Donald Trump returns to the White House as US President | Planet America

[@TimidAmoeba88]

As an American, I just want to say thank you for providing a sane source of my own country's news. It's kinda wild over here, guys....

[@Raiden-if2be]

Trumps first act was shilling a shtmeme coin to his fans to take their money, horrible

[@majorowe]

par for the course

[@Tova-gayeHanley-qs3hb]

@@Raiden-if2be no truth won

[@GrimJackal]

@@Tova-gayeHanley-qs3hb ??? Can you stay on topic for one nano-second?

[@victorytilidie]

Congratulations on obtaining four years of unmissable content. Producing this show must have become a whole lot easier

[@DrPav]

Your optimism is appreciated. A silver lining to every cloud.

[@niquola77]

Musk Saluted. TWICE. High on Ketamine - which he has admitted to using and with eye rolling head bobbing footage from the inauguration I dont doubt he was using - he saluted twice. He is from Apartheid South Africa, in an age bracket that he cant deny it. He knew **exactly** what he was doing. The whole my heart goes out to you was trying to cover it up. Good lord. The most awkward people in the world have gone through life without saluting at public speaking events.

[@ChantalPirmez]

Exactly! The excuse of ‘oh but he’s autistic” is absolute BS. He’s a fashist who seeks to control right wing political parties world wide.

[@wendyschulz7362]

Musk’s salute shouldn’t be down played….you down played it

[@NathanCroucher]

What can they do?

[@andrewthomas695]

It's a difficult one. You may end up feeding the monster by making too much of it.

[@realmoa]

He can't be both a genius and ignorant at the same time. Definitely should not down play it.

[@Scott-up3bq]

@@wendyschulz7362 here at coggee beach ⛱️ Fremantle western Australia 🦘.Elon Musk is a non starter

[@bobblybob4351]

Honestly with full context it isn’t as radical as it’s made out to be. I’d rather give it the benefit of the doubt whilst I focus on all the other crazy things going on

[@cmbonello1]

Yeah nah.. you dont make a salute like that without knowing exactly what you are doing. Giving him the benefit of the doubt is convenient.

[@Xylos101]

I agree, but for differing reasons.

[@peripheralparadox4218]

Where’s your criticism for Biden, Kamala, Obama and more who did the exact same salut? Just bad when Trump and Elon does it huh?

[@nicholaslogan6840]

@@peripheralparadox4218 Are you even a real person? This comment is way too dumb. Like how did you figure out typing without learning to read? Are you just using text to speech to read and speech to text to type?

[@peripheralparadox4218]

@@nicholaslogan6840 you’re not smart enough to refute my claim are you? You can’t deny the evidence. Have a look for yourself!

[@peripheralparadox4218]

@@nicholaslogan6840 truth hurts doesn’t it 😃

[@masterstealth11]

Only news source I trust night now!

[@MatthewSummerton]

Ain’t that the truth‽

[@4x4touring47]

They seem very biased to me . . . I dont think theres any media you can truly trust anymore

[@unrealistic_attempt]

Down playing Musk’s salute is incredibly dangerous and makes me distrust your program.

[@user-rf4yw3lr3n]

It isn't their opinion. Chaz reported to us the experts opinion, the ADL. We have to at some point trust experts and believe Journalists who report the truth.

[@Dylan-zn1nf]

@@user-rf4yw3lr3nyou’re speaking like this is some form of hard science like physics or engineering. It’s not. The ADL can be wrong.

[@unrealistic_attempt]

reporting the ADL as Chas did is my point exactly - the ADL’s statement on the salute is extremely troubling and harmful. It has been made clear their agenda is protecting the Israeli state and not the very real issue of rising anti-semitism. Musk has a history of anti-semitism and white-supremacy, if it looks like a duck, it is a duck. ABC and Australian journalists need to do better as the US enters autocracy.

[@paulsherro1374]

It’s another media beat up to go on the pile with very fine people and all the other hoaxes shown to be when the full clip is displayed. He grabs his heart and tosses it to the crowd saying he is giving them his love. He’s not advocating to invade Poland in that speech…

[@GrimJackal]

@@Dylan-zn1nf So can anyone. Maybe it was, maybe it wasn't. Only Elon actually knows what his intent was.

[@Idlemind842]

If there had been a big, embarrassed apology right after then you could say that it was an innocent awkward mistake but that is not what happened instead it was defensive excuses with a smirk.

[@Asher0208]

To me, an attack on the parliament and the people's elected representatives is an attack on the people they represent and the country. If Jan 6 happened in Australia, I would consider the leaders to be traitors, and I would expect them to be treated as such. It angers me to think that such people are not only free, but praised and treated with honour. May it never happen here.

[@KuriosDiogenesJar]

The only way Donald Trump was getting a second inauguration was when Hell freezes over. It did. Mission accomplished.

[@conradgittins4476]

It'll be the longest running Goon Show in history.

[@RebeccaShumway90]

"Greenland, great for gulags" 😭

[@TJ-ov1nr]

Elon, a man desperately wanting a real friend. He can't buy one

[@ChantalPirmez]

Hopefully one of his robots can be programmed to be a synthetic friend.

[@simonvsworld]

I'm pretty sure he'd have more friends than you

[@matthewthehawk1066]

Pardons for everyone! America is such a shit place, no one respects it anymore.

[@itsderp5410]

On Musk, how about he decided to throw some plausible deniability in at the end there. accidental or not, the nazis loved it.

[@davidofford7002]

Superb guest. And, by the way, Melina is like a fine wine that gets better, piquant, terrific.

[@dawndeluca]

He really didn't know it was snowing outside 😂

[@robinhodgkinson]

Ahh America. They definitely live on another planet.

[@Scott-up3bq]

Indeed a former reality tv star has been voted in for a second time.

[@alexphoenix9208]

Sadly, they don't. They live on ours. :/

[@Scott-up3bq]

@@alexphoenix9208 not much chance of them turning up at coggee beach ⛱️ Fremantle western Australia 🦘.care factor zero

[@EverythingCameFromNothing]

@@Scott-up3bqThat’s true, but are you aware that decisions made by international leaders can have extreme economic consequences for Australians?

[@Scott-up3bq]

@@EverythingCameFromNothing never did the last time.and won't this time.and certainly won't affect me whatsoever in any shape or form.

[@Howie672]

5:21 I worry about Trump sending bad immigrants back. I don’t want him to send Scott Morrison back!

[@abiramen]

i can't tell if that's Andrew Hansen's voice on the Greenland ad there

[@avus-kw2f213]

Trump took the oath without the Bible

[@James_T_Quirk]

Trump would spontaneously Combust ...

[@avus-kw2f213]

@ did he ?

[@wallacerose8663]

Supposedly, it's not a requirement to literally place their hand on a bible to take the oath. But if that's the case, why have Melania stand there awkwardly holding two of the things for no reason?

[@avus-kw2f213]

@@wallacerose8663 it's not whether or not he's the president or not it's whether or not he is really a Christian

[@paulsherro1374]

That’s crazy. Can’t we get back to four years of him being a Russian agent? Bought to you by the same media who would often tell us Biden is sharper than ever?

[@lukecarbonaro5658]

The framed picture on John's right of John and Chas is very cute.

[@Jonosolongo]

What a mess. The next year will show the USA what they allowed to happen. Pitty.

[@hughoshea-official]

Love the blurry visual.

[@NailFactoryProds]

WTF is Zuckerberg doing there?

[@commoditiesoilcommerce3977]

PRESIDENT TRUMP ITS RIGHT, GREENLAND WILL ALWAYS BELONG TO AMERICAN CONTINENT... AND WE SHOULD SEE ICELAND !!

[@brigitperry4991]

Seems like everything he said he would do in his inaugural address he did through executive orders that day. What's he going to do for the next 3 years?

[@pnutz_2]

there was a missed opportunity for downplaying the salute with "our source was the new york times" to compliment the previous dr strangelove scene

[@dressydressy6246]

Did Chas lose a bet?

[@Howie672]

3:14 I think it’s a genuine gesture to stir the pot of ambiguous options. He knew what it meant and did it with passion to announce his submission to Trump.

[@odisseasspyridonidis]

Zorro exactly nailed it John

[@monokai3570]

should've put on shades for the CSI gag

[@herohero8620]

Your going to see drump profit with saudi help building a drump hotel in gaza

[@connorcunny9393]

Why is chas so naive?

[@luns486]

He plays devils advocate so much you have to wonder if it’s written into his contract.

[@bobblybob4351]

@@luns486I’m glad he does, the mix of perspectives adds depth

[@bloodsweatandhammers]

He is going for a job at Sky News soon, needs to milk it and act like them.

[@panic4000]

@ Can I circle back to this comment in 8 months to hold you to this claim or will goal posts have moved around a lot by then?

[@Danny-px3sv]

⁠​⁠@@luns486after listening to literally 100s of hours of Chaz talking on the podcast, I think he plays devils advocate so much to keep it fair, so ppl can’t just clam he’s all for one side

[@shaneharrisnj3484]

CSI: Pretty Much Everywhere... (You really brought me back to 2009 with the CSI Miami music...) Also, CBS, y'all better give us CSI Philadelphia....

[@lexjemerson758]

The ending was great

[@robertdora7026]

Chaz, what’s happened to you hair?!?!?!

[@TaiwanisMoving]

I just have to snicker at the final joke considering Australia was a penal colony for the British. Or maybe that's the joke...

[@Scott-up3bq]

@@TaiwanisMoving not to mention the land they stole.

[@TaiwanisMoving]

@@Scott-up3bq As an American... almost all of our land was stolen. How does one make it right? Can one make it right?

[@Scott-up3bq]

@@TaiwanisMovingyawn 🥱

[@Arwenpii]

Very disappointing and cowardly take

[@herohero8620]

Even native americans ndn wont be recognized as citizens

[@LouiseBarnes-pg2yy]

Come on, sing along, Chad. 😅

[@tomstruct]

Cheers team happy 2025 🎉❤

[@flysouthable]

OMG the lying by omission with you folks is staggering. Departing this clip due to nausea😢

[@peripheralparadox4218]

Yeah they don’t want truth to burst their hateful bubble.

[@nicholaslogan6840]

When you make a claim like that and don't explain it, it makes it seem like you're on the political right. Don't you want to strive for a fair an open society where ideas are subject to scrutiny instead of just dumb people testing whose dogma is more vitriolic?

[@peripheralparadox4218]

@ you can’t handle scrutiny. The Dem politicians made the same salute remember? And you’re too afraid to do a simple search because the evidence will hurt your feelings.

[@peripheralparadox4218]

@@flysouthable oh no, he thinks you’re on the political right. Everyone knows there should only be a political left.

[@flysouthable]

@@nicholaslogan6840 Those that know, know!!

[@Maniack187]

great to see trump pardon his beleivers

[@herohero8620]

God bless the bidans he was a good human being

[@paulsherro1374]

Yes, nobody forgives convicted killers and drug smugglers in the numbers he does.

[@nicholaslogan6840]

@@paulsherro1374 Someone literally did that this week? I think his name was Donald something.

[@paulsherro1374]

Trump pardoner convicted killers or drug dealers? Really? Can you name one?

[@herohero8620]

Its amasing hiw australia got its white people as a penal colinony from britain lol

[@Mr.T.Stories]

i love trumppp

[@samuelsavary4895]

Come on Australia penal colonies are your thing

[@matthewthehawk1066]

Lieing, insubordination, torture and shit leadership is an American thing, can you please give some opinion on that?

[@Loves2Spewge1992]

Anyway, lets hope he stops all the stupid wars and makes America focus on itself.....why not? Excited for the next chapter.

[@fl00d69]

He won't stop the war with itself though. That's going to get a LOT worse. You sound like a fan... 🙄

[@SkandiaAUS]

Here we go. Four years of outrage in the comments section.

[@roastmaster2000]

When democrats win ABC happy.... Republicans... Smug & sardonic commentary.

[@slepper98]

Four years of TDS, enjoy.

[@kirk5152]

More like DTS

[@Tova-gayeHanley-qs3hb]

So disappointed on your take of Trump,

[@chrismurphy3124]

Reality disappoints me to.

[@matthewthehawk1066]

The truth hurts unfortunately

[@dressydressy6246]

I hadnt seen the clip where Musk places his hand over his heart after the 'salute.' I've changed my mind and now willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. Thank you, lads!

[@personal_finance_au]

They would allow comments here but not else where in the same channel. Seems fishy

[@kennethguevarra5711]

In Australia, media companies can be held liable of comments made by the public that are defamatory on their social media accounts. Planet America is about Americans so less likely the ABC becomes part of a defamation lawsuit.

[@sammadden5540]

It's because Chas volunteers to moderate them on the planet america videos

[@craigoOZ]

Thanks Chas

[@personal_finance_au]

@@sammadden5540 that means we are not allowed to comment on anything unless we are being "moderated" by someone. Really not my preference

[@benjiiswaycool]

Thank god trump is back

[@craigoOZ]

You have had too much Koolaid?

[@panic4000]

Stop calling Elon Musk god! He's not the messiah, he's just a very naughty boy!

[@peterpapayianis5565]

No protests, no push backs, nothing. Looks like Americans don't give a shit what happens.

[@nicholaslogan6840]

What are we supposed to do? We can't afford to protest in perpetuity, most of us can't afford to do that shit at all, not to mention Trump's record of encouraging violence against protestors. You think I can throw my livelihood or even my life away just to say I don't approve of shit everyone knows is unpopular? You think that's a good use of my time?

[@peterpapayianis5565]

Agreed. It's people power in unison that can undo this mess. Like them or not, the French are great exponents of pushing back any form of oppression. The mainstream media has to be honest and focused on facts and keep on holding senators, congressmen, and presidents to account.

[@chillwinston1255]

Elon threw his arm like that cause he knows it will send the left bonkers!!

[@EstaviusMarx]

‘Owning the Libs’ through signalling fascism.

[@NathanCroucher]

what does left or right have to do with it, read a history book.

[@monokai3570]

no, it's shocking to normal people outside of the Musk/Trump cult silo

[@chillwinston1255]

@NathanCroucher proof is in the pudding. Look how people have reacted to it 🙄

[@SBRB09]

Ok so if that is true, wtf is this childish troll doing on stage at the inauguration of a US president? Classic genius Elon behaviour to promote controversy and division ig.