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Ben Stiller had no idea he was casting a future president when he grabbed Donald Trump and Melania for a quick cameo in Zoolander. But Trump apparently never forgot about it, Stiller tells Molly Jong-Fast, Rick Wilson, and Matt Wilstein in the latest episode of The New Abnormal. Stiller recalls how Trump even derailed an interview during the last campaign to talk about Zoolander 2. Trump \u201cstarted going into detail about, you know\u2026 in the culture, people don't care about male models anymore,\u201d Stiller recalls. Not that Stiller is particularly gratified by the attention. \u201cEverybody has their own theories about whether or not [Trump] still wants to be president, but I think it's gone so far now. People's lives are being affected. And really, to me, it's not funny anymore. It's kinda just like, it's a little bit insane,\u201d Stiller says. The actor/writer/director/comedian also discusses his work as an advocate for refugees, what it\u2019s like to play Michael Cohen on SNL, what he wants to see from Joe Biden if he wins, and what are the boundaries of comedy in 2020. (\u201cTropic Thunder probably would not have been made... It would be tone deaf right now to make it,\u201d he says.) Plus! Rick, Molly, and George Conway talk about whether Tucker Carlson will run for president (yes, with Eric Trump as a running mate); whether a war criminal is about to become a new Trumpworld star (unfortunately, that\u2019s a yes, too); and whether our commander-in-chief actually gives a shit about the troops he\u2019s supposed to be leading (hard no). As George says, Trump \u201cexpressed more concern about how he was perceived walking down that ramp at West point than he did about the fact that the soldiers that he spoke to that day could go to Afghanistan and get killed, because some Russians are paying money to the Taliban.\u201d

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