VIDEO: Trevor Noah: British Debate on Barring Donald Trump Was Mostly an Excuse to Ridicule the Guy
"The greatest part about this whole debate is that it actually wasn't a debate," says the "Daily Show" host about the U.K.’s recent discussion of a petition to bar Donald Trump from entering Britain. "It turns out Parliament didn't even hold a vote. They were all just there to sit around and make fun of Donald Trump."“The greatest part about this whole debate is that it actually wasn’t a debate,” says the “Daily Show” host about the U.K.’s recent discussion regarding a petition to bar Donald Trump from entering the U.K. “It turns out Parliament didn’t even hold a vote. They were all just there to sit around and make fun of Donald Trump.”
Read our live coverage of the event from London: ‘Free to Be a Fool’: Behind the Scenes at the British Parliament’s Debate on Banning Trump
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