The Precap | Josh Johnson on ICE at the Airport, Trump's Ongoing "Won" War, and Bringing Back April Fool's Day

Summary

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

Episode: The Precap – Josh Johnson on ICE at the Airport, Trump’s Ongoing “Won” War, and Bringing Back April Fool’s Day
Date: March 23, 2026
Host(s): Josh Johnson (This week’s host), Randall Otis (Daily Show writer)

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Episode Overview

This Precap episode features Josh Johnson and Randall Otis in a breezy but incisive conversation that spans everything from government shutdown-induced airport chaos and the controversial deployment of ICE, to Trump’s claims of victory in the perpetual “war” with Iran, to humorous laments on the loss of classic April Fool’s pranks. The duo delivers political critique blended with sharp humor and pop culture references, providing both laughs and illumination on America’s current headlines.

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Main Discussion Points & Insights

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1. Pop Culture Warm-Up: The Winter Soldier Debate

• [00:25–04:02]
  • Josh and Randall riff on the Marvel character Winter Soldier, humorously debating whether his superpower is just a strong arm.
  • Memorable Quotes:
    • “His power is… he’s got one good arm? We’ve run out of ideas.” – Randall Otis [01:57]
    • “That would be a great superhero comedy… you just have one good arm.” – Josh Johnson [02:06]
    • “I don’t give a fuck about running. There are gods and niggas that can fly.” – Randall Otis [03:54]
  • Sets the episode’s playful but critical tone.

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2. The Airport Crisis: Government Shutdown, TSA, and ICE

• [04:06–12:07]
  • Discussion of unprecedented TSA lines and the ongoing difficulties due to the government shutdown, with both hosts sharing personal experiences and traveler anecdotes.
    • Josh notes Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson Airport is like a scene from “Dune 2” and jokes about going back to Looney Tunes-era transportation.
    • Memorable Quote: “It looks like that scene from Dune 2 when Timothée Chalamet was walking through the Fremen… a swarm.” – Josh Johnson [05:28]
  • Deliberation on Trump’s threat to send ICE to airports and its implications:
    • Critique of using ICE to intimidate and distract from the shutdown's causes.
    • ICE as a political tool; most people who support ICE don’t interact with them, but their public deployment might backfire.
    • Complexities of ICE payment and morale contrasted with unpaid TSA agents.
    • Memorable Quotes:
      • “For Trump to say, if the Democrats don’t come to a deal, I’m going to send ICE to the airports… he’s doing it in clear understanding of what that means to people.” – Josh Johnson [06:41]
      • “It’d be fun if there’s a little war between ICE and the TSA. I mean… Maybe you guys aren’t so bad.” – Randall Otis [10:47]
  • Both hosts agree the tactic may be a remarkable misstep with consequences for travelers and public perception.

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3. Trump’s “Winning” in Iran & the Perpetual War Narrative

• [13:10–19:59]
  • Skewering the administration’s repeated declarations of victory in the ongoing conflict with Iran.
    • Comparison to past Iraq “mission accomplished” moments.
    • Satirical analogy with eating spaghetti every night while being told “spaghetti’s the most important meal of the day.”
    • Observations on the lack of defined objectives making “winning” meaningless.
    • Discussion of how Americans are mostly insulated from consequences—higher gas prices as the only tangible result for most.
    • Memorable Quotes:
      • “We won and it’s also ongoing… It’ll never be over. But it’s already over.” – Josh Johnson [13:18]
      • “You put ICE in these places so these people aren’t at a protest.” – Josh Johnson [24:05]
      • “Treating the rest of the world like extras… main character energy.” – Josh Johnson [21:42]
      • “We are truly like a crack addict…it’s like, ‘No, I’m good now, you can trust me,’ and then you go back.” – Randall Otis [22:54]
  • Witty street fight metaphor for the US’s undefined military objectives:
    • “Was this the plan? I don’t know.” – Josh Johnson [18:57]

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4. ICE and Public Perception, Travel Warnings, and Political Optics

• [24:33–32:31]
  • The danger of making ICE—and its negative reputation—more visible in daily life for travelers, including GOP-supporting immigrant groups.
  • Hypotheticals about foreign governments issuing travel advisories to the US as a direct result.
  • Satirical party invitation with police and ICE as “guests,” highlighting the chilling effect.
  • Critique of Trump banking on Americans not paying attention or reading.
  • Notable Insight: Trump’s political strategy relies on the assumption “people don’t read,” and supporters may rationalize negative personal experiences for the “greater good”.
  • Wry observation about how “short-term pain” has simply become “long-term pain.”
    • “We’re getting at best long-term pain for long-term gain, which is not happening.” – Randall Otis [33:02]

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5. The Save America Act & Voter Restrictions

• [34:39–40:19]
  • Preview of Congressional drama over the SAVE America Act (election/voter ID law):
    • GOP shifting between wanting a failed vote for campaign material vs. trying to pass the bill after Trump’s support.
    • Bill’s likely impact on minorities, women, and poor white populations who might find it uniquely difficult to meet new ID requirements.
    • Discussion on how these voting restrictions may inadvertently suppress rural and poor white voters, not just minorities.
    • “These tactics dismiss or at least underestimate poor white people… who are voting Republican.” – Josh Johnson [37:06]
    • “Every time he signed stuff, it was like the big, beautiful bill and everything else is an executive order.” – Randall Otis [40:30]
  • Irony in an unproductive Congress leveraging threats they never follow through on.

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6. ICE Manpower & Feasibility of Airport Plans

• [40:52–42:39 ]
  • Basic math of ICE vs. TSA numbers: Conclusion that ICE is under-resourced and unqualified for airport security, meaning the plan is destined to fail.
    • “There’s around 13,000 ICE agents… you’re not that… there’s not enough… to be an aid as you’d need…” – Josh Johnson [41:39]
    • “Technically, they are good at their job if the job is just create chaos.” – Josh Johnson [41:38]

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7. Loss of April Fool’s Day & The Modern Information Landscape

• [42:39–44:38]
  • Lamenting the death of innocent April Fool’s pranks in an era where reality outpaces satire:
    • “We’re so used to the news being jarring and sounding fake that someone telling us a fake thing has no bearing.” – Josh Johnson [43:21]

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8. Daily Show & Tell: Media Recommendations and Reflections

• [46:20–48:38]
  • Randall shares his take on the video game Crimson Desert—“it’s fine”—musing on how online discourse can’t handle nuance or mediocrity.
  • Josh recommends Samara Sen’s new project “Detour,” praising its completion of a trilogy and musical variety, with “Bushwick” as a favorite track.

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Additional Notable Quotes

• “ICE definitely has that with everyone they encounter, though. … The cops don’t like them.” – Josh Johnson [10:57]
• “I can’t imagine if you are a police officer that you enjoy protecting ICE… they’re fake cops that aren’t good at doing their job.” – Josh Johnson [11:49]
• “Our attitude on the world stage is very main character energy, treating the rest of the world like extras.” – Josh Johnson [21:42]
• “I want to believe you but I feel bad.” – Randall Otis (on “winning” the Iran war narrative) [15:11]
• “Tourism’s cratering. If you now announce to the world and you deploy ICE to airports, now… I’m canceling my tickets.” – Josh Johnson [27:49]

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Key Timestamps for Major Segments

• 00:25–04:02 – Pop Culture Opener, the Winter Soldier debate.
• 04:06–12:07 – Airport chaos, government shutdown, ICE deployment discussion.
• 13:10–19:59 – Trump’s “Won” war in Iran, narrative critiques.
• 24:33–32:31 – ICE in public perception, travel advisories, Trump’s optics.
• 34:39–40:19 – Save America Act & voting rights.
• 40:52–42:39 – ICE manpower logistics.
• 42:39–44:38 – The lost art of April Fool’s pranks.
• 46:20–48:38 – Daily Show & Tell segment: Crimson Desert and Samara Sen’s “Detour.”

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Tone & Style

Throughout, Josh and Randall balance incisive political commentary with comedic timing, personal anecdotes, and analogies that cut through the noise of the headlines. They maintain The Daily Show’s trademark irreverence and skepticism, lacing levity into even the most daunting topics.

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In Summary

This episode of The Precap with Josh Johnson and Randall Otis fulfills its promise: a comedic but sincere exploration of how current political tactics, especially around ICE and the Iran war narrative, are failing not just logically but optically for the Trump administration. There's skepticism toward performative governance and the erosion of trust—whether through airport security theater, war propaganda, or voter suppression bills—but it’s all rendered through the relatable, always sharp filter of The Daily Show writers’ room.

Recommended for anyone wanting to stay current on American political absurdity with their laughs and outrage in healthy supply.

Transcript

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[Randall Otis]

You're listening to Comedy Central. Hello and welcome to the Pre Cap, a daily show podcast where we sit down with this week's host to recap some of the latest news and preview what's coming up next. I'm Randall Otis. I'm a writer at the show, and I'm joined today by your host this week, Josh Johnson.

[Josh Johnson]

How you doing?

[Randall Otis]

What's up, dawg?

[Josh Johnson]

Not much, man. How are you?

[Randall Otis]

I'm good.

[Josh Johnson]

Yeah.

[Randall Otis]

We were just talking about how I don't understand the Winter Soldier.

[Josh Johnson]

No, it's not that you don't understand. It's just that this is my interpretation. What? So I was told that when they experimented on Bucky Rogers and everything, they basically made him like a version of Captain America. So super strong, all this stuff like that, which is why the arm is super strong. But he would be dead several times over if it wasn't for the arm, which makes sense.

[Randall Otis]

And I was saying I had only seen the trailer, and I was like, oh, his power is. He's got one good arm. We've run out of ideas.

[Josh Johnson]

No, but that would be a better. Like, that would be a great superhero comedy. Is that you're. It's just the one arm. Because, look, I could be wrong. Maybe I'll get eaten alive in the comments. And it is that he just has one good arm, but I'm pretty sure he's, like, also really at the level that Captain America is, which is why he's, like, so hard for Captain America to beat in Winter Soldier.

[Randall Otis]

I guess so.

[Josh Johnson]

But I'm like both assassin. You know what I mean? Like, both trained types.

[Randall Otis]

I know. And we'll get off this in, like five seconds. But I'm just like, just shoot that nigga. You know what I mean? As long as you don't hit the arm. He's dead.

[Josh Johnson]

But this is my thing. I feel like the arm is almost like the Doctor Strange cape in a way, because they've tried that in a bunch of movies. They tried to shoot him right in the head and then the arm come out of nowhere and block him with.

[Randall Otis]

If you got a shotgun, you ain't blocking all those pellets. Look, I'm sorry. Your arm is only so wide. You're getting hit. You're getting hit. Dr. Strange. That's fine. He's magic, all right. Magic. You got magic rules. He's got one arm.

[Josh Johnson]

I'm positive. He got the Captain America serum because he also, when he jumped, that wasn't the arm in Captain, was it Captain Civil War. In the Civil War movie, when he had to jump buildings and he ran and jumped. They did the same jump, but the jump's not even.

[Randall Otis]

It's like a little further than you'd be like, oh, that's pretty far. But, you know, it's not blowing my mind.

[Josh Johnson]

That was a long jump.

[Randall Otis]

All right, cool.

[Josh Johnson]

And when he ran. Oh, that, that. Ooh. That proves my point. When he ran, whenever it was him, Black Panther and Captain America running, and they were in traffic, and they were running at the speed of traffic.

[Randall Otis]

I don't give a fuck about running. There are gods and niggas that can fly.

[Josh Johnson]

Yes, yes, I hear you. But he's better than just one arm.

[Randall Otis]

That's fair.

[Josh Johnson]

He was running at 70 miles per hour, whatever the cars were doing.

[Randall Otis]

All right, so I guess we'll talk about politics. You travel a lot, so maybe you experience this. The TSA lines are absolutely insane right now because. Partial government shutdown.

[Josh Johnson]

Yeah, I mean, partial or full, it doesn't really matter to you when you're at a three hour TSA lot. So so far I've only experienced actual delays. I haven't had as much trouble getting through security in, like, less than the amount of time it would take me to make my flight and stuff. So I. I haven't been affected in that way, but it's also because the airports I'm flying in and out of have a little bit more. I don't even know how you would put this, but they. They have. They have a little bit more of a management. And I think some places like Hartsfield, Jackson, Atlanta are just like. They're swarmed. Like, you know, I have family there. And they said they've never seen anything like this and that when they were flying in. Because once again, it's like weather permits you to make it in the way you were gonna make it in anyway. But then when you land and you're trying to leave the airport and you see like a. The only way I could describe it is when you look at a picture of all the people in this like four hour line at the airport. It looks like that Scene from Dune 2 When Timothy Chaubet was walking through the Fremen.

[Randall Otis]

Oh yeah.

[Josh Johnson]

And you're like that. It's so many people. It's like a swarm, you know? And so I didn't even know that the airport could handle lines like that.

[Randall Otis]

Yeah. I mean, I feel like when you have a line that long, you really need to ask yourselves, like, how much do you love your family? Right. Because it's like, I don't know, there's certain cousins. I'm like, I'm going home and I'm. I'm gonna just tell them. I'm like, ah, the plane. Iran shot it down, you know, I couldn't make it.

[Josh Johnson]

Dude. When I tell you that I think. Yeah, I think a lot about how I may have to come up with like alternative plans and backup plans and backup plans for those plans to get somewhere. Like it's bro.

[Randall Otis]

Yeah. Things are getting so bad. We're going Back to like 1800. Like, all right. Going to get on the, get on the cross country train.

[Josh Johnson]

Yeah. I mean, look, if I buy a buggy, I'll get there eventually.

[Randall Otis]

Do that little like push, pull cart they use in Looney tunes.

[Josh Johnson]

Yeah, yeah. 100%.

[Randall Otis]

Well, at least ice is there. That'll make everything better.

[Josh Johnson]

I can't imagine what the plan is here. Like, here's my thing. For Trump to say, if the Democrats don't come to a deal, I'm going to send ICE to the airports. Right. Means that he's doing it in a clear understanding of what that means to people and in. And in the bad faith that it takes to use ICE as a threat. Yeah.

[Randall Otis]

Like, you know they suck.

[Josh Johnson]

Yeah. Like you, like you, you already know what they do outside. I'm going to have them come do that at the airport, which is crazy that more people aren't reacting to. Like, it's very frustrating sometimes to see that some of these tactics work that like something that is clearly his fault, he can blame on Dems. And people are like, wait a second. Yeah, I think that, I think the Dems did all this. And it's like that. That to me, I'm not saying everyone falls for it. And even in the last government shutdown, the Dems shot themselves in the foot by, like, taking all the public support for the shutdown and. And just sort of squandering it. But with this one, I'm like you because you openly said, I'm gonna send ICE to the airports if I don't get what I want. I don't know how this can be laid at your feet any. Anymore. When something eventually happens at an airport.

[Randall Otis]

Oh, yeah. Like, it's bad to take ownership of something that's definitely going to go bad preemptively.

[Josh Johnson]

It's the same way that people used to go on American Idol knowing they couldn't sing and dedicate what they were about to sing to someone they loved. It's like, what do you. What do you think is gonna happen magically? Do you think you'll just be able to hit a note now?

[Randall Otis]

I do think people think that it's like, I'm gonna have my Disney princess moment where it's like I had this power inside me for so long, and it took true love or Simon Cowell's glare to unlock it.

[Josh Johnson]

Maybe that. That. I don't know. That whole thing blows my mind because he said it. And so it's like he has to. He has to own that. And, I mean, I don't know. I guess he doesn't really own much. Like, he doesn't get the.

[Randall Otis]

Yeah, it does feel like it's just one of those things that's gonna roll over people's backs, but it's like. Cause ICE can't do their job, and now you're expecting them to do a job that's also not their job. It's just. I don't know where I would be nervous if I was the government. I'm like, americans are crazy, and we're craziest at the airport. So it's like they're gonna try to start some shit or start some fights, but these are Americans who got like, a mushroom and the Mario Invincibility Star. I don't know if that'll go the way.

[Josh Johnson]

I also don't think. Is ICE getting paid.

[Randall Otis]

They have to be, right?

[Josh Johnson]

I don't know.

[Randall Otis]

Don't they get like $100,000 or something? They get paid like a ton.

[Josh Johnson]

Oh, I don't know about that.

[Randall Otis]

Not $100,000?

[Josh Johnson]

No, I'm saying at all, though, because then, you know, there's that Reddit group that's like, we haven't been. Yeah, they're part dhs. So then there's that Reddit group that's like, we haven't been paid yet. And I know that's not everybody. I know that was some people clearly having, like, administrative snafus and stuff like that. But overall, it's like, even, you know, their bonus is, like, a hostage. Their bonuses for, like, each year, it's not. It's not all at once. And then I don't know if they're getting paid. We should look at it.

[Randall Otis]

And that's not good, because now, like, there's people who sign up for ICE just because, like, look, I want the money, but now you're gonna have people there who are just in it for the love of the game.

[Josh Johnson]

That's what I'm saying.

[Randall Otis]

I don't even need to get paid.

[Josh Johnson]

I need to.

[Randall Otis]

I'm just here for.

[Josh Johnson]

I'm looking this up now.

[Randall Otis]

If.

[Josh Johnson]

If ICE is getting paid right now. Yeah, it looks like they are.

[Randall Otis]

They're getting paid.

[Josh Johnson]

Yeah, they're getting paid great. Which is. Which is also crazy, because then TSA isn't getting paid. So now somebody shows up and makes your job more stressful, and they're getting paid, bro.

[Randall Otis]

They're just gonna, like, Chuck ice. I don't know. It'd be fun if there's a little war between ICE and the tsa. I mean, that would boost tsa. It was like, you know what? Maybe you guys aren't so bad.

[Josh Johnson]

ICE definitely has that with everyone they encounter, though.

[Randall Otis]

Oh, yeah.

[Josh Johnson]

The cops don't like them. The cops don't like them.

[Randall Otis]

That's crazy for the cops to be like, you guys are being a little aggressive.

[Josh Johnson]

No, it's not. It's not that crazy, because this is what happens. The ICE agents come do their thing, Whatever their raid is, whatever their investigation is, and the cops have to guard them. So it's like, imagine you have to be the bodyguard of. It would be like being. What's. What's it. What's his name? Little kick streamer that runs around and starts fights, but then his bodyguards save him. It's like. That's literally what ICE is like. Ice. Cause then they also leave anytime there's a protest that's bigger in number than the cops there and the agents there. ICE immediately leaves, and now you're just like.

[Randall Otis]

Well, she's like, I didn't even get to have the fun.

[Josh Johnson]

I mean, I can't imagine if you are a police officer that you enjoy protecting ICE because they are fake cops that aren't good at doing their job

[Randall Otis]

who are getting more money than you sometimes probably.

[Josh Johnson]

Yeah. Potentially on where they're deployed. Yeah.

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[Randall Otis]

Let's see what else is going on. Oh, the, the war in Iran, which we've won apparently several times.

[Josh Johnson]

Yeah, it's one of those things that somehow we, we won and it's also ongoing fight and it's not over. It'll never be over. But it's already over.

[Randall Otis]

Well, it's, I mean everyone's made the comparison to Iraq of course, but like saying we won this many times. It's like you have the mission accomplished banner and then you also like tattoo it on your face several times. I'm like bro, like this is actually. I don't understand the. Well, I do understand the point. Like obviously once the stock market's not be in free fall and have prices oil prices not spike. But I just don't see like with a lot of stuff we can BS like as Americans with the rest of the world but like oils like exist. You know what I mean?

[Josh Johnson]

Not just, I mean not just oil. We, we are on some borrowed time with the way we function. The, the economy like it. This isn't sustainable. And so if you're gonna tell me that we're winning, you're gonna have to make it really believable. And the more times you tell me in a short period of time, the less I believe you. Yeah, you know what I Mean, feels like when your parents were on a budget and you were like, hey, do y' all just like, spaghetti? Is there a reason we're having it three days in a row? And they're like, oh, no, spaghetti's fire. And because you're a kid, the first day, you're like, yay, spaghetti. And then after the third day, when your parents are like, spaghetti's the most important meal of the day, you're like, that's. That doesn't sound right.

[Randall Otis]

Yeah. And then you're like, I feel like I'm missing nutrients. They're like, no, actually, spaghetti has everything you could possibly need.

[Josh Johnson]

Yeah.

[Randall Otis]

Actually, if you want other food, you're bad.

[Josh Johnson]

Yeah. It's like, well, I don't see how possible. Yeah. Yeah. I don't.

[Randall Otis]

I want to believe you, but I feel bad.

[Josh Johnson]

Yeah. I am very sick.

[Randall Otis]

Yeah.

[Josh Johnson]

And that's. Yeah, that's what the. What the war feels like. Because this, like, faux sort of show of strength or this idea that we have to be convinced that we're winning and it would make us any more. For some people, it would, but that it would make us any more in favor of the war that we're winning, that we don't know why we started, that we don't technically call a war because we didn't get the permission of Congress. So then every action taken is maybe illegal. Who knows? I don't know if the law is real anymore. That. That's, like, too much of a limbo to leave people in to be like, and we're winning.

[Randall Otis]

Well, and it's such a shock, too, because, like, obviously, like, we have to, like, know about this stuff, but it takes, like, a minute, if you're, like, an average person, to, like, even care for you to learn about it. And so I feel like the average experience for the average American is like, hey, what's up? We're in a war. And by the way, we're already losing. It's like, wait, what?

[Josh Johnson]

Yeah, but to find out we are losing from people who aren't the official sources you have to put together losing. Because the narrative out there is that these things are happening from media that you would think would hold the president and the administration to account. The narrative is like, these things are happening. We're attacking. Karg Kharg is this island. You know what I mean? Then the narrative from Trump and the administration is that we're. We're. We're winning.

[Randall Otis]

We're.

[Josh Johnson]

We. We're crushing it. Right? Then if you put the pieces together and you look at what the implications are of some of the things already done. You're like, we're losing. So losing is also a different step away from even finding out. Yeah.

[Randall Otis]

And it's, in a way, genius because, like, modern war, like, there are a lot of things that are, like, truly existential. Like, I feel like with Ukraine and Russia, it's like, okay, we need to win or our country is completely gone. But so much of war is just like, all right, we have an objective, and whether or not we get accomplish the objective determines what determines whether or not we win. And it's kind of a brilliant move to not to go into a war with no objectives, because you can't really lose. Like, I don't even know why I'm here, so you can't beat me.

[Josh Johnson]

Yeah, it's a lot. Like, there was this video I saw of this fight that almost started, is very funny.

[Randall Otis]

It's like a street fight.

[Josh Johnson]

Yeah.

[Randall Otis]

And it's basically, I love your media diet.

[Josh Johnson]

This guy. This guy, big old dude, right? Big old dude is towering over this other dude with his friends. And this guy clearly is trying to troll him in public, you know? And so then he's like. He's like, you won't touch me. Like, you're not, like, really daring him to do something. And he's like, your boy's not even holding you back. You won't touch me. And then this big dude who has to be like, 6. 6. Meanwhile, the other guy's like, average size, so just Tower, David and Goliath. And so then he's like, you won't touch me. You won't touch me. And then he moves his friends out of the way truly, like, puts his hand on his friend's shoulders and pushes them out of the way like the end of Happy Gilmore. And then grabs that dude by his neck. And that dude goes, oh, oh. He goes. He goes, oh, oh, kiss me now. And it's so funny because this guy's just. This man's towering over. He's grabbed you, and now he doesn't know what to do. Cause he's like, wait. And that's kind of what it's like entering a war with no objective. You're like, was this the plan? I don't know.

[Randall Otis]

I don't know. I guess I have a boyfriend now. Yeah, that was the plan the whole time. Us an Orion are daedic.

[Josh Johnson]

You know, you see a tall drink of water across the street, pretend to fight him.

[Randall Otis]

Oh, my gosh. I just. The thing that is kind of funny is like, how much I know now about the Strait of Ormuz and Kharg island and just all this stuff. I'm like, bro, I should not have to know what this is.

[Josh Johnson]

Yeah, this is what's tough.

[Randall Otis]

It's the most American thing I've ever said. But I'm like, I shouldn't have to know.

[Josh Johnson]

This is, you know. Well, here's another very American thing that people keep saying. Especially, like, whatever, manosphere people. I'm probably gonna get the quote wrong, but it's like, was it hard men make soft times. Soft times make hard men. So, yeah, like, the cyclical thing. And I feel that way about information where it's like, when you are informed, things are usually bad.

[Randall Otis]

Oh, yeah.

[Josh Johnson]

You become informed so that you can hopefully fix the bad thing as soon as things are good again, you're like, I don't need to know any of this stuff.

[Randall Otis]

Yeah. What could be the. What's the worst that could happen if we bomb our. Oh, everything bad. That's the crazy part to me is that we admit. Or like Trump admitted, the government admitted that they caught us off guard. Like, he will be in the Oval Office. Like, they started bombing infrastructure. I didn't think they'd do that. I was like, because I'm against this war. But I'm also. There's that part of me who is just still American. I'm like, nigga, do not tell them. It's like, you got me. It's like, don't tell them that.

[Josh Johnson]

Well, it's like his post where he's like, y' all have 48 hours before I strike your biggest energy plant. Y' all know which one. Y' all know which one's the biggest, don't you? It's like, you might as well send the coordinates to the world. Like, they know which one's their biggest.

[Randall Otis]

And there's.

[Josh Johnson]

That sounds like you're guessing.

[Randall Otis]

Defend that one.

[Josh Johnson]

Yeah.

[Randall Otis]

Okay.

[Josh Johnson]

And then he's like, meanwhile, my plan is to attack the smallest.

[Randall Otis]

Which I was like, okay, that hurts us a little bit, but it's not that bad because it is the smallest.

[Josh Johnson]

It's just. It's a. It's. Yeah. I think. I think one of the things that I find most terrifying and exhausting about it is how far removed we are. So it doesn't feel like there's real consequence. And it's a thing that if you live in long enough or grow up in the United States, you are so far removed from consequence of what the United States does to other countries that everything feels like an idea. And I'm not speaking for everyone when I say this. I'm just saying our attitude on the world stage is very main character energy, treating the rest of the world like extras. We do not treat other countries with the respect that they are real people and that they have a sovereign nation that they're representing. And so you can only get away with stuff like that for so long. And I think that this thing and the way that Trump is probably worried about brics, the way that people don't really want to be on the petrodollar anymore, and the way that people would love to move away from any sort of dependence on the United States, not just because of Trump, but just in case we elect another Trump. Cuz they don't know what we'll do. Yeah, they look at like, when I travel, people from other countries look at us like versions of Trump because we elected Trump, which is fair. And so then when we say, oh, it's just this one guy, I promise there's just one guy, it's like, yeah, but there's probably another guy.

[Randall Otis]

We are truly like a crack addict in the sense of it was like, you know, we go and we relapse and then we're back and it's like, no, I'm good now, you can trust me. He's like, yeah, but you keep smoking crack at 3:00am, like, you'll be nice for a few months, but then you go back and you're like, we don't know if you're gonna go back or not.

[Josh Johnson]

Yeah. And so it's just safer to be done away with the relationship. And I know that we have enough money right now and we have enough influence that they maybe can't openly say it. But you, you look back at Carney and Carney gave a very, like, not. It was, it was, it was, it was scathing in the Canadian sense. And it was like pretty blunt in the, in the way of people who still have decorum about how they speak. Yeah, it was like ripping us apart

[Randall Otis]

because he said what? The old word order is dead and we're gonna have to form new relationships. I'm like, that's bad.

[Josh Johnson]

That's very bad. And that's how, and that's how a president says it. Yeah, that's how a president actually says it. Not like, like he can't say, we're

[Randall Otis]

so used to the vulgarness of our politics. Well, he didn't say fuck y', all, so we're good. He's like, no, he can't.

[Josh Johnson]

He didn't go, nor does he want to.

[Randall Otis]

But the message is the same.

[Josh Johnson]

He didn't go up there and say, your economy's dying like a dog.

[Randall Otis]

Yeah.

[Josh Johnson]

Like that. That's, like, the only thing we hear now for like, oh, that seems disrespectful.

[Randall Otis]

Yeah, just like. Yeah. Civil, like noble. I'll smack you with my gloves, sir. That means nothing to us now.

[Josh Johnson]

Yeah.

[Randall Otis]

It has to be like, full level 10.

[Josh Johnson]

Do you. Do you then think that there's any real. How do I put this? Do you think there's any real comeuppance for, like, the unpopularity of ICE and then just giving them more public exposure? Because the other issue that Trump is gonna have on his hands, that the GOP are gonna have at large, is that a lot of the people who support ICE don't have to interact with them at all. And so now if you're out here and you're Cuban American and they're looking at your ID and they're like, where are you really from? And you're like, no, I'm from Michigan. No, where are you really from? You know what I mean? Like, there's a thing in that. Where as Republican as you may be outside of the airport or as. Cause once again, you've put ICE in these places so these people aren't at a protest.

[Randall Otis]

I think that's a really good point. And it ties in. I think that and Iran are similar in the way that you were talking about. We don't experience consequences of the decisions we make.

[Josh Johnson]

Right.

[Randall Otis]

And not that, like, having to pay an enormous amount of. For oil is good. Like, I prefer if none of this was happening, but it's like, okay, gas prices are higher. And I keep seeing people complain about it, people make tiktoks about it, but it's like, that's the only part of the war, at least right now, that is directly affecting us. And even just that, like, the entire Middle east getting bombed and we're just having to have higher gas prices, at least for now, and that's enough to make us go, oh, I don't know if I want this. And I do think that's a good point. Yeah. With ice, it's like, it's mostly like they operate in secret, they move very quickly, but to have them at all airports and. Yeah. Having to actually face what this is in reality could. That could backfire. Huge.

[Josh Johnson]

Because I just. I don't know if ICE is going there to help BTSA or if they're going there to do ICE things and shake things up, because it does Trump no good to actually fix the problem at the airports with ICE agents. It does him no good to have ICE go there, be perfectly pleasant, and not hassle anybody, not give anybody a hard time, not arrest anybody. And then he basically solved the airport crisis for the Democrats who were holding up his DHS funding. It's like, that, to me, doesn't track. And it didn't seem like what he was saying he was trying to do with the threat of, if they don't do it, I'll send ice.

[Randall Otis]

Yeah, but that's where it's confusing to me.

[Josh Johnson]

Right.

[Randall Otis]

Because how so on the one hand is like, you want. You don't want to solve the crisis so you can pass the blame on the Democrats. But I. It doesn't feel like. It feels like having a. Kind of like a rabid dog. Right. Like, you're putting it somewhere, and you don't know exactly what they're going to do. These are highly untrained people. So if things pop off, but then the anger goes from long lines to ice. Now the anger is just at you.

[Josh Johnson]

No, I don't think it's a smart plan because I also think, like, tourism's cratering. I think if you now announce to the world and you deploy ICE to airports now, there are people who would come to visit the US that just hoped that they weren't in a place that, like, okay, I'm gonna go visit the US But I'm going to, like, New York. I won't be in Minneapolis, so hopefully I won't encounter ice. Now ICE is at the airport.

[Randall Otis]

Yeah, dude, there's, like, one.

[Josh Johnson]

I'm canceling my tickets now. Yeah, it's like. It's like, what. Why would you. Germany. Didn't Germany already put out a travel advisory on us?

[Randall Otis]

Really?

[Josh Johnson]

It was either Germany.

[Randall Otis]

I mean, I believe it.

[Josh Johnson]

No, but let me see. I don't want to be wrong about it, but there's a couple countries that have already basically put out a travel advisory on us the way that we used to do to, like, Afghanistan or. Yeah, yeah.

[Randall Otis]

Several countries have issued travel advisories for the US Generally advising caution due to crime, security, and entry requirements.

[Josh Johnson]

And so those are entry requirements before ICE is at the airport. So they're like, you may go there and run into something, or they may try to. You may have a legal visa, and they may jam you up or whatever. Now ICE is at the airport. It doesn't even matter if ICE does anything. It's literally the threat of, like, imagine if I told you A. I'm having a party on Friday. Police gonna be there. Come through. Come through, dawg. Gonna have a good time.

[Randall Otis]

You mean, like, they're your friends? No, no, no. They're on duty.

[Josh Johnson]

No, no, no. Look, they working, but.

[Randall Otis]

Oh, and they're mad, and they're not getting paid, so they're extra mad.

[Josh Johnson]

No, the cops are getting paid. The security at the door's not getting

[Randall Otis]

paid, and he is not trained.

[Josh Johnson]

Mm.

[Randall Otis]

Mm. He doesn't. And he. He's got a bone to pick.

[Josh Johnson]

Yeah, it's just. It's that. That stuff is, like.

[Randall Otis]

Which means the only foreigners we're getting are, like, crazy motherfuckers who don't care about anything.

[Josh Johnson]

I've been waiting to be nice.

[Randall Otis]

Yeah. I can't. It's like in the Purge, when they visit America to take part of it, it's like, I've just wanted to see some crazy shit.

[Josh Johnson]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, I just. I feel like it is a remarkable misstep at a time where. Look, I. I say he can't afford missteps because I'm. I'm still treating him like someone that is tied to logic and reason and consequence, and he never has been. So I guess I. I'm like, yeah, I guess I'm applying the wrong things to the situation, but I just don't see how this could in any way be good, because disgruntled Travelers, that's like a.

[Randall Otis]

They're the best of us.

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[Josh Johnson]

You don't know how they voted. You don't know what they. But you over here telling me that now y' all are here to help, and I still miss my flight.

[Randall Otis]

Well, that's the crazy thing is, like, remember, especially during COVID all those videos of people on planes, like, getting into fistfights and stuff? All those people are in ice now. Like, those people are in ice. All the viral videos, they're just outside Southwest. And I'm like, bro, this is gonna be a shit show.

[Josh Johnson]

That's crazy. Yeah.

[Randall Otis]

Oh, my God.

[Josh Johnson]

Yeah. But then every single thing that happens is, like, at your feet. Because once again, you announced to the world, I'm sending ice to the airport.

[Randall Otis]

Well, that's the. I think that's. Trump's entire strategy is banking on the fact that people don't read. And so it's like, I did. See, I said it, but I typed it. So they're not going to read it. They'll hear it through someone else who's going to filter it and remove all the stuff that I need removed.

[Josh Johnson]

Yeah. I Guess so. I mean, also, I think that there are some people who are so coded to, to what works for him. They're just so, like, they're so, like, brained. I don't even know how would put this, but they, I think there are genuinely people that if they got roughed up by ice at the airport and didn't do anything, would be like, I'm just sorry I let the President down.

[Randall Otis]

Yeah, like, like Trump moves in mysterious ways.

[Josh Johnson]

Yeah. Because. Because you see, even with the gas prices or even with the things that they voted for him on, when they aren't coming to fruition, they're like, they're either saying, give him time or I'm willing to take the pain now for the better promise of tomorrow. Like, that's the thing that makes religion scary to me, where I'm like, he didn't even promise you a better. He said he would fix it. Day one. We're far past day one.

[Randall Otis]

Oh, my God.

[Josh Johnson]

And you're now saying there's a promised land past this moment where things are going the opposite of how he said, that'll be even better than when he just wasn't in office.

[Randall Otis]

And it's just. Yeah, it's so funny to me too, because I've been hearing, it's like, it's just a little short term pain. It's like tariffs with Iran. It's just, I've been hearing it's just a little short term pain for long term gain, but I'm like, okay, I've been hearing short term pain for like over a year. And when you stack up a lot of short term pain, that just becomes long term pain. Yeah, it's like, bro, we're getting at best long term pain for long term gain, which is not happening. So we're just having long term pain for something. We're getting something.

[Josh Johnson]

Yeah.

[Randall Otis]

That's one thing I can guarantee we're gonna get something. Is it gonna be good? Probably not, but we're getting something.

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[Josh Johnson]

Is there a vote this week?

[Randall Otis]

At minimum? I think they are doing floor debates. I'm not sure if the votes this week or later on, but it feels kind of all over the place in terms of what Republicans are trying to get out of it, because last week I was listening and John Thune was saying, he was talking as if it's definitely not going to pass, but we just want to get Democrats on the record of not supporting voter ID or all these other things. But now Trump wants it to pass, and so it seems like they're actually working to get it passed, which, personally, I don't know how that's possible because you need 60 votes or blow up the filibuster, which it feels like they're not willing to do.

[Josh Johnson]

Well, okay, you'll have to help me out because this is gonna sound very dumb. Now, how did the big beautiful bill

[Randall Otis]

pass that was under budget reconciliation. And so with that, you don't need 60 votes, you only need a majority. And so they could just get that through without having to care about Democrats at all. But this, I feel, is not under

[Josh Johnson]

some special rules because it's new.

[Randall Otis]

Yeah, hurt something with the schedule or something like that. But yeah, this one I'm pretty sure needs 60. And so they got all the Republicans, I'm assuming. And then Fetterman.

[Josh Johnson]

The thing about restricting votes, it's like maybe they've done the math on this and they figured out that, like, all these people not being able to vote makes us come out on top. And I obviously, there's always the thing of, like, targeting, like, minorities and sometimes women as well in general. Like, that's one of the critiques of the SAVE act is the whole your ID won't match your birth certificate because you got married and you changed your name. So, like, if you change your name, it's gonna make it really hard to get the type of identification you need to be able to register to vote and everything. And my thing, though, is that I think a lot of these things, maybe they're not worried about this, but I think a lot of. These tactics dismiss or at least underestimate, like, poor White people and, like, poor white people who are voting Republican. I just. I do not see a world where, like, I grew up in Louisiana, and so there are a lot of people where no matter what sort of like, segregation you tried to implement throughout the state, whether it's like in the school system or just in the sort of makeup of neighborhoods, a lot of these neighborhoods have, like, pretty. Not even incomes. But some of these places that are segregated to the point of just being white are also struggling very hard. So then there are these black and brown areas where people are not doing well. But then you can point to, like, five areas where it's almost all white people. And they are very broke. And so the idea that they will once again, with the pressure cooker on them of gas prices, of the general cost of living, that now they will find the time off work and they'll also be able to afford the extra, even if it's like 60 bucks.

[Randall Otis]

It's like processing fees.

[Josh Johnson]

The processing fees of like, hey, I need to get a duplicate of my birth certificate or I need to. I basically need to go get a passport.

[Randall Otis]

Well, that's why I feel like I must be missing something, because I'm like, the passport. Whites are Democrats, right?

[Josh Johnson]

I don't know. I don't. Like, I can't. I'm pretty sure.

[Randall Otis]

Like, I feel like the last time I saw this is, like, people with passports are, like, most likely to be white, college educated.

[Josh Johnson]

Maybe we're all Democrats, but this is the. This is the. Also the thing with the gerrymandering that they did in, like, Texas was definitely. I think it was Texas and it was our state where they did this gerrymandering, where they accidentally made a, like, a blue district.

[Randall Otis]

Yeah, they might have done that like, a ton of places because they were banking on Latinos voting the same way they did in 2024. And then I don't know. I don't know what happens. Just for some reason Latinos don't like Republicans this year, something might have happened. I don't know. Yeah, I'm not sure what it is.

[Josh Johnson]

Lots of things definitely happen. But. But, yeah, I just. I don't know, once again, if it's a smart idea to tie any legislation, because didn't Trump say he doesn't want to pass anything until the SAVE act is passed?

[Randall Otis]

Yeah.

[Josh Johnson]

But also, it makes me wonder how many things get passed anyway.

[Randall Otis]

Like, this is the least productive Congress, I think, in history.

[Josh Johnson]

Yeah. So it's like, how many things are getting passed in general. So then it's not that much of a threat.

[Randall Otis]

It does feel like if somebody was just struck out every time they're at bat and then they get up to the plate and do the Barry Bonds point, it's like, what are you pointing at? What? What are you pointing at?

[Josh Johnson]

It's like, are you waving at some point?

[Randall Otis]

Is that where you wish the ball went?

[Josh Johnson]

Yeah. Yeah. Or it's just like. Yeah, just like someone with Ed being like, you're not getting any of this good loving tonight.

[Randall Otis]

I didn't even think that was an option.

[Josh Johnson]

Yeah. That.

[Randall Otis]

I forgot that was there, actually.

[Josh Johnson]

I. You still do that.

[Randall Otis]

Yeah. I didn't even think you could do that with yourself.

[Josh Johnson]

And that is kind of how I feel about the things passing. I. Maybe I'm just not up on what's been getting through, but I feel like he hasn't signed much in a while.

[Randall Otis]

No. Because every time he signed stuff, it was like the big, beautiful bill and everything else is an executive order.

[Josh Johnson]

Yeah.

[Randall Otis]

Yeah. I was about to say, not good. But it's probably good that there's not a lot of stuff getting passed.

[Josh Johnson]

Yeah. I mean, that's kind of how I feel about ICE at the airport. I'm like, well, I guess they're not terrorizing people in their homes for a while.

[Randall Otis]

Yeah.

[Josh Johnson]

Because isn't it like. Did he say he's deployed, like, all of ice?

[Randall Otis]

I mean, he said. He says stuff.

[Josh Johnson]

Yeah, I guess.

[Randall Otis]

But there's a lot of airports. You feel like you need a decent amount of people.

[Josh Johnson]

There's.

[Randall Otis]

Airports are big.

[Josh Johnson]

There's apparently around 50,000 TSA agents, which, if. I mean. Yeah, they're quitting in droves. Right. Because they just haven't been paid and they have bills to pay and stuff like that.

[Announcer]

Yeah.

[Randall Otis]

If I have two shutdowns back. Back to back, I'm like, brian, back to back. I need money. I don't know.

[Josh Johnson]

And I feel like there's even less. Can we look up how many ICE agents there are, like, right now?

[Randall Otis]

Yeah. Especially after the last.

[Josh Johnson]

Because there's not that many.

[Randall Otis]

13,000.

[Josh Johnson]

Exactly. So it's like, you're not that. This is why I'm saying it's such a bad idea. And I will stop bringing it up after 22. Got you. I will stop bringing it up after this. But the other reason this feels like it's not a good idea is because, like you said, they're not good at their job. And then, I mean, technically, they are good at their job if their job is just create chaos. But, like, they are not there. As TSA agents, there's no way they got the training in time. They were probably just, like, just look for a bomb.

[Randall Otis]

Yeah.

[Josh Johnson]

And then there's not enough of them to be as much of an aid as you would need to, like, smooth things over. I know the intention isn't to fix anything, but that just. Yeah. 22 is not a lot for as many airports as there are.

[Randall Otis]

Oh, no.

[Josh Johnson]

And especially if they're continuing any sort of operations, like, maybe they've halted everything. I don't know.

[Randall Otis]

Yeah, I don't. I don't know. I know they. There's just so much stuff to keep track of.

[Josh Johnson]

It would be nice to have, like, a real April Fool's Day again where everybody just had a good time tricking people, pranking people, making people feel silly. Yeah, that'd be great.

[Randall Otis]

Did you ever do an April Fool's that you're, like, proud of?

[Josh Johnson]

I'm trying to think of one that I was like, this is amazing. What? Like, what really comes to mind for me is that it feels like the spirit is lost a little bit, because I think now we're so used to the news being jarring and sounding fake that someone telling us a fake thing has no bearing.

[Randall Otis]

Yeah. It's like. You think it's real.

[Josh Johnson]

Yeah.

[Randall Otis]

You think it's real. Because I'm. I mean, it's like. I mean, all that's really left is like, I'm pregnant. Classic.

[Josh Johnson]

Yeah, that's classic.

[Randall Otis]

Which we can't do. Or you can if you're bold enough and you're very convincing.

[Josh Johnson]

But, like, my thing is, if you. Okay. Yeah. Getting, like, a false headline or a big corporate joke or some of the things that we used to do for April Fools feels a lot like if Jack Harlow made a movie about him being the only white rapper in a black neighborhood trying to prove himself. And it's like, well, we already have 8 mile.

[Randall Otis]

Yeah. I was about to say, like, might watch that. I don't know. I watch. I watch a lot of bad movies. I'd watch Jack Harlow beefing with. I don't even know who's a good young rapper. Kendrick just. Kendrick slaps him. Scene one is like, go to school.

[Josh Johnson]

You would. Oh, you're saying who in the movie he would battle?

[Randall Otis]

Yeah.

[Josh Johnson]

Maybe like, L Uzi Ver.

[Randall Otis]

L Uzi Vert.

[Josh Johnson]

Yeah.

[Randall Otis]

I feel like Lil Uzi would just try to make friends with him, you know, you couldn't do an 8 mile. Lil Uzi, he just starts, like, dancing.

[Josh Johnson]

Yeah.

[Randall Otis]

No one's hard like that. Everyone's like on Xanax now there's no

[Josh Johnson]

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[Randall Otis]

Time for something we call Daily show and tell where it's something we watched, read, listened to or just been on our mind recently that we want to talk about. I've not really been on my mind, but I've been playing this video game called Crimson Desert. Mm. And it's just, it was hyped up so much to be like the greatest thing ever. And it's fine. Which I think's funny because I don't think people know how to react to fine because online there's like huge arguments of people like it is the greatest game I've ever played. And people are like, it is the biggest piece of shit that has graced my screen. And I'm like, it's okay, it's not bad. I have a decent enough time. But I truly think it breaks people's brain to just be like, oh, you know, not bad, not great. But, you know, I had a good enough time.

[Josh Johnson]

Yeah.

[Randall Otis]

And then people was like, oh, so you hate it? I was like, I just think it's okay.

[Josh Johnson]

Yeah.

[Randall Otis]

It's like, so is that bad? I'm like, it's okay. Is it good? I'm like, it's okay.

[Josh Johnson]

So I have a thing. Samara Sen's project Detour came out and it's fire. It's, it's, it's awesome. So I've been, I've been listening to that pretty much on repeat.

[Announcer]

I should check that out.

[Josh Johnson]

Yeah, you gotta check it out. It kind of ends this, what looks like a three part trilogy of projects. So it is really cool. And the. Yeah, both aesthetically and even in like the tone of sound and everything, you're getting something different than what has come out before. And so it's giving different eras, different looks to the overall discography, which I'm like, excited to watch more of.

[Randall Otis]

That's pretty cool. Yeah, I think it's cool to be able to jump into an artist who's like, pretty well formed instead of like, I'm growing with them. It's like, no, I like a nice, polished form product.

[Josh Johnson]

I mean, I think it's a little bit of both because I, I feel like she's just getting started, but at the same time, it's like there's, there's enough there that you can really, like, dive deep and find some favorites and everything. So, yeah, it's like, best favorite track, Bushwick.

[Randall Otis]

Nice.

[Josh Johnson]

Yeah.

[Randall Otis]

Okay, that's this week. Pre caps. I'm Randall Otis and catch Josh Johnson hosting the Daily show this week on Comedy Central, Paramount plus and right here in podcast form on the Daily Show Ears edition.

[Josh Johnson]

See y' all tomorrow.

[Randall Otis]

Bye.

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