CNN's John Berman sees 'almost no discernible difference' between Trump's rally and this Veep scene

A particularly outrageous moment from President Trump's latest rally had CNN's John Berman breaking out the Veep clips.

Trump during a rally in Florida on Wednesday night asked "how do you stop" people from crossing the border illegally, to which a supporter in the crowd shouted, "Shoot them!" Trump immediately laughed, adding, "That's only in the panhandle could you get away with that statement."

To Berman, this was mighty familiar, so New Day aired back-to-back clips of Trump's rally and a scene from Sunday's episode of Veep. In it, Jonah Ryan, a complete buffoon who is currently running for president, blames immigrants for diseases getting into America, to which a supporter shouts out, "Kill 'em!"

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Of course, Jonah Ryan in the recent season of Veep has clearly been modeled after Trump himself. But the extreme similarities between the two moments occurring days apart struck Berman, who noted, "Veep was shot months ago, and there is almost no discernible difference between the events." Alisyn Camerota added that the show is "supposed to be satire," although this particular scene is no longer far off from reality. Watch the two clips back-to-back below. Brendan Morrow