LEMON DROP | Don On The Scene in London: What do Londoners Think of Trump & America?!

0:00 Is Europe done with America?

0:02 Trump is back, the economy is feeling the war,

0:05 and people are starting to ask what America and its oldest ally really are now.

0:10 We're on the streets of London.

0:11 Let's go hear what they have to say.

0:13 What would you say to Trump if he's standing right here?

0:16 Oh man, I wouldn't say anything.

0:17 You can't engage with these people.

0:18 How do you feel about Trump here?

0:20 He is a bastard, man.

0:22 Get rid of him.

0:23 Why do you say that?

0:24 He's a fascist, isn't he?

0:25 Yeah.

0:26 And the war in Iran?

0:27 Oh, it's unjustified.

0:28 It's a It's a sort of repressive regime, but you know,

0:32 but uh conflicts, illegal conflict, is no way to solve international disputes.

0:37 Does it have any effect on how you feel about Americans?

0:40 Well, depends if you still agree with it or not, I guess.

0:42 Yeah.

0:43 Yeah.

0:43 What do you mean?

0:44 Well, if you're still supporting it, you're either uninformed or you're willing

0:48 to go along with something that's not justifiable.

0:51 Uh you're not willing to go on with international law.

0:54 That I disagree with, but if you're just along for the ride

0:57 and can't change the guy that you've got in, then it's different.

1:00 How are you?

1:01 I'm good, thank you.

1:02 How do you feel about Donald Trump here?

1:04 Not a great fan.

1:06 Why not?

1:06 He's not a good guy.

1:07 And what about the war?

1:08 Which war?

1:09 In Iran.

1:11 Yeah, I'm on their side.

1:12 My god.

1:14 I used to watch your show every single day.

1:17 Thank you.

1:17 Yeah.

1:18 How did you recognize me?

1:20 Because I watch you every single day.

1:22 [laughter] HERE IN LONDON?

1:23 TIME I actually saw you was actually in New York.

1:25 Yeah.

1:25 You went into a couple of corner stores.

1:27 Yeah.

1:28 When I was asking people if they knew what a corner store was.

1:31 So, I'm going to ask you some questions.

1:32 How do you feel about Donald Trump?

1:34 I'm not into politics, you know, so yeah.

1:37 Tend to sort of stay out of politics.

1:38 Yeah.

1:38 But I just watch the news, that's all.

1:40 So, how do you feel about America right now,

1:42 considering everything we're going through?

1:44 It's not just America.

1:45 I think the whole world is things are going up,

1:47 you know, petrol prices are going up, so yeah.

1:50 That has to do with the war, the pet- as you call it petrol prices.

1:53 Yeah, unfortunately, yeah.

1:55 And how do you feel about the war?

1:57 It's not actually good, to be honest.

1:59 Yeah, it's not good.

2:00 Yeah, war is not good.

2:01 So, you try not to be political.

2:03 You know everything is political right now.

2:05 I know, I try to stay out of politics.

2:07 You have no thoughts on the Trump presidency?

2:11 It's been really difficult, you know, people have different opinions.

2:13 You have two different parties, different opinions.

2:16 Yeah, so Yeah.

2:17 I try to stay out as much as possible.

2:19 Probably smart move.

2:21 Cuz yeah.

2:21 Well, it's good to see, you know, thank you.

2:24 My god, I can't believe Take it easy.

2:26 You in London.

2:26 One minute you in New York and the rest of your London.

2:28 I can't believe.

2:30 Jon Lovett?

2:30 Yes.

2:31 Hi.

2:32 [laughter] Even here in London?

2:33 a fan.

2:34 Thank you.

2:35 Thank you.

2:35 Nice to meet you as well.

2:36 Can I ask you a question?

2:38 Yeah, sure.

2:38 How do you feel about Donald Trump?

2:40 Do I need to say?

2:40 Yeah, it's just a question.

2:42 He's interesting.

2:44 That's the [laughter] most I can say.

2:45 That's the last person told me that.

2:46 What do you mean?

2:47 Interesting.

2:48 Interesting how?

2:48 He has his ways.

2:49 Yeah, and I think we all know what I mean when I say he has his ways.

2:53 But Donald Trump is Donald Trump, boy.

2:55 Good luck to Americans.

2:56 That's the most I can say.

2:57 I've got family over there, so I can understand.

3:00 Yeah.

3:00 So, how do you How do people here feel about Americans now,

3:03 especially with the war and with Trump and all of that?

3:06 Well, I can speak for myself personally.

3:07 I don't feel any way about Americans.

3:09 I mean, who can speak for the president?

3:11 You know, the feelings I have for him are different in comparison

3:14 to how I I feel about the actual people that live in the country.

3:17 Yeah, cuz just like I said, I've got family over there,

3:19 so I just hope for the best for them and I

3:21 keep calling every day just to make sure they're okay,

3:23 cuz everything keeps changing.

3:25 Every single day there's changes over there.

3:26 Yeah.

3:27 But yeah.

3:27 So, what would you say to Trump if he was here now?

3:30 Do better, please, Trump.

3:32 Make things better, please.

3:34 And how do you feel about the war in Iran?

3:36 God, we can just pray.

3:37 That's all I can say.

3:38 How are you?

3:39 Good, thank you.

3:39 How are you?

3:40 I'm from the US.

3:41 Yeah, nice.

3:41 How do you feel about our president?

3:43 It's all right.

3:43 I don't really care, to be honest.

3:44 You don't care?

3:45 I don't care.

3:45 Why not?

3:47 It don't really affect me, does it?

3:48 Well, the war is affecting you.

3:50 How?

3:51 Prices.

3:52 Yeah, but in the grand scheme of things it's not too bad.

3:55 Okay.

3:55 You don't think it's too bad?

3:56 I don't drive, so I don't pay for petrol, so it's not too bad.

4:00 So, it doesn't matter.

4:00 No, it doesn't matter, but he does seem like a bit of a controversial guy,

4:04 to be fair, so Oh, what do you think of him?

4:07 Well, he's the president of the United States.

4:08 I've been very vocal about how I I I don't like what he's doing to democracy.

4:12 That's fair.

4:13 So, wait, is this you trying to like take a stand or is it No, it's just me.

4:17 I just wanted your opinion.

4:18 I Otherwise, if I I would not be putting you on camera

4:22 if I was trying to take opinion in England so far?

4:24 Not Not Not Not positive.

4:26 No.

4:27 You tried it in England or other places or I do it all over.

4:30 Same thing everywhere or Pretty much, yes.

4:33 That's probably [snorts] your answer then, isn't it?

4:34 I think so.

4:35 What How do you feel about Americans?

4:36 I mean, they're all right.

4:37 I mean, they can They're a bit annoying sometimes, but Like right now?

4:41 Yeah.

4:41 No, I'm joking.

4:42 It's all right.

4:43 But, yeah.

4:44 How do you feel about the war in Iran and and US involvement?

4:48 To be honest, I don't know anything about that.

4:50 Like I I think I've heard stuff,

4:52 but it's not like I'm paying attention or anything like that.

4:54 Yeah.

4:55 If I'm honest.

4:55 But, you live here in London?

4:56 Yes.

4:57 I've been here eight years.

4:59 How do people feel about the US here in that today?

5:01 Um probably there are mixed feelings depending on who you ask.

5:04 Some people might be okay.

5:07 Some people might not be okay.

5:08 I'm I'm not really sure, to be honest.

5:10 All right.

5:10 Thank you.

5:11 Thank you so much.

5:12 Nice to meet you.

5:13 You're from London?

5:13 I'm from London, yes.

5:14 So, how do you feel about Donald Trump here?

5:16 It'd be nice if he wasn't making my energy bill go up.

5:18 Tell me about that.

5:19 Well, he started a war in Iran, the Strait of Hormuz is closed,

5:22 and as a result, my energy bill and my mortgage are going up as a direct result.

5:26 So, not too keen.

5:28 How do you feel about America?

5:29 I think Americans can elect whoever they want to.

5:32 I just think that it's having a real impact here on the ground,

5:35 and it would be great if it wasn't.

5:37 Yeah.

5:37 What would you say to Trump if you could?

5:39 I wouldn't say anything to him.

5:41 You wouldn't?

5:41 If he was standing this close, you wouldn't say anything to him?

5:43 stay very far away from him and his Secret Service agents.

5:46 Because?

5:47 It's not going to change anything.

5:48 How do you feel about Donald Trump?

5:51 I mean, we're from Mexico for starters, right?

5:53 So, we kind of have a relationship with the US.

5:56 We believe that Donald Trump so usually following a some sort

6:01 of script of what he said he was going to do.

6:05 We feel that there is an audience that is listening to him.

6:11 We actually stay away from politics generally speaking.

6:15 We just like to have diversity.

6:18 We like to see a little bit more inclusion, a little bit more tolerance.

6:24 Yeah.

6:24 That's what we would like to have.

6:26 Do you think that the US has that now?

6:28 The president is capable of that.

6:30 It's a little bit staying away from that, but we

6:32 would like to see that coming back to it.

6:34 And how about you?

6:35 I would like not to have an opinion.

6:38 Everyone has an opinion, but publicly I keep it for myself.

6:42 What about the war in Iran?

6:44 Not acceptable.

6:46 Why not?

6:46 Who's fighting our war?

6:48 Yeah.

6:48 On behalf of who?

6:50 Anyway.

6:51 That's a very good question people are wondering, on behalf of who?

6:53 We just don't know.

6:54 Actually, I think there was enough

6:56 evidence against actually going into that war.

7:00 Apparently it was ignored.

7:02 There was enough tools to have more

7:04 diplomatic resolutions before going into that conflict.

7:08 That's what I think.

7:09 Yeah.

7:10 Thank you.

7:11 If you could say something to Donald Trump,

7:13 if you saw him this close to you, what would you say to him?

7:15 Chill the[ __] out.

7:17 You're from here?

7:18 Yeah.

7:18 Yes.

7:19 How do you feel about Donald Trump here?

7:22 I find him very interesting to be honest with you.

7:25 He's actually unbelievable.

7:27 What do you mean?

7:28 He makes some very irrational decisions.

7:30 Like?

7:32 Like when where and when he wants to go

7:35 to war and the people he goes to war with.

7:38 I think it's unjust.

7:39 Why is it?

7:40 Why do you think it's on Jess?

7:42 He's a troublemaker.

7:45 Basically, that's the long and short of it.

7:47 He is a troublemaker.

7:48 How do people feel here in London about the United States now?

7:53 Well, the majority love the United States,

7:57 but he leaves a black mark over everything.

8:00 Mr.

8:00 Trump, yeah.

8:01 That's my personal opinion.

8:03 But, people will always go to America.

8:06 So, they love They love New York.

8:07 They love Miami.

8:09 Have you noticed the cost of goods going up since the war?

8:14 Kind of, but here's a place where it's always been expensive.

8:18 Do you understand?

8:19 Yeah, I live in New York.

8:19 I understand.

8:20 Yeah, so yeah, it's just one of them things,

8:22 like inflation will always be something what we have to deal with.

8:28 How do people feel about the US now in UK?

8:30 Currently, they think they're a clash.

8:32 They definitely difference in culture between the UK and the US,

8:35 especially in terms of like even you coming up to me now.

8:37 You don't really expect that in the UK.

8:39 But, in the US, it's definitely much more of an open culture compared to the UK.

8:44 Um yeah.

8:46 How about since the war started in Iran?

8:48 Um people are definitely more apprehensive.

8:51 I would say especially with um things coming in.

8:53 So, um prices going up and things like that.

8:55 But, generally speaking,

8:56 a lot of people are concerned about like the things that Trump are doing too.

8:59 So, like even when he portrayed as Jesus, a lot of people didn't like that.

9:02 And the way he's treating um other countries generally speaking,

9:04 uh UK's quite pressed about that stuff.

9:06 So, Why didn't people like it?

9:08 I would say people didn't like Trump already.

9:10 So, him doing that on top of the antics

9:13 that he had before really didn't pay much diligence.

9:16 So, also the Epstein files played a big role, too.

9:19 So, them seeing all of those things,

9:20 they didn't really enjoy Trump doing that stuff.

9:22 I'm asking people how they feel about the president of the US.

9:26 Gosh, it's a very complex thing, I'm afraid to say.

9:29 Obviously, I'm not American, so I don't live there on a day-to-day basis.

9:32 From outside, I'm afraid to say he feels very unhinged,

9:36 difficult to deal with, difficult to read.

9:38 He changes his messaging on a regular basis.

9:41 So, it's a really difficult thing, I think,

9:43 for an outsider to comment on, but I would say,

9:45 yeah, he's he is somebody who we view,

9:48 I would say, with fear and incomprehension at times.

9:51 Yeah.

9:52 Incomprehension and fear.

9:53 Why fear and incomprehension?

9:55 You know, we've seen things like the storming of the capital, etc.

9:58 And that's quite difficult for us to understand.

10:01 We're worried also about the global escalation of the war

10:06 in Iran and whether that was truly a strategic and well-thought-out approach

10:10 or rather a knee-jerk approach and thinking like in Venezuela there

10:14 was going to be a very quick response and very quick solution,

10:16 which doesn't seem to be the case.

10:18 So, I recognize he's a different kind of politician.

10:20 So, he's provocative.

10:22 He challenges us and sometimes that's a good thing for politicians, I think.

10:25 We want to see much more challenge to the way

10:27 we are cuz the status quo isn't always working.

10:30 But, I think this constant challenge is actually for people who

10:33 don't understand the agenda quite worrying and quite scary at times.

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