A quick check of the Newsbusters archives reveals that Samantha Bee is one of the more notorious Trump haters in the media. Therefore it was amusing to watch the TBS host of Full Frontal go into a state of shock on her August 2 show in a segment where she traveled to Kurdistan in northern Iraq and discovered that (GASP!) the Kurds love President Donald Trump.
The red-pilling of Bee was so out of the ordinary for her show that the Kurdish segment was titled, SAMANTHA BEE'S FIRST (AND PROBABLY LAST EVER) TRUMP-POSITIVE FIELD PIECE. Probably the most entertaining portions of the piece were the shocked expressions on Bee's face as the Kurds enthusiastically told her of their support of Trump...and as a special bonus, a great mocking impression of Bee by a bemused Kurd.
SAMANTHA BEE: I traveled to northern Iraq to learn more about the people who live there. The Kurds. Most Americans don't know anything about Kurdistan but the Kurds have a lot of opinions about us.
When Bee held up a picture of Hillary Clinton, she got this non-recognition response from a Kurd.
BEE: What do you think about this woman?
KURD #1: Honestly, this is the first time I've seen her.
A very visibly disappointed Bee could only reply with a meek "OK."
Now we come to much greater disappointment for Bee:
BEE: Let's talk about Kurdistan. Let's talk about Donald Trump.
KURD #2: We love Trump because his decisions are not one dimensional.
BEE: Do you like Donald Trump? What do you think about him?
KURD #3: The Kurds obviously love and respect him even more than Obama.
BEE: OK.
Note the shocked reactions on Bee's face after both of those Trump-positive answers.
Later Bee tries to take a cheap shot at Trump.
BEE: No president has armed the Kurds directly even when Saddam was murdering them with chemical weapons But the Kurds are aware that President Four Loco is just using them as mercenaries in the war against ISIS, right?
I'm not convinced that he really knows what the Kurds are all about.
KURD #2: We are sure...very sure that Trump understands the Kurdish nation.
BEE: Okay, I think there is a 95% chance that he thinks you are made of cheese.
The highlight of the segment came when a Kurd asked the translator to tell Bee that he feels she is acting like a shrill idiot in response to her absurd mugging for the camera while doing an hilarious impression of her silly facial expression and ridiculous body language.
KURD #4: Tell her that when I see her moving like that I feel like she is shrill.
(Bee turns to translator.)
BEE: What?
KURD #4: How do I say that in English?
TRANSLATOR: Shrill.
KURD #4 (in English): Shrill. You shrill?
BEE: I can be.
At that point Bee confirmed the observation of the Kurd who mocked her by going into another of her "shrill" facial expressions. Be sure to watch that segment starting at the 3:50 mark. That Kurd should win a comedy award for his great Samantha Bee impression.
