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November 11, 2019
Monty Python's John Cleese and Eric Idle on ... the Trump and Brexit Show
THEDAILYBEAST.COMWhile Monty Pythons Flying Circus was more subversive than political, both Cleese and Idle are active on Twitter, and are closely following the Brexit shitshow, as Cleese calls it, and Trumps impending impeachment.
Idle admits that, during a break from his busy schedule, he recently became addicted to MSNBC.
The problem is, the way they cover everything, you constantly think, Theyve got him! he says of the coverage of Trumps travails. Like theyre coming for him with the handcuffs. The golden handcuffs, of course.
Its been quite clear to me from the very beginning that he is not mentally balanced, Cleese says of Trump. He is an extraordinary caricature of an asshole; a person who has no interest in anyone else except himself. Every time he makes a decision, no matter how impulsive it is, its the one that makes him feel best about himself for the next 20 minutes. But I think he is now for the first time, because he is really becoming a disaster in foreign affairs, I think some Republicans are beginning to notice it. But the people who support him are basically so ignorant, because they only ever get news from Fox News, I dont know what you say to people like that. To me, its like people who go and watch professional wrestling and dont realize that its fixed. If they cant see it when its right under their nose, I have no idea how theyre going to realize how wrong they are.
Idle admits that, during a break from his busy schedule, he recently became addicted to MSNBC.
The problem is, the way they cover everything, you constantly think, Theyve got him! he says of the coverage of Trumps travails. Like theyre coming for him with the handcuffs. The golden handcuffs, of course.
Its been quite clear to me from the very beginning that he is not mentally balanced, Cleese says of Trump. He is an extraordinary caricature of an asshole; a person who has no interest in anyone else except himself. Every time he makes a decision, no matter how impulsive it is, its the one that makes him feel best about himself for the next 20 minutes. But I think he is now for the first time, because he is really becoming a disaster in foreign affairs, I think some Republicans are beginning to notice it. But the people who support him are basically so ignorant, because they only ever get news from Fox News, I dont know what you say to people like that. To me, its like people who go and watch professional wrestling and dont realize that its fixed. If they cant see it when its right under their nose, I have no idea how theyre going to realize how wrong they are.
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