I ALSO WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO YOU,
BECAUSE I SAID A FEW THINGS ABOUT YOU OVER THE YEARS THAT
ARE, YOU KNOW, IN POLITE COMPANY PERHAPS ARE UNFORGIVABLE. >> ALMOST. >> Stephen: ALMOST
UNFORGIVABLE. >> AND SOME NICE THINGS. >> Stephen: I DON'T REMEMBER,
I DON'T REMEMBER SAYING ANYTHING NICE. I DON'T REMEMBER SAYING ANYTHING
NICE. ANYWAY, I HOPE YOU'LL ACCEPT MY
APOLOGY. >> ACCEPTED. >> Stephen: I JUST WANT TO
GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY, IS THERE ANYBODY YOU WOULD LIKE TO
APOLOGIZE TO YOURSELF? >> AH, NO. >> Stephen: NO? >> MAYBE THE AUDIENCE. HOW ABOUT THE AUDIENCE? NO, NO APOLOGIES. >> Stephen: LET'S TALK ABOUT
IMMIGRATION. I KNOW YOU BELIEVE ALL ILLEGAL
ILL GRANTS SHOULD BE DEPORTED. >> TRUE. WE HAVE TO BRING PEOPLE-- LOOK,
WE HAVE A COUNTRY. WE HAVE BORDERS. WE HAVE NO BORDERS RIGHT NOW. WE DON'T HAVE A COUNTRY. NUMBER ONE, WE'RE GOING TO BUILD
A WALL. <i>( APPLAUSE )
-- OH, LISTEN TO THIS.</i> EVEN WITH YOUR CROWD. >> Stephen: THEY LOVE-- THEY
LOVE THE WALL. PEOPLE LOVE THE WALL. >> WE HAVE TO HAVE A WALL. WE HAVE TO HAVE A BORDER. AND IN THAT WALL, WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE A BEAUTIFUL, BIG, FAT DOOR WHERE PEOPLE CAN-- THEY COME
INTO THE COUNTRY-- ( LAUGHTER )
AND THEY COME IN-- LISTEN TO THIS. A BEAUTIFUL DOOR WHERE PEOPLE
CAN COME INTO THE COUNTRY BUT THEY HAVE TO COME IN LEGALLY. >> Stephen: OKAY, I UNDERSTAND
THAT. >> THAT'S WHAT A COUNTRY IS ALL
ABOUT. >> Stephen: YOU AID MEXICO
WILL PAY FOR THIS. >> THAT'S CORRECT GLI KNOW "ART
OF THE DEAL" AND ALL THAT. HOW DO YOU GET THE MEXICANS TO
DO THIS. LET'S TO ROLE PLAYING. I'M YOU, YOU'RE THE PRESIDENT OF
MEXICO. YOU CALL ME UP. "DONALD! >> ARE YOU READY? WE ARE GOING TO BUILD A WALL. ARE YOU GOING TO PAY FOR THE
WALL. WE HAVE BEEN ABUSED FOR A LONG
TIME AT THE BORDER. WAIT A MINUTE, WAIT A MINUTE. >> Stephen: NO, NO. >> JUST SO YOU UNDERSTAND. JUST SO YOU UNDERSTAND. THE WALL ITSELF, WE OWE-- DO YOU
KNOW THAT WE HAVE A TRADE DEFICIT WITH MEXICO, AND I'LL
CALL YOU NOW STEPHEN AS OPPOSED TO WHERE WE'RE GOING. OF ALMOST-- LISTEN TO THIS,
STEPHEN. ( LAUGHTER ). >> Stephen: WHO IS THIS
STEPHEN? >> YOU'RE RIGHT. ALMOST $45 BILLION, A TRADE
DEFICIT. THE WALL YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT $5
BILLION TO $7 BILLION. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY
IS VERY EASY TO BUILD. IT WILL BE NOT A PENETRABLE
WALL. THIS WILL BE A SERIOUS WALL. >> Stephen: I CAN SUGGEST
SOMETHING? YES. >> Stephen: CAN I SUGGEST
SOMETHING? >> GO AHEAD. >> Stephen: HOW ABOUT TWO
WALLS, OKAY-- >> CONNECTED. >> Stephen: NO, NO, NOT
CONNECTED. TWO WALLS, ONE HERE, ONE THERE,
IN BETWEEN A MOAT. ( LAUGHTER )
>> AND A NICE RESORT. >> Stephen: FILLED WITH FIRE. >> OH, YEAH. >> Stephen: AND FIREPROOF
CROCODILES. IS THAT ENOUGH? WHAT DO WE DO? HOW DO WE BUILD A WALL THAT WILL
ACTUALLY KEEP PEOPLE OUT. >> THE INTERESTING THING, 2,000
YEARS AGO YOU HAD THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA, 13,000 MILES LONG. >> Stephen: JESUS HELPED BUILD
THAT. >> YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU'RE RIGHT. HERE YOU'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT
1,000 MILES. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 1,000
MILES. THERE ARE 2,000 BUT YOU NEED IT
IN 1,000 MILES. WE CAN HAVE A GREAT AND
BEAUTIFUL WALL. IT WILL BE UP. IT WILL STOP. WE'LL HAVE OUR BORDER, AND GUESS
WHAT? NOBODY COMES IN UNLESS THEY HAVE
THEIR PAPERS, AND THEY COME IN LEGALLY. AND WE STOP CRIME AND WE STOP
PROBLEMS AND WE STOP DRUG TRADE, WHICH IS MASSIVE. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SO MUCH DRUG
TRADE, THE CARTELS, ARE POURING THROUGH, JUST LIKE THERE'S
NOTHING, POURING THROUGH CHICAGO, NEW YORK, LOS ANGELES,
THE MONEY GOES OUT, THE DRUGS COME IN. WE'RE GOING TO STOP IT. >> Stephen: OKAY, WELL THAT
WOULD BE GOOD, THAT WOULD BE GOOD. >> I THINK SO. >> Stephen: ALL RIGHT, I'M
GOING TO THROW YOU A BIG, FAT, MEAT BALL FOR YOU TO HIT OUT OF
THE PARK RIGHT NOW. >> GOOD. >> Stephen: THIS IS THE LAST
TIME YOU EVER HAVE TO ADDRESS THIS QUESTION IF YOU HIT THE
BALL. BIG, OLD-- THERE'S, LIKE, SAUCE
ALL OVER MY HANDS, THIS MEATED BALL IS SO BIG. >> I WANT TO HEAR THIS ONE. >> Stephen: BARACK OBAMA BORN
IN THE UNITED STATES. GO. ( LAUGHTER )
( APPLAUSE ) >> LET ME JUST --
>> WAS HE? IT'S A MEATBALL! >> I KNOW. >> Stephen: IT'S HANGING OUT
THERE! RIGHT THERE! COME ON! ( APPLAUSE ). >> AND YOU WANT TO KNOW, I DON'T
TALK ABOUT IT ANYMORE. >> Stephen: YOU DON'T TALK
ABOUT IT? >> I TALK ABOUT JOBS. I TALK ABOUT OUR VETERANS BEING
HORRIBLY TREATED. >> Stephen: THAT MEATBALL IS
NOW BEING DRAGGED DOWN THE STEPSAVE SUBWAY BY A RAT.
I like that he drew that giant pizza rat into the picture.
Don't the cartels have tunnels under the border anyway? how would the wall stop that?
Trump did great, Colbert picking up some steam despite the hiccups due to the format switch.
Isn't it interesting that comedians are the ones who can ask the toughest questions to politicians because they can always defuse any tension with laughter.
Fox News has found the answer for right wing media with a combination of faux outrage, implied conspiracy theories, and good looking blondes.
The future of progressive media is comedic juxtaposition, balanced with serious issues. MSNBC is dying, the future is Colbert, Wilmore, Maher and a new generation of political comedians.
Great interview. Loved the "meatball".
Couldn't stop laughing at Donald Trumps tie. (Thanks to reddit joke from yesterday)
Colbert could have eviscerated Trump very easily, just like he does basically every night. But he didn't. A lot of people think that Trump "won the interview" because of this, but I think it's pretty clear from Colbert's emphasis on having Republicans on early that he's trying to shift the perception of himself from being a liberal to being more populist/centrist. He doesn't want to scare off Republicans from being on the show, and this interview basically says to anyone in the GOP that "Hey, come on my show, it's not a trap!"
Full episode here
Good stuff. Entertaining. A tiny bit informative.
I don't see how anyone is saying Trump got some sort of victory here. Colbert honestly engaged Ted Cruz, as hard as that may have been. On the other hand Trump is such a joke that every single serious policy he has could be easily treated as such. A wall between the United States and mexico? Grow up. Go to Arizona and Texas and California and look at that border. It's a joke. The entire thing was placating Trump in an obvious and hilarious way.