An “etiquette coach” would be a fun person to pair with pretty much any of Cohen’s characters, but Borat is certainly the first one who comes to mind as a mismatch for high-class southerners. In a segment for Da Ali G Show, Borat meets with an etiquette coach in order to get a better understanding of how to properly interact with Americans in social situations. That’s where Cohen saw his opportunity to make a move on Paul, who quickly exited the situation he later said his only regret in that moment was that he didn’t “sock in the nose.” Perhaps the most memorable scene from 2009’s Brüno involves Cohen, former Texas congressman Ron Paul, and the privacy of a “hotel room.” Paul, who said that he was told at the time that he’d be speaking on Austrian economics, claims that he was in a normal studio before being moved to a room that was “fixed up as a bedroom” while the crew said they needed to fix a light. In 2012, Trump bragged that he walked out of the Ali G interviewer faster than any other person, to which Cohen responded that he was “the first person actually to realize that is a dick.” (Not sure if that claim is accurate.) Cohen told James Corden in 2016 that the actual interview lasted about seven minutes, which he said is “long” for an interview with Ali G.
Trump tells Ali G to make it quick before turning down his business pitch and leaving the interview after about a minute of air time. Who Is America? may be as poignant as any other political comedy in the midst of Trump’s tenure as president, but 13 years before he was elected to office, the two met for an interview in Trump Tower for a segment on Da Ali G Show.
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