Trump’s Billion Dollar Ballroom! No Trump Phone, Who Dis? | VODCAST
We discuss: Trump Phones and their highly anticipated drop date, the latest on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool cleanup, an update on The White House Ballroom’s budget, Trump’s newest gilded statue, RFK Jr. talks sperm count, and the latest on the Iran negotiations. All of this and more on this episode of #hignfye with Michael Ian Black and producers: Jodi Lennon & Jim Biederman.
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00:00 Intro
03:48 Pentagon Budget Increase
04:39 Trump Phone Scam?
08:43: $1B Ballroom from Taxpayers
15:47 Trump’s Reflecting Pool Cleanup
20:51 Trump’s Gilded Statue
23:50 Trump’s Didn’t Read Peace Proposal?
26:11 Trump on Drug Prices
27:52 USA Is “Under-Babied”?
30:09 RFK Jr. Talks Sperm Count?
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@philrobbie1670
May 14, 2026 at 6:20 am
Jodi, in this episode i realised, that if there was a cartoon of Seinfeld, you could voice Elaine, if Julia Louis Dreyfuss, was for some reason unavailable.
@marywood2865
May 14, 2026 at 6:20 am
A lot of our "under babied" issue is that the people who actually want 2-4 children (which usually makes up for those who have zero) can't afford to have any children. The government that is pushing everyone having kids is at least 50% responsible for the decline in births! Frankly, in addition to the financial concerns, many women are afraid that if they get pregnant and something goes wrong that they won't get proper medical care leading to their death.
@objection_your_honor
May 14, 2026 at 6:20 am
You may not be able to do anything to a sitting president thanks to the corrupt supreme court.
However, if wait until he's out of office, then you can charge him with crimes to the brim.
There will be no shortages in the types of crimes committed by this orange conman.
@JacErinDaughtree
May 14, 2026 at 6:20 am
I wish MIB hadn't aged so well. I think it's nostalgia from my carefree days watching The State that has me overriding my mental health break from hearing about the diapered one.
@objection_your_honor
May 14, 2026 at 6:20 am
Everyday is a new shitshow for a reason.
Distractions come in many flavors.
All of this, to hide the Epstein files!
Makes me wanna know more about what's in those files.
@objection_your_honor
May 14, 2026 at 6:20 am
No problem. Just print more money.
If creditors show up demanding payment, bomb them to oblivion.
That's the American way.
@marywood2865
May 14, 2026 at 6:20 am
Big shock…the "Trump phone" is another scam! It's just like how our military budget is likely mostly going into people's pockets, just like the Russian military budget over the last 30 years.
@franktiesteel7868
May 14, 2026 at 6:20 am
This is 'phoney news'!! Trump can't use a phone let alone make one !! You've been had!!!!!
@flameroad123
May 14, 2026 at 6:20 am
All this is a distraction from the Epstein files btw.
@GeorgeStevens-b3y
May 14, 2026 at 6:20 am
Did you happen to be in the kids in the hall??
@StudlyvonMuffin-b9i
May 14, 2026 at 6:20 am
I want a 16' golden statue of Hillary Clinton in NYC somewhere, ideally somewhere close to Trump Tower.
@DA2allen
May 14, 2026 at 6:20 am
Tell me how do how did we get the (covid) virus on a ship when Trump was in office 2019 and now a new virus on a ship when Trump is in office. How does it happen again? Oh and no Health Care act
@boydstephensmithjr
May 14, 2026 at 6:20 am
Demographic crises: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ufmu1WD2TSk and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-gYFcVx-8Y
@mannahfest7717
May 14, 2026 at 6:20 am
Trump….It's fine to get a manicure, get your hair done, and buy a new dress to go impress a hot guy during happy hour- but not when your kids are at home starving in your trailer with no heat and an eviction notice on the door.
@LilMands
May 14, 2026 at 6:20 am
While I agree it's crazy that over 500,000 people put down the deposit, I think more so, it makes a very loud and very sad statement of the state of the US.
@acdallas6356
May 14, 2026 at 6:20 am
I like the "just the three of you" format. Especially in black.
@wowgrl6397
May 14, 2026 at 6:20 am
You know the water level is rising in the basin. Anything underground is going to be flooded in a few years.
@kennethpayne1991
May 14, 2026 at 6:20 am
Thank you Michael, Jodi and Jim 😊
@Siveth888
May 14, 2026 at 6:20 am
So basically he only really has half a million die hard supporters not even a million
@CH3NO2Semonious
May 14, 2026 at 6:20 am
A smaller population can mean both higher wages and lower costs of living for the working class, while also reducing the profit margins for large, expansion-dependent companies. The ultimate effect on the standard of living depends on how the society manages the transition.
@David-h4v3f
May 14, 2026 at 6:20 am
Uh no, Moms are at work trying to make ends meet,
a lack of children is a sign of a perverse economy.
BTW,
Japan does encourage immigration of a certain type,
pretty much like all industrialized nations.
@vanessawhitneypro
May 14, 2026 at 6:20 am
HOORAY! Just got home from caring for a friend's elderly mama & I'm ready to chill with my favorite VODCAST… #HIGNFYE #HIGNFYUS Also 16:00 – The Reflecting Pool is cleaned EVERY YEAR.
@bobdead2224
May 14, 2026 at 6:20 am
30:47 Jim has a fun RFK Jr impression there!
@bobdead2224
May 14, 2026 at 6:20 am
22:24 trying to dodge the King Nebuchadnezzar statue reference (Book of Daniel Chapter 3) is so misleading for a "Christian" pastor.
@jhersk
May 14, 2026 at 6:20 am
It's not a crisis! Think bigger than the economy. Think about the planet. We have ruined it, and show no signs of remorse or change of direction. Therefor, the only salvation will be when there are less humans. BTW, I was alive when there were only 3 billion humans in the world. It was fine. in fact it was better.
@dylanmaxey2531
May 14, 2026 at 6:20 am
1 million seconds = 11.58 days 1 BILLION seconds = 31.7 YEARS!!!! Grasp a concept of just how much a billion dollars is.
@WilliamZuby
May 14, 2026 at 6:20 am
Michael, not cool to malign Jodi for her clothes. At least she looks authentic.
@dylanmaxey2531
May 14, 2026 at 6:20 am
Jodi 's outfit reminds me more of a former punk/rock grrl who has grown up and still channels her subtle Joan Jett.
@Vickie-t4t
May 14, 2026 at 6:20 am
😢😢😢😭😭😭😢😮💨😥
@dannymac6368
May 14, 2026 at 6:20 am
Wow Michael looks so much more Italian now.
@ChrisWalker-x4b
May 14, 2026 at 6:20 am
Does Johnny Bluejeans run Have I Got News For You?
Why is he on every version of it?
*What I'm talking about
https://youtu.be/IXCFtGQF7VA?si=sqsc4tJeDfqNNeKx
@darriendastar3941
May 14, 2026 at 6:20 am
Really enjoyed this episode. Thanks to everyone involved in making it.
@Toni_Snark
May 14, 2026 at 6:20 am
You guys nailed it. He's a doctor, alright. Dr. Evil. 😂
@grayhood2314
May 14, 2026 at 6:20 am
They worship Jesus Christ and NO ONE ELSE. Wrong on all counts, as always. No false idols anywhere. So, God has been removed from American Christianity. Nice to know. Another reason to avoid that country at all costs.
@ssam1430
May 14, 2026 at 6:20 am
Whoever bought a Rump phone should join Rump at his next cognitive test in June
@Illeaturface
May 14, 2026 at 6:20 am
30:15 this scares me. Im so scared that instead of having incentives for having children and making it easier to be a parent they will start rolling back rights
@greggjocoy7459
May 14, 2026 at 6:20 am
No one tell Trump that the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro is 98 ft tall. He will be demanding 100 ft tall one at once. Maybe 110 just to be sure nobody makes a bigger one soon.
@semiliterati
May 14, 2026 at 6:20 am
Careful with that little sperm count factoid there, Michael. That's kind of a hot take.
@deanjohnson634
May 14, 2026 at 6:20 am
The delivery driver is waiting for his Trump sneakers
@ramonapanter5951
May 14, 2026 at 6:20 am
He said we have twice the amount of weapons therefore he does not need more money
@hahaguy80
May 14, 2026 at 6:20 am
PEOC: Presidental Emergency Operations Center