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Trump Is Bored by the Lifeguard's Heroism

from Meghan and Harry, Classic Trump, & $40 Trillion In Debt | The Tim Dillon Show #509 · #509

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Tim continues playing and mocking the Oval Office clip, riffing that Trump is uninterested in heroism or firefighting because there's no money or good TV in it, and that Trump only understands carnage and spectacle.

In this bit11 moments
  • Trump tells the rescued child in the Oval Office: 'I would not have saved you.'
  • Trump is bored by heroism and lifeguard stories about training and coordination.
  • Tim riffs on Trump wondering where the money is in pulling kids out of the ocean.
  • Trump would only be interested if they were launching a cryptocurrency based on the rescue.
  • Tim admits he's boring himself talking about heroism and good deeds.
  • Trump tells the child: 'You're lucky I wasn't on that day. I wouldn't probably.'
  • Tim contrasts Trump's statement—'You're lucky I wasn't there'—with his cages for migrants.
  • Trump genuinely cannot understand self-sacrifice or risking your life for strangers.
  • Trump finds burning houses and drowning people boring; he prefers firing people on TV and rallies.
  • Trump knows the video is viral because of the rescue, but more people want to watch someone get forcibly drowned.
  • Tim sums up the moment: 'Well, that's our president, folks.'
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