Sargon of Akkad - Carl Benjamin - Cenk Uygur vs His Own Bias
Aired: 2015-10-06
Duration: 07:06


=== Trump's Final Judgment Pretense (03:06) ===

[00:00:00]  Oh my god, do I hate the young Turk's final judgments?
[00:00:05]  Just everything about this phrase pisses me off.
[00:00:08]  You're not a fucking judge, Chenk.
[00:00:10]  You don't have the final word on anything and saying, oh, final judgment in metal letters, it just comes off as really fucking pretentious.
[00:00:20]  So what could actually get Trump NATO to blow away and leave us for good and drop out of the race?
[00:00:26]  Well, he actually told Chuck Todd what it would be.
[00:00:28]  Now listen to what he says.
[00:00:30]  I'm going to tell you something interesting about his comments in a second after we watch.
[00:00:33]  Watch.
[00:00:35]  This is going to be something really, really innocuous, isn't it, Chenk?
[00:00:39]  This is going to be you acting as the left-wing version of Fox News, desperately trying to make a mountain out of a molehill because Trump is kicking ass in the polls.
[00:00:49]  Still, despite the fact that the left-wing and the right-wing establishment are against him.
[00:00:55]  You start falling in the polls.
[00:00:57]  You go back to your business.
[00:00:58]  What does that mean?
[00:01:00]  Are you not in this fight?
[00:01:04]  It's a strange thing.
[00:01:05]  You said it on the today's show and with my buddy John Harwood.
[00:01:08]  And it caught my ear.
[00:01:09]  I'm like, uh-oh.
[00:01:10]  What does that mean?
[00:01:11]  A lot of people have asked me that question.
[00:01:13]  Number one, I'm not a masochist.
[00:01:15]  And if I was dropping in the polls where I saw that I wasn't going to win, why would I continue?
[00:01:21]  And it's funny.
[00:01:22]  Maybe it's like not like me because it's the power of positive thinking.
[00:01:25]  I'm a very positive person.
[00:01:26]  I'm a positive thinker.
[00:01:28]  But the truth is, I'm a realist.
[00:01:30]  I'm doing great in the polls right now.
[00:01:31]  I think you will say.
[00:01:32]  I'm not saying anything.
[00:01:33]  I'm leading everything.
[00:01:34]  You're leading every poll.
[00:01:35]  Everything.
[00:01:36]  By a lot.
[00:01:36]  In a Republican property.
[00:01:37]  Not only leading, by a lot.
[00:01:39]  If I were doing poorly, if I saw myself going down, if you would stop calling me because you no longer have any interest in Trump because he has no chance, I'd go back to my business.
[00:01:51]  I have no problem with it.
[00:01:52]  Oh, wipe that smug look off your fucking face, Cenk.
[00:01:56]  Because what he has just said there is completely rational.
[00:02:00]  If he wasn't winning the bid to become the GOP candidate, why would he carry on?
[00:02:05]  It's not a silly thing to say, Cenk.
[00:02:09]  Okay, so first of all, classic Trump in there.
[00:02:13]  Now, I'm leading every poll.
[00:02:14]  You have to say that.
[00:02:16]  By a lot.
[00:02:17]  I'm fantastic.
[00:02:18]  Okay, so I guess that's standard Trump stuff.
[00:02:21]  Chenk, they are the raw unvarnished facts.
[00:02:23]  And honestly, I didn't think he was particularly up his own ass when he was saying it.
[00:02:27]  And then he says, look, if I'm losing in the polls, I'd bow out.
[00:02:30]  Why is he saying that?
[00:02:32]  He said, Chenk, that he was a pragmatist and he wasn't going to waste his time.
[00:02:38]  He's mainly saying that to the other candidates.
[00:02:40]  Hey, you guys are getting your ass kicked and your poll numbers are disastrous.
[00:02:43]  Why don't you drop out already and let me win?
[00:02:45]  So that's the real story behind this.
[00:02:47]  No, that's what you have assumed.
[00:02:49]  That's really not the real story behind this.

=== Wants Media Attention? (04:14) ===

[00:02:52]  This is you assuming the worst about Donald Trump because you don't like Donald Trump.
[00:02:58]  I don't know whether you've noticed this, Chenk, because I know what the young Turk's level of research is, but Donald Trump doesn't have to fear the other candidates.
[00:03:07]  He is way ahead of them.
[00:03:09]  But what I found to be the most interesting is what he said in the middle, where he said, look, if you stopped calling me because I was low in the polls, then I would drop out.
[00:03:18]  Referring to Chuck Todd and the media.
[00:03:22]  Is this some sort of gotcha, Chenk?
[00:03:25]  Yeah, if people stopped contacting him, if he was getting no attention because he was plummeting in the polls, he'd quit because it wouldn't make sense to carry on.
[00:03:35]  You see, that's what Trump's intentions are all about.
[00:03:37]  Getting as much media attention as he can.
[00:03:40]  Fucking duh.
[00:03:42]  He is campaigning to become the presidential candidate for the GOP.
[00:03:47]  Of course he wants all the media attention he can get.
[00:03:50]  That's a stupid thing to fucking say.
[00:03:53]  Because the more media attention he gets, in the past, the more valuable his name has been.
[00:03:58]  And then he sells his name.
[00:03:59]  He doesn't actually build any of those buildings.
[00:04:01]  He sells his name and they put his name on the buildings.
[00:04:04]  What on earth are you talking about?
[00:04:06]  Yes, every politician wants to sell their name.
[00:04:10]  That is their brand.
[00:04:12]  That is how people are going to know them.
[00:04:15]  And what are you talking about with he doesn't build any of those buildings?
[00:04:18]  So fucking what?
[00:04:19]  Trump is one giant marketing scheme.
[00:04:23]  They all are when they're trying to get elected, Chenk.
[00:04:27]  So the reason he's running is that same reason.
[00:04:29]  So he says, if you stop calling me in the media, well then I'll drop out because that was the whole point in the first place.
[00:04:35]  No, the point wasn't to get the media to call him Chenk.
[00:04:38]  The point is to win the election.
[00:04:41]  And given that he is the front runner, it looks like he's going to.
[00:04:45]  You fucking halfwit.
[00:04:47]  You are like a giant oaf, a village idiot, who is somehow on a TV program of his own.
[00:04:56]  I can't explain it.
[00:04:58]  He's accidentally honest in that clip.
[00:05:01]  No, Cheng, he has been deliberately honest, and you have misinterpreted what he has said.
[00:05:08]  Honestly, Chenk, you are just so biased.
[00:05:11]  You are looking for things that simply aren't there.
[00:05:16]  So, now, will he become president if he wins?
[00:05:20]  Of course he will.
[00:05:21]  Will he take it?
[00:05:22]  Will he love that power and that ego trip?
[00:05:25]  Of course!
[00:05:26]  Are you talking about Donald Trump or Chenk Ugo?
[00:05:29]  Because Donald Trump is a billionaire.
[00:05:31]  Donald Trump has quite a lot of power, as it is.
[00:05:35]  I know this is going to sound crazy, but I actually think he's being genuine when he says he wants this policy or that policy.
[00:05:42]  Because I think that he thinks it will make the United States a better place.
[00:05:46]  And I think that's what's resonating with the people who are going to vote for him.
[00:05:51]  And honestly, it's really pathetic for you to be going, oh, look at this guy, look at Donald Trump.
[00:05:56]  He just wants to get elected.
[00:05:57]  He just wants the media talking to him so he can get elected.
[00:06:00]  Isn't that silly?
[00:06:02]  He accidentally told everyone what he wants.
[00:06:04]  But that was not why he got into the race in the first place.
[00:06:08]  And that's not really his true intention.
[00:06:09]  His true intention is to grab as much media attention as possible and to build up his name.
[00:06:16]  So if you didn't know, now you know.
[00:06:18]  Chenk, you're an idiot.
[00:06:19]  You've completely misinterpreted what he said here.
[00:06:22]  You've completely misinterpreted why he's doing any of this.
[00:06:26]  I genuinely think he has been completely transparent with his motives.
[00:06:30]  He wants to build the Great Wall of Trump, Chenk.
[00:06:33]  He wants to make America great again.
[00:06:35]  Okay, and that's genuinely what I think he thinks he's going to do.
[00:06:40]  His motive is not simply to get more airtime.
[00:06:45]  That is merely a consequence of the fact he's trying to attain a political office.
[00:06:51]  The thing is, Chenk, I know you're not that stupid.
[00:06:54]  I know you're actually not.
[00:06:55]  So stop letting your biases get the better of you.
[00:06:59]  Actually think about what he's saying and doing.
[00:07:02]  Stop trying to put words into his mouth and stop with these stupid gotcha moments.