@@scargmedia1861 absolutely agreed. It was text book.

Do you not realise that Jo Cox was murdered (assassinated) by a crazy far right supporter just two election cycles before this one? It was just 2016 after she won her seat in 2015 when that happened. The push of culture wars and inflammatory rhetoric is extremely prevalent in the UK. If you forget these types of events in your own cultural sphere than they risk repeating. RIP Jo Cox.

​@@MrPoepopeThat was 9 years ago and not related to any election.

That’s constitutional monarchy for you.

@@scottp2210 Oh the opposite can happen to those too

Lol some people have no shame. To think that people have shame is too have too high a regard for many people.

8 years of defamation and whipping up hate against Trump and now you’re upset by how this “looks”

@@meadend9053 very hypocritical of you to say

@@meadend9053 Trump is the original hate monger.

@@meadend9053 He can dish it out but not take it?

Can you imagine Trump allowing Biden to get a word in?

Trump's ego won't allow it.

45 will not

@@keithhigh7773a statement, not a press conference

@@Tom-qb1rj which part of "press briefing" did you not understand?

What was said?

​@@danlopez.3592 “We’ll stand up to crazy Nancy Pelosi, who ruined San Francisco - how’s her husband doing, anybody know?” Trump said to a raucous crowd of California Republicans at a state party convention. “And she’s against building a wall at our border, even though she has a wall around her house - which obviously didn’t do a very good job.”

​@@danlopez.3592 When Paul was attacked with the hammer trump refused to condemn it at first and said it was a consequence of Nancy. His close allies also refused to accept it was a MAGA nut but pushed rumours that the suspect was actually Paul's younger gay lover

@@ChickenNugNugz2 but what was said about paul pelosi? The original commenter said that Trump said something about him. I thought he actually said that it was a horrible thing or something like that. Could be wrong

@@danlopez.3592 It was implied that the attacker was Pelosi's gay lover as well.

He gets likes, comments and shares. Media (including the news) is all about getting as many people talking as possible. Content is irrelevant. Unfortunately.

He’s just won seats and came third in votes in the election, and is a friend of Trump. I don’t like what he says either, but he has significant support. do you or ac really think it would be a good idea for the national broadcaster to freeze him out?

I am sick of seeing Farage on everything. Not to mention Tice or his girlfriend, the inbalance must surely break the rules (talking about you Channel 5 Jeremy Vibe)

​@@matthewrobinson2172only cause the media gave him such free coverage whilst the lib Dems had to do stuff like bungee jumping to get attention

Allowing people to present their views on BBC which you disagree with is obviously soooo wrong.

That’s true, unfortunately he never pushes back against AC, so the overall effect is that he appears to condone some of Alastairs more partisan moments. It’s a shame because it makes the podcast look less objective.

America has always had threats the Antebellum, Red Scare, Civil Rights, Anti War movement.

​@@sortedm more partisan ? Dodgy dossier has only one mode that's defend the left irrespective of the Truth. Always has always will

The US is two countries that are still trying to convince itself it's one. The longer they try and keep these two together, the worse this'll get.

My jaw dropped when Alastair (@10:02) suggests Trump's fist pump started as a straight arm salute (sig heil). How are we supposed to take that kind of analysis serious?

It would be odd if she continues to be the VP. So she has to be the main candidate

@@ravindra7791she can though, and there is no term limit as well

@@JZTechEngineering But she's deeply unlikeable. She is not a pleasant or serious person and would lose an election against just about anyone. Cackling like a mad witch doesn't work against the likes of Putin.

Biden recently stated this, but it's categorically false. In actuality, he would retain full control over the funds. Biden could legally transfer the funds to the DNC, support a new nominee through a super PAC, distribute funds to multiple campaigns of his choosing (within legal limits), redirect them to charitable causes, or even refund donors.

Listen to Rory, Alistair. You’ll have to hold off portraying trump as hitler for a few days. Think you can manage that?

Yeah I think its because trump is well known for being racist? Or being associated with racist groups lik ethe proud boys - he commanded them to "stand by" on live TV - I saw it sadly I was not surprised, but I was disappointed. So AC was reminded of the salute when he got up just because its so well known that trump is racist. Not that he was actually going to do it - just that he was reminded of it

@@1daves I mean - beer hall putsch? There are parallels, very scary stuff.

Jim Crowe?

Not a fan of generalisations anymore now that it’s you being generalised ?

@@Jack10016The right have been vilifying and generalising “the left” for just as long and to a greater degree

they've used that for years as a political strategy and the US media has bought it.

Campbell full of bullshit and lies so why are you surprised.

Yeah but these guys are centrist, remember!

@@tommoody728 it's what we call normal and balanced in the uk

​@@tommoody728are they?!? Seems pretty left of centre to me!

The Labour mouthpiece is disgusting. Donald Trump is just survived being shot -he is reacting in a way none of us can truly understand in that situation. My goodness the Labour mouthpiece has lost his mind!

You encourage this when the far-left is allowed to fuel hatred and defend aggressive confrontations against Conservatives!

Who benefits from this?

Fox News last decade

@@raquetdude Clinton, russiagate 4 years of divisive propaganda. Trump was attacked as soon as he decided to stand! Trump retaliated in kind, which has lead to a broken divided society. To blame it on Fox News is delusional.

Lefty non gender ppl

because you're not watching it live

Perhaps you've got "Stable Volume" activated in KZfaq settings, and they haven't.

Neither…

You don't need to have the photo - floating voters will flock to Trump after last night. Its not even a debate.

@@arthunter92 Fair point!

The guy not convicted of sexual assault.....

@@danielh4032 "trial by fire" . he and criminals literally asked for this.

I heard the ginger guy and he keeps changing is story.

Free speech

Trump's own running mate compared him to Hitler...

It very much depends on the place. You're talking about a geographical area that ranges from Dublin to Kiev.

An absolutely disgusting comment.

Why the fuck would he even say that. Tolerant left I guess

It is what happened though

@@iordanneDiogeneslucas It was a fist pump, not a Nazi salute. Stop defending the indefensible.

@@ljones4390 Trump has done it before and his support for the extreme right is well known

I think Alistair was only voicing what many of us were thinking, it wouldnt be the first time Trumps done it

Trump's the same as you've just described.

And a narcissist.

He’s going the same way as Biden lol

@@schofield4836 Don't forget, when Trump was elected, he was the oldest president at the time of inauguration. Biden beat that, and if Trump wins, he'll take the record back. They're both ancient.

@@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t I agree but I was making a joke about Alaister lol

Only one is senile

@@voodoochile333which one? 🤔

Mission impossible

Why is that when people on the right refer to Agenda 2030 or 2050 they are call Conspiracy Theorists despite reading directly from the documents…….but when the left talks about Project 2025 it’s a scary boogie man that MUST be focussed on?!? The Heritage Foundation wrote up what THEY THINK a Trump administration should focus on should he win again……that doesn’t mean that Trump himself is actually on board with doing it and implementing it as policy.

I don't think focusing on a conspiracy theory is what the democrats need.

Fake news

@@curtisward1277 what exactly is fake about it? It exists. The Heritage Foundation has funded it and totally supports it. There are over 100 people who have worked in the trump administration or organisation that have submitted articles or authored parts of Project 2025 Trump has voiced support for multiple of the key points of Project 2025. The Heritage Foundation are paying for the RNC nomination event to nominate trump. There are numerous speakers holding seminars at that RNC event specifically named Project 2025. What exactly is fake?

The Hitler salute is straight arm.

Pretty obvious

@@keithhigh7773 Erm... yes. Obviously.

@@alexmalex82 Like Campbell you think Trump made, or was about to make, a Nazi salute? Seriously? You actually believe that?

@@derekspitz9225no but it’s eerily similar feeling

Very complacent

And suspicious!

They’re both awful. Couple of bigots

Really why? Do you think they can't get Biden out because he'll look guilty?

@@randomdaveUKabsolutely absurd to say Biden looks guilty Dangerous nonsense

@@martinvickers7349 I want to know his reason. I can't think of any other reason. Biden needs to step away and nominate someone else. Of course he's not involved in any of this

​@@martinvickers7349 unfortunately the trump campaign is built from the ground up on nonsense, and blaming biden for this attack is exactly in line with the narrative they have established

@@randomdaveUK Completely absurd. The point is, as the most normie politician in the US, sort of a leftover from the generation of 1970s and 1980s politicians that talked American down from the tumult of the 1960s, Biden is a steadying, calming influence. Basically everyone else yells.

So we are not allowed to criticise Mr. Campbell? Is he a holy cow or Jesus? There are many legitimate criticisms that people, including myself, have raised. I have raised them on other videos in the past. While Mr. Gilmore is capable of nuance and empathy, Mr. Campbell is certainly less capable in both dimensions. At the same time he is doing exactly that what led to such an explosive situation, he is repeating faleshoods, diminishing the humanity of his political opponents when he doesn’t like them and showing poor taste in the face of a tragedy (an innocent person died yesterday in case you missed that). I‘m truly sorry that our criticism of your dear friend gives you shivers so that you think it’s necessary to call us trolls. But Sir, as centre-left leaning individual, I see it my duty to criticise my side if they are in the wrong. And Mr. Campbell is so far in the wrong when it comes to right-wing populist of the UK and USA that it is shocking. Have a good day.

Ranty rant rant ​@@odeode4338

Can’t he pay for his own security, it’s not as if he’s really high profile.

That photo will define a decade. I think it certainly defines the last 8 years.

Indeed. He is wilfully blind to his past.

@@sbwords or maybe he's learned from it - people do, especially as you get older

@@irishchick6315 any evidence he learned? I don’t see any. Just the usual bombastic bluster, over-hyped opinions and tribalism.

No, that's BS.

@@mattruzh8470 Im afraid they are not wrong

It's not just the title of President. It's EVERY title. Mayor, Representative, Senator, Secretary.

He has the right to be called President but, unfortunately, calling Mr Trump 'President' plays into his hands sine he and some of his followers believe that he is the current President. Hence, I think its safer to call him 'former President'.

That's interesting - Emily Post states the precise opposite - that former President or Mr Trump is the correct form of address depending whether third person or direct address, the same logic extending to Mayors, Governors etc. Perhaps her advice has gone out of date? (I know she's an historic figure now, but I'm British so I'm used to a lot of etiquette forms not changing even over centuries!)

It's on Spotify I know.

It's on Spotify.

Biden called him Donald during his statement this morning.

Both the VP and Trump have one thing in common - Both see Biden as the only thing in their way to become the President 😂

Trump still thinks Obama is the President and that World War 2 will happen soon.

Biden would be a lot more electable with DT as his VP...

I just turned it off when I heard that. What utter nonsense.

@@sootandstars He clearly did, and said 'fight. fight', fight'. Think if Obsma, or Biden, or Hilary Clinton had been in the same situation. Would they have done anything similar? No.

Trump literally said he'll be a dictator on day one. What is it exactly that is wrong with the analysis?

@@sootandstarsI did the same, mental

What rhetoric of hatred? I have heard PLENTY of hatred agsinst him for 10 years. Utterly appalling how Trump has been treated.

We must be living in different realities because all I hear is day in and day hatred, insults, name calling of Donald Trump since 2016. I never heard any of this towards him before he announced he would be going in to politics, and as soon as he announced he would be running it’s been 9 years of daily insults, name calling, investigations, law suits, banning on social media. The left have gone crazy in their incessant, non stop, relentless obsession of “getting” and “stopping” Trump. How do you not see this?!? It’s bizarre. He was President for 4 years. Who did he go after in court? Who did he try to throw in prison? Who did he try to bankrupt? Who did he try to keep off the campaign by keeping them in court leading up to the election? Who did he have banned from all social media platforms? What ex-presidents did he try to target for presidential acts? He didn’t do any of this…….but they’re doing it all to him!

@@lauras3554 the left have quite literally escalated rhetoric to its peak, they cannot escalate further using words. I thought "nazi" and "hitler" were the further rhetoric could go, but they managed to one up it, with "EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO DEMOCRACY". When you're ssaying the country will literally end, and freedom, and democracy will be brought to a final conclusion if your opponent wins, what exactly is the next step up from that? They going to say it's the end of human life on the planet? The end of the earth? End of the universe? That's comical, beyond the scope of human concern, the next step is stopping the person by any means necessary, the literal survival of the free world is at stake. This idea that Trump is to blame for pointing out that Biden has allowed 7 million illegal immigrants into the country, in the most egregious violation of american sovereignty in history, and pointing this out is such a horrible thing to do, that he caused someone to shoot him, is absurd. Since when do we blame the victim for the actions of the shooter, when the shooters ideological compatriots are saying the victim will be the end of the America?

Hardly surprising really

Remember that this is the guy who wanted "the source out" and threw Dr. Kelly to the wolves. What do you expect?

Then later on AC continues the rhetoric that democracy itself is under threat if Trump gets in. The very hysteria that ended up with the drama we saw on Saturday.

It’s already happened

Yesterday clinched it for Trump, and I'm not a Trump fan.

@@pnut3844able Why? Did being shot somehow make his polices more appealing?

@@syleshwhycantileavethisbla802 it brought those on the fence over to his side. Look at Elon Musk. He was an RFK guy and now he's fully Trump

​@@syleshwhycantileavethisbla802many people vote on vibes not policies. Election is over if Biden doesn't drop out, and probably even if someone replaces him.

Trump’s response was particularly alarming. He seemed crazed not strong. The follow up statement was quite sober thankfully. Biden as well as Trump should quit the race now.

@@maryconnor6173 I'm pretty sure the later statement wasn't written by Trump at all.

​@@patrikfloding7985100% Everyone should know by now that all Trump actually does is the rallies. Everything formal is written by his team, not him.

I take it you’re still an adolescent.

​@@mick947just your type Mick ;)

Why did you put incident in quotations?

But the fact that Trump demonstrated he has some actual fortitude whereas Biden is obviously senile clearly should have an impact on who is the next President.

@@notalefty999 You do have a point, however, if America wishes to remain a democracy, then you must not vote for a convicted felon who is a Kremlin propaganda spouting propagandist & absolute LIAR!…….That’s Donald Trump!!

@@notalefty999yup, this. Trump "I got shot in the head and act normal. He normally acts like he's been shot in the head."

@@notalefty999 chill out people in the UK wont vote - take your crazy politics elsewhere

nope it was another man - 67 yr old who has the same name who made the $15 donation

Source where it was confirmed that it was not the shooter that made the donation? Are you trying to suggest it wasn’t an anti Trumper that tried to assassinate Trump, and was in fact a Republican Trump supporter?!?

​@@pjpredhomme7699 or was his father the registered Republican?

Gross

He was referring to the theatre of imagery and he wasn’t wrong: Trump used the image of the raised fist which is just as evocative and dare I say punchy

We're all incapable of "objective opinion", at least if words still mean anything. Perhaps you mean "based on fact" or "unbiased"?

TBH, when I saw the clip, I thought the same. Not because I was being nasty, but because - to me - it DID look rather like that

Trump is a Nazi

​@@rinkydinkfretboard8737Farage does the same. It's part of the game

He already has the election in his pocket.

@@rinkydinkfretboard8737 all fascists do that until they have seized all power

@hugogreen13 considering he is guaranteed to win, this post is the usual misdirection of the left.

@@rinkydinkfretboard8737 he is guaranteed to win. What would he gain compared to what he would lose if found out?

and both parties regularly say "fight", it's a euphemism for don't give up, keep working to win the election. Any time either side tries to paint the other in some kind of way, for saying "fight" to their supporters, it's unbelievably cringe. Everyone knew what "fight" meant in political context, until january 6th and it became an easy way to scapegoat Trump.

AC is one of the most divisive figures in the media. Pure projection.

I honestly don’t think Campbell gets how hilarious it is when he espouses unity and standards in public life.

I think Drump is a fascist but that was an awful implication by AC.

​@tolhumexy6706 he's not. He's a populist. Not the same thing any more than a liberal is a comminist.

​@@tolhumexy6706I can only assume that you don't know what a fascist is...

frightening - trump will reach out all over the world - even already saying he will unite the world. dictators never stay confined to their own country. I am so so sad for all the americans who just dont know any better and scared how this will impact teh rest of the world

I like AC but that was a ridiculous comment

Well, he is a fascist. If he doesn't want such comparisons made, he could try not being a fascist.

There's that "civilsed political discourse" for you.

You’re surprised Campbell is vile? Most of us saw that in the 2000s. He is not a well man…

I agree, I'm totally disgusted by the comment. AC talks about the dangers of polarisation but he cannot put aside his utter hatred for Trump for even a second to give him the meagrest benefit of the doubt.

well... unless that was the point..

There’s something wrong with you. An innocent person was killed. Seek help for your perception of reality.

@@nickt2822 There's no way to guarantee a glance from 140m away. Or 2m away. So, no, there's no weird false flag conspiracy here.

@@francisaugistino701 oh dear. First time on the internet huh

DEI hire.

Disgusting, YOU ARE THE PROBLEM

Doesn't Trump do the same thing when he accuses Dems of being communists who steal elections?

@@FaceFcukyou clearly can’t read! 🙄

How many crayons have you eaten? Does your mummy know you are on the Internet?

right... but juliani asking for "trial by fire"... no.. no blame there right? efing clown.

He. Didn't. Take. The. Photo...

⁠@@EdwardLindon I think it was pretty clear, that even in the moment, Trump was aware of the photo opportunity

No Rory admitted he was prone to mistakes when spkng.

I wonder if AC will see fault in himself for saying stuff like this when that eventually happens.

@@odeode4338 A very good point.

Jo Brand is a good comedian and writer but her comments are irrelevant.

@@lizroberts1569 Sorry, I totally disagree, everyone has to be held responsible for their actions and what they say.

I don't doubt that Biden is still on the ball behind the scenes, but his gaffes have become too frequent now, it's embarrassing, and public speaking is an important part of being a leader. He often appears very tired and old, and the verbal slips hammer that impression home.

You've confused 9 people with no people. 🤣

The rhetoric about Trump has been appalling for years...media and government. I blame it

Interesting, calling him the biggest threat to democracy and someone that needs to be prevented at all costs, and that he need to be put in the bullseye are all non-problematic statements in your opinion. How did my political home become so stupid over the past 10 years?

You are a liar. There was only ONE death during the Jan 6 capital protests. And that person was Ashli Babbitt, a Trump supporter, killed by Capital Police. A police officer that was on duty on Jan 6 died a couple of days later due to a heart attack, but he was not killed by anyone and he didn’t die on January 6th.

​@@lauras3554 completely agree, it's on all sides. And for sure, Trump has a lot of successes that the left media either ignore or try to dismantle, essentially ousting themselves in the process. I'm following from the UK, and it is eye-opening watching the same stories on Fox and NBC.

A communicator is not necessarily an orator. Pelosi is the most successful Speaker in American history.