually was calmly joking around with Reggie Miller. Play that clip. 26 00:01:54,680 --> 00:01:56,280 Speaker 2: I want to shift to Chicago. 27 00:01:56,480 --> 00:01:59,760 Speaker 3: You mentioned the nineties, your time there and that run 28 00:01:59,799 --> 00:02:02,000 by Michael Jordan's innis Chicago. 29 00:02:02,359 --> 00:02:04,840 Speaker 2: Do you have a favorite moment during. 30 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:09,520 Speaker 3: That time in Chicago during the nineties. I always enjoyed 31 00:02:09,879 --> 00:02:13,599 watching US beat Indiana. Oh my goodness, although I wouldn't 32 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:17,759 do that to me, although I will say that nobody 33 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:23,199 terrified me more that Reggie Miller where the possible three 34 00:02:23,199 --> 00:02:25,240 points shot at the end of the game. You did 35 00:02:25,280 --> 00:02:28,400 push off, Michael on that one player, MoMA, mister president. 36 00:02:28,719 --> 00:02:32,159 Everybody knows if you push off in the Utah. Right. 37 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:35,560 They didn't all it, right, No, right, we gave it 38 00:02:35,599 --> 00:02:37,360 to you. We had to come back in game seven 39 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:38,400 though it didn't happen. 40 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:39,599 Speaker 2: We didn't happen, you know. 41 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:45,120 Speaker 1: There there says something about Barack Obama forgetting about even 42 00:02:45,199 --> 00:02:48,759 just being a former president of the United States. He 43 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:52,039 actually has a pretty decent ability. He has a good 44 00:02:52,039 --> 00:02:56,199 ability within which to interact with people, because it wasn't 45 00:02:56,319 --> 00:02:59,159 just Reggie Miller that he was interacting. He was interacting 46 00:02:59,199 --> 00:03:04,280 with people the audience. He was interacting with NBA's Anthony Davis, 47 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:07,879 who literally turned around and said that Obama was actually 48 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:11,280 his favorite person in the world and that they hung 49 00:03:11,319 --> 00:03:15,280 out the day prior. I mean, just imagine a star 50 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:19,039 athlete saying that play the clip. 51 00:03:19,159 --> 00:03:21,639 Speaker 2: I know you've met him before, but the President Obama 52 00:03:21,759 --> 00:03:22,919 was the Obamas was here. 53 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:25,280 Speaker 4: Did that give you any extra motivation to play any 54 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:25,960 harder tonight? 55 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:26,919 Speaker 3: Yeah, for sure you are. 56 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:29,919 Speaker 2: We got to put on a show for he my 57 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:32,120 favorite person in the world. We was kicking it yesterday, 58 00:03:32,199 --> 00:03:32,560 me and him. 59 00:03:32,599 --> 00:03:34,639 Speaker 3: I had a great time yesterday, so I told him 60 00:03:34,639 --> 00:03:35,800 I was gonna put on the show for him. 61 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:41,800 Speaker 1: Yeah. I mean, honestly, it's warm, it's nice. Maybe it's 62 00:03:41,879 --> 00:03:48,199 also the manner to which Barack Obama, I don't know, 63 00:03:48,639 --> 00:03:54,759 handles things and he just seems to be mellow. Now 64 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:58,080 was he mellow when he was president? Well, let's just 65 00:03:58,159 --> 00:04:01,400 say mellower than what we're currently you know, having to 66 00:04:01,439 --> 00:04:04,960 deal with. But yesterday, let me show you what former 67 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:11,840 President Obama posted about how sports can actually be used 68 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:16,800 to bring us all together. Wouldn't that be special? Play 69 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:17,279 the clip. 70 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:23,879 Speaker 5: Sports can bring the world together. But right now we're 71 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:26,279 in the middle of the Olympics, it's worth reminding us. 72 00:04:26,319 --> 00:04:30,800 We saw it in Paris that when you watch the 73 00:04:30,959 --> 00:04:40,240 US team and play in Paris, and the Serbian teams 74 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:43,199 and the French teams, and you're reminded of what the 75 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:47,000 Dream Team did to inspire all that. And and you 76 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:50,160 saw the French fans when Steph was hitting those threes, 77 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:54,639 and they're they're mad, but they can't be too mad 78 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:59,800 because it is such as art. It's art and it's joy, 79 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:04,160 and it binds us together to see human excellence in 80 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:05,920 that way. 81 00:05:06,519 --> 00:05:10,959 Speaker 2: You know that that's only sports. 82 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:15,120 Speaker 5: And music and the arts can do that to bind 83 00:05:15,199 --> 00:05:19,000 us together, to remind us of our common humanity. Uh yeah, 84 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:21,920 that that's uh, that's something we want to we want 85 00:05:21,959 --> 00:05:23,720 to preserve and build up. 86 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:26,959 Speaker 1: I absolutely agree. I agree with him one hundred percent. 87 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:32,120 Anything and I mean it, anything that can bind us together, 88 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:38,360 that could display our humanity for one another. I'm in 89 00:05:39,399 --> 00:05:41,839 Welcome back to The Michael Cohen Show on our continued 90 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:46,959 journey to a million subscribers. Let's get there. Let's get there, hit, subscribe, watch, comment, 91 00:05:46,959 --> 00:05:50,480 and share, because this insanity that we deal with every 92 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:54,480 single day on a personal level, on a national level, 93 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:57,759 it's got to stop. And also, as a programming note, 94 00:05:57,800 --> 00:05:59,959 I do want to continue to remind you that while 95 00:06:00,079 --> 00:06:03,600 Maya Culpa and Political Beatdown and no longer being shown 96 00:06:03,639 --> 00:06:07,480 on the Midas Touch Network, those shows they're not going anywhere. Like, 97 00:06:07,519 --> 00:06:11,800 for example, on Maya Culpa today, I have Professor Jeffrey 98 00:06:11,879 --> 00:06:16,879 Sonenfeld of Yale University on discussing, well, I'm going to 99 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:19,879 I'm not going to shake that for you, but I 100 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:21,560 want you to know that you can find it not 101 00:06:21,720 --> 00:06:25,000 just anywhere that you get your podcasts, but they'll also 102 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:28,000 be shown on my own channel, my YouTube channel at 103 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:32,560 the Michael Cohen Show. Now, Duke, now look, I do 104 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:36,560 want to show you one more clip of Obama speaking 105 00:06:36,879 --> 00:06:39,319 with and I've had him on my Maya Culpa podcast. 106 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:43,720 He's phenomenal. Brian Tyler Cohen no relation, even though I 107 00:06:43,759 --> 00:06:47,920 do have a brother named Brian. About Trump's racist post 108 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:51,319 depicting him and Michelle play the. 109 00:06:51,279 --> 00:06:52,879 Speaker 4: Clip, President, thanks so much for joining me. 110 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:54,480 Speaker 2: It is wonderful to be here. Brian thank you for 111 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:54,800 having me. 112 00:06:55,399 --> 00:06:58,240 Speaker 4: So, as you know better than anybody, the discourse has 113 00:06:58,279 --> 00:07:01,040 devolved into a level of cruelty that we haven't seen before. 114 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:04,800 What was disqualifying just a few years ago now not 115 00:07:04,839 --> 00:07:09,920 only feels fine, acceptable, but actually rewarded. You have administration 116 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:14,360 officials saying that the victims of ICE's aggression are domestic terrorists. 117 00:07:14,360 --> 00:07:16,839 You have Jade Vance coming out and saying that it's okay, 118 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:20,560 you don't have to apologize for being white. Just days ago, 119 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:24,120 Donald Trump put a picture of you your face on 120 00:07:24,160 --> 00:07:26,879 an ape's body. And so again this is you know, 121 00:07:27,199 --> 00:07:30,519 this is kind of we've seen the devolution of the discourse. 122 00:07:30,519 --> 00:07:32,959 How do we come back from a place that we 123 00:07:33,040 --> 00:07:34,040 have fallen into. 124 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:38,560 Speaker 2: Well, first of all, I think it's important to recognize 125 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:43,399 that the majority of the American people find this behavior 126 00:07:44,319 --> 00:07:48,319 deeply troubling. You know, it is true that it gets attention, 127 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:55,759 It's true that it's a distraction. But you know, as 128 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:58,639 I'm traveling around the country, as you're traveling around the country, 129 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:05,600 you meet people they still believe in decency, courtesy, kindness, 130 00:08:06,360 --> 00:08:11,920 And there's this sort of clown show that's happening in 131 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:18,319 social media and on television and what is true is 132 00:08:18,360 --> 00:08:21,240 that there doesn't seem to be any shame about this 133 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:27,199 among people who used to feel like you had to 134 00:08:27,839 --> 00:08:34,879 have some sort of decorum and a sense of propriety 135 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:38,039 and respect for the office. Right, So that's been lost. 136 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:42,120 But the reason I point out that I don't think 137 00:08:42,159 --> 00:08:45,799 the majority of the American people approve of this is 138 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:49,399 because ultimately the answer is going to come from the 139 00:08:49,399 --> 00:08:54,000 American people. And we just saw this in Minnesota. 140 00:08:54,240 --> 00:08:58,559 Speaker 1: In Minneapolis, No, let me be clear about something, all right, 141 00:08:58,679 --> 00:09:02,879 He's not wrong. The majority of the American people were 142 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:10,159 really truly offended, as was I about that post. I 143 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:14,360 was deeply offended. And I'm going to tell you something too. 144 00:09:14,919 --> 00:09:18,360 I don't think that Trump handled this the way that 145 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:20,320 I know it would have been handled. If we were 146 00:09:20,639 --> 00:09:23,639 at the Trump organization, somebody did that, I know he 147 00:09:23,679 --> 00:09:27,080 would have called the person out and probably shitcanned them 148 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:31,559 on the spot. It's the lack of decorum. I absolutely 149 00:09:32,399 --> 00:09:39,120 acknowledge and agree with what President Obama is saying, because 150 00:09:39,159 --> 00:09:42,679 truth be told, we are all better than that. This 151 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:47,960 social media bullshit that goes on these keyboard warriors, these 152 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:53,799 texting tough guys, the desire to hurt somebody simply because 153 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:59,240 one you're anonymous and two because you can that somehow 154 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:02,960 or another. But this is becoming acceptable behavior, and I 155 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:06,320 want to be honest. Even after listening to Obama sit there, 156 00:10:06,879 --> 00:10:08,679 I don't think if I had a half an hour 157 00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:10,919 to try to write, and some of you who follow 158 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:13,399 me on substack as well, you know I'm a pretty 159 00:10:13,399 --> 00:10:16,240 good writer, I don't think I could write it with 160 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:20,919 that type of clarity, with that type of empathy, And 161 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:22,000 I applaud him for that. 162 00:10:22,919 --> 00:10:23,039 Speaker 3: Now. 163 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:25,399 Speaker 1: I also want to say that while Obama did spend 164 00:10:25,399 --> 00:10:30,159 the weekend showing up as one of America's favorite presidents, right, 165 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:34,679 let me be very clear. Trump was actually meeting with 166 00:10:35,080 --> 00:10:39,840 Liz Truss, who is obviously one of the UK's worst 167 00:10:40,200 --> 00:10:45,559 prime ministers ever, right, who literally tanked the economy there, 168 00:10:46,279 --> 00:10:51,200 and who only lasted a few weeks. Let me show 169 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:54,879 you what was posted in it. They turned around write 170 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:59,080 about everything real Donald Trump. You know, let me be 171 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:02,399 clear about something. It's okay, right, we all know what 172 00:11:02,440 --> 00:11:07,720 she's doing. None of us are stupid here. She's visiting him, clearly, 173 00:11:07,799 --> 00:11:13,480 and she wants something, and so she's playing to his ego. Right, 174 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:17,200 how many hats have you seen? Trump is right about everything? 175 00:11:18,399 --> 00:11:23,720 Maybe that's why the UK shit canter. And finally, let 176 00:11:23,799 --> 00:11:26,120 me just say that it wouldn't be a chaotic weekend 177 00:11:26,240 --> 00:11:30,399 without some sort of some sort of fighting going on 178 00:11:30,559 --> 00:11:34,559 between two people. This specific time happens to be Trump 179 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:38,120 and Bill Maher. Let me show you what happened here 180 00:11:38,960 --> 00:11:42,919 in it. It turns around and it says, well, sometimes 181 00:11:42,919 --> 00:11:46,120 in life you waste time. TV host Bill Maher asked 182 00:11:46,120 --> 00:11:48,840 to have dinner with me through one of his friends, 183 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:52,360 also a friend of mine, and I agreed. He came 184 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:55,440 into the famed Oval office much different than I thought 185 00:11:55,480 --> 00:11:59,279 he would be. He was extremely nervous, had zero confidence 186 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:03,360 in himself, and to soothe his nerves immediately within seconds, 187 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:07,919 asked for a Vodkatonic. He said to me, I've never 188 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:11,919 felt like this before. I'm actually scared. In one respect, 189 00:12:11,919 --> 00:12:15,519 it was somewhat endearing. Anyway, We had a great dinner. 190 00:12:15,559 --> 00:12:17,720 It was quick, easy, and he seemed to be a 191 00:12:17,799 --> 00:12:21,080 nice guy. And for his first show after our dinner, 192 00:12:21,159 --> 00:12:25,080 he was very respectful about our meeting. But with everything 193 00:12:25,120 --> 00:12:27,799 I have done in bringing our country back from oblivion, 194 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:31,159 why wouldn't he be? But then I noticed his show 195 00:12:31,279 --> 00:12:35,039 started to devolve into the same old story, very boring 196 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:38,960 anti Trump, no mention of the perfect border. Lowest crime 197 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:41,639 in one hundred and twenty five years, the mass removal 198 00:12:41,679 --> 00:12:46,279 of stone cold criminals, the fifty thousand DOLLO, the seven 199 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:50,600 thousand SMP both highest ever, least number of murders since 200 00:12:50,799 --> 00:12:56,759 nineteen hundred Venezuel of Midnight Hammer Soldomani dead, al Bagdadi dead. 201 00:12:57,080 --> 00:13:00,600 Lowest inflation in years one point two percent the last 202 00:13:00,639 --> 00:13:05,600 three months, the rebuilding of our military, eight war stoppages, 203 00:13:05,720 --> 00:13:09,080 and on and on and on. In any event, it 204 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:11,000 was a total waste of time for me to have 205 00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:14,080 this jerk at the White House. And last night, after 206 00:13:14,159 --> 00:13:18,120 explaining what a disaster Canadian leaders are to deal with, 207 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:21,559 how Canada has ripped off the United States for years 208 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:25,799 on trade but not anymore, I jokingly stated in a 209 00:13:25,879 --> 00:13:28,759 truth that the first thing China will do is terminate 210 00:13:28,919 --> 00:13:32,840 all ice hockey being played in Canada and permanently eliminate 211 00:13:32,879 --> 00:13:37,080 the Stanley Cup. Well, he went on and on, so 212 00:13:37,159 --> 00:13:39,840 did the post which says about the hockey statement, like 213 00:13:40,080 --> 00:13:42,240 what kind of a person would say such a foolish 214 00:13:42,240 --> 00:13:45,039 thing as this, as though I were being serious when 215 00:13:45,039 --> 00:13:48,759 I said it. Fortunately, his television ratings are so low 216 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:52,519 that nobody will learn about his various fake news statements 217 00:13:52,519 --> 00:13:56,120 about me. He's no different than kimme O, Fallon or Colbert, 218 00:13:56,480 --> 00:14:00,519 but I must admit slightly more talented anyway. Bill Maher 219 00:14:00,639 --> 00:14:04,279 is a highly overrated lightweight and Republicans should stop using 220 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:06,600 him to show how the Left is coming over our 221 00:14:06,639 --> 00:14:09,960 way are based the greatest of all time? Laughs at 222 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:13,159 your weakness when you do it. Mar asked me if 223 00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:15,480 he could come back to the White House again and 224 00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:18,480 with his friends, also asked to come to the wonderful 225 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:22,159 White House Christmas Party, but he didn't. Regardless, I'd much 226 00:14:22,279 --> 00:14:25,759 rather spend my time making America great again than wasting 227 00:14:25,799 --> 00:14:29,200 it on him. Bill continues to suffer from a severe 228 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:33,799 case of Trump Derangement syndrome TDS, and there's nothing that 229 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:36,000 will ever be done to cure him of this very 230 00:14:36,039 --> 00:14:39,919 serious disease. Thank you for your attention to this minor matter, 231 00:14:40,279 --> 00:14:45,159 President DJT. Well, let's just say that there is a 232 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:49,799 difference in I don't know humor as it relates to 233 00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:56,720 former President Obama and current President Donald Trump. No, like 234 00:14:56,919 --> 00:15:01,559 a real serious difference, and as always, thanks for listening. 235 00:15:01,720 --> 00:15:04,600 Hey everyone, First of all, thanks for watching. I mean, 236 00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:08,480 we're going to be posting daily episodes with reactions and 237 00:15:08,559 --> 00:15:12,279 talking about politics. We'll be talking about everything in fact, 238 00:15:12,480 --> 00:15:16,279 so please like and subscribe join us on this journey.