“Daily Show” correspondents Ronny Chieng and Michael Kosta used Wednesday evening’s present to sound the alarm over Donald Trump’s newest try and “grift” his most devoted followers: a brand new crypto enterprise known as World Liberty Monetary.
“Donald Trump, the world’s most reliable businessman, is now in crypto, the world’s most reliable enterprise,” Chieng stated, then he turned to an “skilled” on scams and crypto for some recommendation: Donald Trump.
Chieng performed previous feedback by the previous president attacking cryptocurrencies, akin to Bitcoin, as a “rip-off” and “based mostly on skinny air.”
Chieng took a better take a look at the opposite figures behind the enterprise and located it even much less reassuring. One is a person convicted of dealing medicine who additionally offered colon cleansers; the opposite is a former pickup artist who based an organization known as Date Hotter Ladies.
That led to a brutal mock infomercial for the enterprise that includes Kosta.
“Crypto is a posh intersection of finance and expertise, and we don’t know shit about it both,” he stated. “However what we do know is: You want Trump. Trump like cash. You give Trump cash.”
Kosta stated Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, has lower than 50 days to the election to money in.
“We don’t have time for a bunch of questions like ‘Are we insured by the FDIC?’” he stated. “Are you kidding me? The one FDIC right here is you, the Fucking Dummies Investing Money.”
Kosta stated he was required to learn an essential monetary disclosure.
“It is a grift,” he stated. “You’re the mark.”
See extra within the Wednesday evening “Each day Present” monologue:
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