Donald Trump continues to face scrutiny about Jeffrey Epstein and his alleged shopper checklist, however, as identified by Stephen Colbert, the President is again to his ordinary tactic of fixing the topic.
On Tuesday’s (July 22) The Late Present, Colbert famous how Trump is making an attempt to distract from the Epstein story by throwing the warmth on former President Barack Obama. “At any time when Trump is backed right into a nook, he wants to alter the topic and throw crimson meat to the carnivorous base,” Colbert mentioned. “And their favourite lower is filet of Obama.”
The late-night host then aired a clip of Trump speaking to reporters on the White Home, the place he was requested about his friendship with the late convicted intercourse offender, Epstein. Trump referred to it as a “witch hunt” and mentioned what folks “needs to be speaking about is that they caught President Obama completely chilly.”
“Now, we discovered absolute ― this isn’t like proof or ― that is like proof, irrefutable proof, that Obama was sedacious,” Trump acknowledged.
“Wow,” Colbert replied. “It takes extraordinary confidence to name a former president ‘sedacious’… as a result of that’s not a phrase.”
The comic then broke into his Trump impression, saying, “He was sedacious. He would sedate everybody round him with these lengthy pauses of his after which increase, he and Michelle would come and steal the election with a collection of considerate Netflix documentaries.”
Colbert went on to speak about how Trump shared a weird pretend AI video of Obama being arrested on social media this previous weekend. Within the video, pretend FBI brokers drag Obama out of the White Home “whereas Trump grins sedaciously,” Colbert quipped.
“What the f*** is mistaken with this man?” Colbert added. “That’s an insane factor to put up. For those who or I put up an AI video depicting the violent arrest of a former president, we might get a free trip in a windowless van to FBI headquarters, the place they’d put us to work redacting Trump’s title from the Epstein information.”
Colbert mentioned essentially the most “disturbing” factor is that the video is “set to the track ‘YMCA,’” including, “Oh my God. Trump thinks that’s an actual cop within the band!”
Elsewhere on Tuesday’s present, Colbert referenced the image the official White Home X account posted, that includes Trump and the caption, “I used to be the hunted – now I’m the hunter.”
“Oh my god, it appears like he’s gonna eat the American folks,” Colbert responded. “He’s gonna flip us into nuggets, and I’ve bought delicate pores and skin; it may’t deal with honey mustard!”
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The Late Present With Stephen Colbert, Weeknights, 11:35/10:35c, CBS