Colbert jabs Trump in Mueller aftermath
Stephen Colbert devoted a 15-minute monologue on Monday to the “anti-climactic” outcome of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’S investigation.
“This weekend we received some troubling news: Our president is not a Russian asset,” the “Late Show” host deadpanned.
“I say troubling news, because if Trump is not working with the Russians, then what the hell is wrong with him?” he asked. “If they don’t have anything on him, then why does he keep saying nice things about Vladimir Putin?”
Colbert was disappointed with Attorney General William Barr’s synopsis of Mueller’s report, which revealed Sunday that the investigation concluded the Trump campaign did not collude with Russia to influence the 2016 election.
“This is worse than the finale of ‘Lost,’” Colbert said. “What about the Smoke Monster? Was it real or not? And if not, why did so many members of Trump’s campaign plead guilty to lying about meeting with the Smoke Monster?
“Why couldn’t this have been like the ending of ‘Seinfeld’? Still disappointing, but at least they’re all in jail,” he quipped.
But Colbert, whose show has made mincemeat of Trump’s moves, agreed to calls for the president’s critics to apologize.
“I will start. I have said one or two things about Donald Trump, like how he’s a terrible president, so I’m just going to bite the bullet and say it,” Colbert began.
He then turned to another camera: “Mr. President, if you’re watching — and I know you are — I’m sorry that you’re a terrible president.”
By the end of the segment, Colbert decided it would only be fair that he ceremoniously cross “collusion” off a whiteboard in the studio filled with his “Reasons Trump is a Bad President.”