Stephen Colbert described Donald Trump‘s mind as “moist bread” on Thursday’s (June 12) episode of The Late Present because the president struggled to reply a easy query concerning the musical Les Misérables.
The late-night host performed a clip of Trump on the purple carpet on the Kennedy Heart in Washington, D.C., for Wednesday’s (June 11) efficiency of the French anti-government protest epic. Within the video, Trump, accompanied by First Woman Melania Trump, spoke extremely of the manufacturing, saying, “I’ve seen it, we’ve seen it quite a lot of instances. It’s improbable.”
Nevertheless, when requested which character he identifies with extra, Jean Valjean or Javert, Trump was stumped. “That’s a tricky one. The final a part of that query, that’s robust, I believe,” he mentioned earlier than turning to Melania and saying, “You higher reply that one, honey. I don’t know.”
“What do you imply you don’t know?!” an incredulous Colbert responded. “Javert is the dangerous man! You simply mentioned you’ve seen the present quite a lot of instances. Is that quantity zero?”
The comic steered one more reason why Trump had bother with the query, quipping, “It’s potential Trump doesn’t keep in mind who the characters are as a result of his mind is moist bread.”
He then busted out his Trump impression, saying, “The character I determine most with is Les… Lester Miserables, massive robust man. Constructed that citadel on a cloud. Not glad about it.”
Colbert additionally famous how Trump has spent the week attacking drag performances on the Kennedy Heart. Because the president fired the venue’s earlier management and named himself chairman earlier this 12 months, he has pledged to scrap the Heart’s “woke” programming, which he claimed consists of drag exhibits and “anti-American propaganda.”
The host shared how “a gaggle of decked out drag queens” attended the present on Wednesday in protest of Trump’s feedback. “Good for them. That’s superb,” Colbert mentioned earlier than joking, “aside from anybody sitting behind them. ‘Sure, you slay queen. I’m with you. Are you gonna put on the large wig the entire time?’ Okay. Work!’”
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