After the current string of Donald Trump‘s TV-famous cupboard picks, The Late Present‘s Stephen Colbert is questioning why he hasn’t been supplied a place within the administration but.
The late-night host opened Tuesday’s (November 19) episode by persevering with to investigate the president-elect’s baffling cupboard picks, which now contains former WWE CEO Linda McMahon as his Secretary of Training and Dr. Mehmet Oz as the person answerable for Medicaid and Medicare.
Specializing in the Dr. Oz information, Colbert mentioned Trump is “nonetheless simply selecting individuals he sees on TV” earlier than joking, “Subsequent up, the top of Amtrak goes to Thomas the Tank Engine.”
“In an announcement, Trump talked about Oz’s training, his surgical work. Meow, meow, meow… then the actual purpose he picked him: ‘He gained 9 Daytime Emmy Awards internet hosting The Dr. Oz Present,’” Colbert continued.
“I didn’t know profitable TV awards certified you to manage our medical system,” the comic added. “I’ve by no means heard anybody yell, ‘This man is having a coronary heart assault! Fast, does anybody right here have an impressive achievement in formative daytime discuss?’”
Colbert then introduced up why Dr. Oz is “a questionable alternative,” pointing to his “years on TV peddling quack medical therapies, together with selling a debunked cure-all referred to as Colloidal Silver, which, if taken in excessive portions, could cause a everlasting bluish-gray discoloration of the pores and skin.”
“So seniors, chances are you’ll lose your Medicare, however perhaps your grandkids will need to go to Nana Smurf,” he quipped.
He then turned his consideration to Trump’s choose for Secretary of Transporation, former Wisconsin consultant Sean Duffy. “He was in Congress,” Colbert defined. “However everyone knows that’s not why Trump picked him. It’s as a result of he’s the co-host of Fox Enterprise’ The Backside Line.”
“Once more, everybody with a TV present will get a name,” Colbert continued. “The place’s my job supply? The place is it?”
“Let’s make a deal. I’ll cease speaking about you altogether if I get an ambassadorship, however I imply an excellent one,” he mentioned, including that he’ll take any nation talked about in The Seaside Boys track “Kokomo.” “Bermuda, Bahama. I’d be prepared to be ambassador to ‘come on fairly mama.’”
You may watch Colbert’s full opening monologue within the video above.
The Late Present With Stephen Colbert, Weeknights, 11:35/10:35 c, CBS