How Would Biden's Foreign Policy Differ From Trump's? And More Fan Questions | Useful Idiots

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  • @Hands2HealNow
    @Hands2HealNow 4 роки тому +21

    Matt's tone is neutral and his factual history is long and deep but succinct. Katie is quick witted and and and widely aware.

  • @arnoldtrogman
    @arnoldtrogman 4 роки тому +9

    Trump's position toward North Korea has been light years ahead of Obama or the previous presidents ..give them credit for that

  • @ethandarcy5940
    @ethandarcy5940 4 роки тому +15

    Hey, you forgot to mention Biden's foreign policy!

    • @andreawisner7358
      @andreawisner7358 4 роки тому +1

      Maybe a slight implication that Biden may be more of a warmonger ...

  • @robertcloutier4633
    @robertcloutier4633 4 роки тому +33

    I hope Jesse Ventura runs....If he does he's got my vote..He may run Green Party.

    • @LesterCovax
      @LesterCovax 4 роки тому +1

      The list of people I wouldn't vote for if they ran third-party is fairly small, to be fair (not saying Ventura's bad). People focus too much on BS promises/policies that don't matter, as congress would have to pass them, while ignoring the most important qualification of being "healthy, mentally competent [regardless of political views], mature, and diplomatic."
      The president is supposed to be a furry mascot manager that ensures smooth operations behind the scenes while providing public reassurance...not a man-child to be babysat, or a geriatric puppet running on an outdated Arduino chip.
      8 years ago, it would have been perfect for Gary Johnson, but am kind of glad it wasn't so after seeing the way he acted during the last election. I still think Andrew Yang would be the best all-around candidate that should run third-party, his endorsement be damned. That, or have Rand Paul run against trump somehow.

    • @Jimmymatthewb
      @Jimmymatthewb 4 роки тому +2

      I pray he does. Jessie is a great man and even though I don't always agree with him, I would be honored to pull the lever for him over Biden. Especially if he was a green.

    • @darensweeney5925
      @darensweeney5925 4 роки тому

      Since 1960, people almost always vote for the taller candidate. (check the stats). Maybe Jessie could win....)

    • @lowerastral1963
      @lowerastral1963 4 роки тому +1

      I would vote for Jesse in a microsecond! I've heard lately though, that his health has not been up to par. But, I don't know if that's true or not, because the source couldn't be verified. I'd still vote for him if he wasn't that healthy over Biden.

    • @tacolove892
      @tacolove892 4 роки тому

      Clone him 10,000 times.

  • @josephineschmitz3869
    @josephineschmitz3869 4 роки тому +27

    World poling says everyone thinks we're the biggest danger.

    • @JRMCNEA
      @JRMCNEA 4 роки тому +3

      We are. Because we are too stupid to vote our own interest. While we listen to Politicians who get paid to tell us what our interests should be. This is literally why Trump is President. And we are too stupid to learn the lesson, and correct the behavior...

    • @josephineschmitz3869
      @josephineschmitz3869 4 роки тому +2

      @Mark Johhson They do do.

    • @profd65
      @profd65 4 роки тому +1

      That's probably true. But the Chinese are a close second: they've caused the last four pandemics.

    • @barquerojuancarlos7253
      @barquerojuancarlos7253 4 роки тому +1

      Yes, according to an international Gallup poll (of something like 10K people around the world) a few years ago, the US is considered, by far, the greatest threat to humanity. Number 2 on the list was way down from no. 1. But, of course, the US media said nothing about the poll, but it was mentioned in Europe and elsewhere.

    • @mnemonija
      @mnemonija 4 роки тому +5

      @@profd65 I'm pretty sure even pollution in China is caused by our consumption patterns. As far as pandemics go, they are not caused by people. China heroically closed entire provinces to buy us time which we squandered. If we could set up testing infrastructure we would not have to even close big parts of the country, or the closures could have been much smarter.

  • @charliekrauthammer4072
    @charliekrauthammer4072 4 роки тому +2

    Matt either just woke up or he's blazing while working at home lol. Love you guys, keep it up!

    • @LesterCovax
      @LesterCovax 4 роки тому

      They just act like most people do during video conferences, sitting closer and looking down at the monitor to see the other person, instead of directly at the camera like they're in a studio. Can't wait until cameras embedded in monitors become common-place to help with this, because otherwise you do look "glazed" or you can't watch other's reactions.

  • @StevesOldBoat
    @StevesOldBoat 4 роки тому +2

    If you want a different foreign policy, support Jessie Ventura to run with the Green Party.

  • @sns8420
    @sns8420 4 роки тому +5

    Ventura- Gabbard - Green team

  • @Grandma188
    @Grandma188 4 роки тому

    Delightful flow from mailbag and responses from the charismatic idiots with such great chemistry. Now I know where to get my sports news.

  • @bikingrealtorhhi
    @bikingrealtorhhi 4 роки тому +1

    Matt with the Jazz Saxophone player hat

  • @sammcbride2149
    @sammcbride2149 4 роки тому +12

    I'm tired of war worship and military worship. It's too damn expensive.

    • @joannahampton3808
      @joannahampton3808 4 роки тому +3

      @michael nola
      How about cutting it by at least half? Who exactly is threatening the U.S.? NO ONE IS!!!!

    • @joannahampton3808
      @joannahampton3808 4 роки тому +3

      Let's stop thanking the military for killing million's of civilians

    • @sloburnjo
      @sloburnjo 4 роки тому

      what about the jobs? both civilian and military?

    • @LesterCovax
      @LesterCovax 4 роки тому

      @@joannahampton3808 Think about it; it's because the implication...
      ua-cam.com/video/-yUafzOXHPE/v-deo.html

    • @LesterCovax
      @LesterCovax 4 роки тому +2

      As someone that grew up rooted in the military, I completely agree. Brothers and I were all born on some base/country we've never lived, grew up overseas during a war with armed guards on our bus every day.
      Father would go off to some country I had never been to, unsure of his return, while we'd cut the lawns of officers (whose names would be in the news every day a decade later) and try to fall asleep while hearing our neighbor beat their kid through the thin wall separating us, or get beat ourselves.
      ***Ended up writing more than I expected (it's cathartic), so I'm putting the rest up on Twitter.

  • @DucksDeLucks
    @DucksDeLucks 4 роки тому +4

    I'm against the "forever wars'" but I have yet to see evidence that any other people are other than a few fringies.

    • @LesterCovax
      @LesterCovax 4 роки тому

      Apologies if I'm misinterpreting your comment, but you're talking about the hate/violence directed towards western society being a general sentiment and not just some fringe actors (e.g. Al Qaieda, ISIS) right? If so, I'd say that to a certain degree it's accurate, but probably to the same degree it's an accurate assessment of our mindset towards them.
      If I grew up over there, I'd probably be some dude you'd see on the news manning a .50 cal on the back of a Toyota Hilux as a Tomahawk strikes down. Figure that any American born after the late 80s has technically been at war their entire lives, but since it's usually across the globe it doesn't register. On the flipside, people in that part of the world (including European allies) have directly felt our impact or resultant fallout.
      You can't expect things to mend over-night, but if we don't stop acting as World Police (F----- Yeahhh!!!), and maybe focus on improvements at home, we can't expect hostilities and general sentiments to relax over time. There will always be nutbags, whether foreign or domestic, but removing permanent bases and stopping superfluous drone strikes would be a step in the right direction IMO.
      If you haven't seen the movie "The Kingdom", I'd heavily recommend watching it and skipping this clip as it's the ending...but a scene that's always stuck with me...
      ua-cam.com/video/aua344pPib8/v-deo.html

    • @nilesbutler8638
      @nilesbutler8638 4 роки тому +1

      Come to europe, come to the middle east.
      Go make a vacation of it an talk with people.
      Your "evidence" is everywhere you care to go.
      Most people even in "allied" _(read subjugated sattelite-)_ states see america as a lawless, warmongering superpower ignoring all international rules and cooperations.
      Sure, as middle europeans we often profit from it _(european companies made nearly 15% of the business in rebuilding iraq for example)_ , but at least since the US wars in the middle east forced about 5 million middle eastern refugees into europe, the regular american war crimes are watched with disdain and fear.
      Also: if you want statistical evidence check out this 2014 gallup poll, where about 25% of 70k people in over 60 states viewed the US as the biggest threat to world peace - 25% being the biggest single country viewed that way. And yes, that was under Obama, before Trump was even a nightmare.
      www.indepthnews.net/index.php/opinion/3227-u-s-is-greatest-threat-to-world-peace

    • @DucksDeLucks
      @DucksDeLucks 4 роки тому +1

      @@LesterCovax I don't doubt that people around the world dislike our attitude but they don't seem able to oppose it forcefully --- look at Palestine. But I was talking about Americans. We continue to think we're spreading democracy.

  • @21gramsofsoul
    @21gramsofsoul 4 роки тому

    OMG that first question! The lunatic McResistance...and that fucking headband!!!

  • @mnemonija
    @mnemonija 4 роки тому +1

    I live in America but don't watch any gladiatorial sports. So I don't even know of all the guys Katie mentioned.

  • @JCResDoc94
    @JCResDoc94 4 роки тому +1

    0:20 *☼ yeah, theyre the useless kinds of protests we allow in the western world.* Go nuts.

  • @randievietti5131
    @randievietti5131 4 роки тому +3

    I don't know, the hard edits are kind of disturbing, certainly confusing. I don't know whether you two plan to continue your report together. I do like it.

  • @StephenAntKneeBk5
    @StephenAntKneeBk5 4 роки тому +1

    I can't name five football players (maybe I can), but I can name dozens of reporters. Matt's in the top 10.

  • @nathandrake5544
    @nathandrake5544 4 роки тому +1

    I relate so hard to Katie's lack of knowledge about sports XD

  • @upgrayedd9732
    @upgrayedd9732 4 роки тому

    To the first lady, if you actually want the $1200 - do not write anything on the front of the check. If you want to protest Trump and the stimulus - defacing the check is a good way to do that.

  • @gamerknown
    @gamerknown 4 роки тому +1

    I took the question about the Big Short in reverse: that there's no need to write another book on the subject

  • @kyleglaub6394
    @kyleglaub6394 4 роки тому +2

    Meh...the defacing the checks thing is peak #resistance...

  • @canadianh3r070
    @canadianh3r070 4 роки тому +1

    I love you guys.

  • @lukassherrard4044
    @lukassherrard4044 4 роки тому +1

    Love scrolling thru the thumbnails and seeing Matt's hat choice for that day.

  • @jackstraw157
    @jackstraw157 4 роки тому +1

    I would not pretend to know. But, if I had to say, I wouldn’t think it would not be all that different. I don’t really believe either of them have any control over that now? Four years comes and goes pretty quick. The industrial war complex goes on and on and on and on and.. well. You get the idea.

  • @bananafish58
    @bananafish58 4 роки тому +1

    I

  • @bananafish58
    @bananafish58 4 роки тому

    Actually it was Congress that massively escalated the military budget. And, I agree with Matt, that Trump is less likely to start a new war than Biden. Perhaps it's just that Trump isn't a big investor in the Military Industrial Complex.

  • @neolibtears
    @neolibtears 4 роки тому +2

    Katie you forgot Justin Jackson 😭🙏

  • @jettquezada
    @jettquezada 4 роки тому

    Great job yall

  • @BrewskaySA
    @BrewskaySA 4 роки тому

    the lady about the stimulus check was pretty funny and silly. I dont hate trump or anybody but that was good humor

    • @retror.d.1630
      @retror.d.1630 4 роки тому

      BrewskaySA how the hell can’t you hate trump after all the shit he’s done

  • @mitchkahle314
    @mitchkahle314 4 роки тому

    You can write anything you like on a check. As long as it does not attempt to change its value. People do it all the time. Same for cash.

  • @EmberLung
    @EmberLung 4 роки тому +1

    She didn't mention Ray Finkle or Dan Marino! From Ace Ventura! That's the real scandal here...

  • @SUPERBRETTASTIC5
    @SUPERBRETTASTIC5 4 роки тому +18

    Katie you are becoming more beautiful every time I see you.

    • @bernardosax
      @bernardosax 4 роки тому +2

      truth

    • @LesterCovax
      @LesterCovax 4 роки тому

      I hope your cataracts haven't worsened with ophthalmology offices being closed down, brett...
      She certainly does shine though, in all seriousness. I appreciate her killer combo of brains, beauty, and bravado.
      And just so Matt doesn't feel left out...you also shine, brotha! Was extremely surprised to learn your age the other week.
      I only became cognizant of Katie/Matt (immediately becoming a fan) during this Sisyphean `Idiodemic™` (I'm coining it), and you both are def in the top 5 (limited to 5) pundits/journalists I'd actually enjoy hanging out and talking with.
      Keep putting that p****y on the chainwax, and apologies for my earlier 'cataracts' comments, Brett; I blame the narcolepsy. Life's a garden; dig it...so keep on keepin' on!
      ( ノ ゚ー゚)ノヾ(⌐■_■)ノ♪\(゚ー゚\)

    • @jemimallah2591
      @jemimallah2591 4 роки тому

      hornypolice.jpeg

  • @akishawashington2136
    @akishawashington2136 4 роки тому +1

    The PARISH ACCORDS if we had gone through with them would have cost Americans BILLIONS in taxes, and the end result
    on the environment ( this was agreed to by a scientific panel) would NOT HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE (look it up, homie).
    The EU (greedy lazy whatevers) just wanted American Kash Dolla's. Katie and Matt, not always well informed.

  • @lowerastral1963
    @lowerastral1963 4 роки тому

    I haven't done it in a long time ... and I don't know why I haven't ... but I used to draw and write all sorts of stuff on all the fiat paper currency that I used to use for purchases. I loved going to a bank and exchanging crappy, old, bills for mint new bills, then I'd take them home and write comments about the fact that the money that we use in this country isn't controlled by Congress, as the Constitution says it's supposed to be, but instead, that it's owned and technically printed by the top thirteen private banks on Wall Street and thus, the reason I correctly and factually refer to "our?' money as fiat currency.
    I also absolutely LOVE drawing teeny, tiny, war drones, like the ones that the Central "Intelligence?" (an oxymoron if there ever was one) Agency and the Department of Terrorism ... or call it Offense ... either one works, but the first one is WAY more accurate, flying over the White Racist Mansion on the back of the $20 dollar bill ... as it should be.
    I'm an artist, so if I received a Stimulus Check (which, I won't ... because I [was] self-employed), I would most likely take advantage of mocking Donald Dump on that check, no matter WHAT the consequences would be. Although, I do agree that they should still honor the check, as long as it's endorsed properly and legally by the person it's written out to.

  • @bandit3837
    @bandit3837 4 роки тому +1

    Matt looks a great deal like House of Cards actor Michael Kelly

  • @JR954
    @JR954 4 роки тому

    Deface a copy of the check and send copy around to media. Cash the cash because there is nothing more to come.

  • @ghenulo
    @ghenulo 4 роки тому

    In all fairness, Matt, the only reason I know about Tom Brady is because he's hot, and Tebow and Kaepernick because of their controversies. I've never heard of any of the rest of them.

  • @todjones6571
    @todjones6571 4 роки тому +1

    What checks?

  • @josehawkins4276
    @josehawkins4276 4 роки тому

    Lock both Trump and Biden up!

  • @melissa7705
    @melissa7705 4 роки тому +1

    Really?!?! That wasn’t the entire show this week, was it??? It’s bad enough we gotta wait 7 whole days for “Useful Idiots”, but Tues rolls around & we get 15 min? Thats not gonna cut it guys. Matt & Katie-quit being a tease & give mama what she needs to get thru the week! I used to make fun at the guys in high school who’d feed me the “blue balls” line after making out.....but after watching that episode that didn’t make me laugh & no informative interview at the end, I’m starting to understand that argument. That wasn’t even enough time for a classic Halper pun to find its way into the conversation! Not cool guys, don’t start something if u don’t plan in finishing!

    • @Aaron-kj8dv
      @Aaron-kj8dv 4 роки тому

      They split up the mailbag and the regular show so they have uploads per week now

  • @absolutless
    @absolutless 4 роки тому +1

    I hope these two don't get taken down by the "inciting people to deface legal government tender" law... if that's a law. Also Katie's pretty.

  • @tomnohmy22
    @tomnohmy22 4 роки тому

    Cool podcast, I'm a fan of Matt and his podcast partner is not only really smart but so damn cute.

  • @thetombaxter
    @thetombaxter 4 роки тому

    Checks would probably clear no matter how defaced unless the routeing numbers are obscured. Even if they are, you can always request a new one.

  • @SupermarketZombies
    @SupermarketZombies 4 роки тому

    If I invested in water like was suggested in The Big Short, I would've tripled my money.

  • @scottmari
    @scottmari 4 роки тому +1

    Shame on you Matt, you missed a great opportunity to hype Michael Lewis’ latest book, The Fifth Risk! It is forgivable if you did not read it, but not that you are unaware of it. It is a glorious fact-packed volume about the federal government, as arcane and convoluted as any piece on Wall Street. Please check out the 4 page intro with Chris Christie’s move to head the Trump transition team! That alone is worth the price of the book, and this is a story that is completely dismissed and overlooked about Trump’s complete failure to even grasp the reins of Executive Power.

    • @jveebklyn1644
      @jveebklyn1644 4 роки тому

      @scottmari Another symptom of TDS. Must address the latest contrived "fake news" scandal. In the meantime, a well researched, well written critique of the Trump administration goes virtually unnoticed. I guess an actual deep dive into NOAA is not as entertaining as misquoting statements about bleach and disinfectant.
      Oh, and to the first lady in the broadcast, just put the check in the shredder if you don't want it. Also, get a new calendar. The 60s are over.

  • @Don-mu2qh
    @Don-mu2qh 4 роки тому

    I guess from your answers that while you didn't say that Biden's foreign policy would be worse than Trump's, (except for Iran), that's what you think?

  • @taiwanjohn
    @taiwanjohn 4 роки тому

    Simple solution for the first question: Deface your check with pencil, take a photo or scan to post online, then erase the pencil markings.

  • @RickG151
    @RickG151 4 роки тому

    Joe Namath, Fran Tarkenton, Rosie Greer . . .

  • @josesalinas9811
    @josesalinas9811 4 роки тому

    Katie is so cute

  • @8523wsxc
    @8523wsxc 4 роки тому +1

    What's football?

  • @NoleYoda
    @NoleYoda 4 роки тому

    Great show you guys. Promote IPMAN!

  • @pattytracey3131
    @pattytracey3131 4 роки тому

    But it seems trump has tried to start stuff with / in Venezuela, Syria, Iran.

    • @willybilly4402
      @willybilly4402 4 роки тому

      Patty Tracey : Syria was in civil war before Trumps election. I think ISIS had majority control of it then.

  • @gaborkiss650
    @gaborkiss650 4 роки тому

    Way too many excuses made by Matt for Trump. It’s always “yeah he is mostly horrible but...”

  • @loonybynature9907
    @loonybynature9907 4 роки тому

    Ask when you negotiate it at a bank. I believe defacing a check voids it.

  • @LORDNAG1
    @LORDNAG1 4 роки тому

    Mobile deposit your 1200 check and then you can go ham on it.

  • @artnunymiss2530
    @artnunymiss2530 4 роки тому

    Mailing my check (instead of depositing it directly like my SSDI check) created a delay and forced me to just cash it. I got the check yesterday and needed food :( -- Artnunymiss

  • @hopevangheem6740
    @hopevangheem6740 4 роки тому

    Well eight all time football players not current players. But not bad for something she clearly doesn't care about.

  • @francoiscremer7537
    @francoiscremer7537 4 роки тому

    get rob on the show!

  • @taiwanjohn
    @taiwanjohn 4 роки тому

    I thought for sure Katie would come up with Joe Namath, but I guess those pantyhose commercials were a little before her time. ;-)

  • @PatrickPoet
    @PatrickPoet 4 роки тому

    Matt lives in a sports loving bubble. I couldn't name 8 football players and I could walk out on the street and find TONS of others who couldn't, (keeping social distance of course).

  • @pattmayne
    @pattmayne 4 роки тому

    Dan Marino! Stitches OUT!

  • @perkinsvalentine
    @perkinsvalentine 4 роки тому

    Okay, are you kidding me? The dude's Okay but Nina Turner's face is going to be SNL's parody look for progressives. Dude is your typical 'That 70's show" Ashton Kutcher geek trying to appear inclusive while failing miserably. He is pretty good at conversational air but seems to be working hard at a lost cause - which is everyone sucks but us. While Nina uses her heart on her sleeve, she looks like the loser and can't hide it - it's like she can smell her own breath while talking. She's now looking to maintain some relevance as a useful idiot, which is entertainment for us who've been waiting for these idiots to tank, and for their circular firing squad to begin tearing each other down for their 'lack of purity for the cause - Ha.

  • @fco.josepardinacasado7944
    @fco.josepardinacasado7944 4 роки тому

    Don't be rude and take off your cap! A little respect, as your parents taught you, or do you want to look "modern", for heaven's sake!

  • @MrWebster
    @MrWebster 4 роки тому

    If you put your initial on the pic, then should be okay.

  • @khcv2360
    @khcv2360 4 роки тому

    Ĺove you guys, but you need a new category to add to the four food groups- Just Plain Evil - there's so much of it about lately, spoilt for choice. How about starting with Tyson Foods and their upping of normal slavery practices by saying workers who don't turn up for work in Corona hellscape (for front-line workers in particular) as having quit so they don't get unemployment-? A throwback to 1868 factory practice Marx writes about in Volume One of Capital (tho there haz been progress by then, they'd stopped being able to chain 9-year- olds to weaving looms, of course)

  • @vascojoao
    @vascojoao 4 роки тому +1

    'if i'd burn the check can I still cash it? and how stupid can I be to pretend that I've asked a real question in the show?

  • @cuttycolyar7991
    @cuttycolyar7991 4 роки тому

    ROLLING NUBS.

  • @jjduffyv
    @jjduffyv 4 роки тому

    Gawd I luv Halps!!

  • @coupelikeacaravan
    @coupelikeacaravan 4 роки тому +1

    Katie looks great, wonder what her quarantine workout regimen is.

  • @PecanRanch
    @PecanRanch 4 роки тому +1

    Biden would never suggest ingesting cleaning products. This alone will give him my vote.

  • @pattytracey3131
    @pattytracey3131 4 роки тому

    Bhaaaa Jay Cutler and Kristin Cavaleri getting divorced.

  • @DC-wg1cr
    @DC-wg1cr 4 роки тому

    Yikes this woman needs a hobby lol but defends who you deal with

  • @clncarpets
    @clncarpets 4 роки тому

    Wow these two are super deep, not.

  • @thrangu1
    @thrangu1 4 роки тому

    This was a stupid comment, Matt.

  • @perkinsvalentine
    @perkinsvalentine 4 роки тому

    Okay, are you kidding me? The dude's Okay but Nina Turner's face is going to be SNL's parody look for progressives. Dude is your typical'That 70's show" Ashton Kutcher geek trying to appear inclusive while failing miserably. He is pretty good at conversational air but seems to be working hard at a lost cause - which is everyone sucks but us. While Nina uses her heart on her sleeve, she looks like the loser and can't hide it - it's like she can smell her own breath while talking. She's now looking to maintain some relevance as a useful idiot, which is entertainment for us who've been waiting for these idiots to tank, and for their circular firing squad to begin tearing each other down for their 'lack of purity for the cause - Ha.