President Jimmy Carter Is Still Praying For Donald Trump

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>> Stephen: WELL, SIR, THANKS FOR BEING HERE. IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN. >> IT'S GOOD TO BE WITH YOU AGAIN, STEPHEN. >> Stephen: HOW HAVE YOU BEEN? I HAVE BEEN FINE. >> Stephen: YOU'RE AN EXTRAORDINARY MAN. YOU'RE 93 YEARS OLD -- AM I CORRECT AT 93? >> GOING ON 94, YEAH. >> Stephen: GOING ON 94, OKAY. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) YOU HAVE BEATEN CANCER AND YOU ARE STILL -- YOU ARE STILL WORKING TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE THROUGH THE CARTER CENTER AND THROUGH YOUR BOOKS. YOU'VE GOT A NEW ONE CALLED "FAITH." >> "FAITH." >> Stephen: AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL RELEASE A BOOK AS A TRIAL BALLOON BEFORE THEY RUN FOR PRESIDENT. >> I'VE HEARD ABOUT THAT, YEAH. ( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: IS THERE ANY CHANCE YOU'RE RUNNING IN 2020? BECAUSE -- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) WE COULD USE A NICE GUY IN THE OVAL OFFICE. >> I THINK THERE'S AN AGE LIMIT. >> Stephen: IS THERE? I THINK THERE'S AN AGE LIMIT. >> Stephen: I KNOW IT'S 35 TO GET IN, BUT I THINK YOU CAN GO ANYWHERE YOU WANT. >> I THINK 93'S THE AGE LIMIT. ( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: WELL, YOU ARE KNOWN TO BE A NICE GUY, YOU'VE CERTAINLY PROVEN IT. YOU WERE SORT OF THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE 20th CENTURY TO HAVE A CAREER AFTER THE WHITE HOUSE WITH THE CARTER CENTER AND YOUR WORK WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY AND CERTAINLY ERADICATING DISEASES AROUND THE WORLD. S PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES -- ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) YOU WERE THE PRESIDENT AFTER NIXON AND FORD AND AMERICA FELT LIKE THEY WANTED A NICE GUY IN THERE. NIXON SEEMED LIKE, PARDON THE EXPRESSION, A SON OF A BITCH. ( LAUGHTER ) WERE YOU TOO NICE TO BE PRESIDENT? PEOPLE CRITICIZED YOU FOR YOUR DEMEANOR AND YOU MIGHT SAY THE ENERGY BROUGHT TO THE JOB. DOES AMERICA WANT KIND OF A JERK AS PRESIDENT? >> APPARENTLY FROM THE RECENT ELECTION, YES. I NEVER KNEW IT BEFORE. ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU THINK IT TAKES TO BE PRESIDENT? WHAT'S THE ONE -- THE ONE QUALITY IT REQUIRES TO BE THE PRESIDENT? >> I USED TO THINK IT WAS TO TELL THE TRUTH. ( LAUGHTER ) BUT I'VE CHANGED MY MIND LATELY. >> Stephen: DO YOU THINK THAT YOU CRITICIZE -- YOU WERE CRITICIZED FOR TELLING THE TRUTH TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE? >> I THINK I TOLD THE TRUTH ALMOST ALL THE TIME. >> Stephen: WHEN DID YOU NOT TELL THE TRUTH TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE? >> MY MOTHER SAID I USED TO TELL LITTLE WHITE LIES. >> Stephen: THAT'S WHAT HOPE HICKS SAYS, TOO. ( LAUGHTER ) >> ONE TIME SHE HAD AN INTERVIEW AND A WOMAN CAME IN TO INTERVIEW MOMMA, AND SHE SAID A LITTLE WHITE LIES. SO JIMMY DOES TELL LITTLE WHITE LIES. WHAT IS THAT? SHE SAID WHEN YOU CAME IN THE DOOR AND I SAID GLAD TO SEE YOU AND YOU LOOK VERY NICE? SO A LITTLE WHITE LIE EVERY NOW AND THEN. ( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: THAT'S THE LEVEL. AS AN EX-PRESIDENT, DO YOU SPEAK TO THE OTHER EX-PRESIDENTS? >> SURE. I WILL BE WITH TWO TOMORROW. >> Stephen: WHO? GEORGE W. BUSH AND BILL CLINTON. >> Stephen: DO ALL THE EX-PRESIDENTS FEEL GOOD THAT SINCE TRUMP IS IN OFFICE ALL OF YOU HAVE GONE UP THE RANKS? YOU'VE ALL JUST BEEN PUSHED UP ONE LEVEL THERE? >> I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE REST OF THEM. ( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: BUT YOU FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT? ( LAUGHTER ) YOU PRAY A LOT. DO YOU PRAY FOR DONALD TRUMP? >> I PRAY HE WILL BE A GOOD PRESIDENT, KEEP OUR COUNTRY AT PEACE, THAT HE WILL REFRAIN FROM USING NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND THAT HE WILL PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS. SO, YEAH, I PRAY FOR HIM. ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS, FIRST OF ALL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS. WE DO NEED THEM. BUT DO YOU THINK YOUR PRAYERS ARE BEING ANSWERED SO FAR? >> WELL, I USED TO HAVE A PASTOR WHO WOULD SAY, WHEN YOU PRAY, GOD HAS THREE ANSWERS -- ONE IS YES, THE OTHER ONE IS NO, AND THE THIRD ONE IS YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING. ( LAUGHTER ) SO I'M NOT SURE WHICH ONE IT IS YET. ( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: DONALD TRUMP'S GOTTEN IN SOME TROUBLE FOR SOME OF THE ROUGH LANGUAGE THAT HE'S USED AND PEOPLE HAVE CRITICIZED HIM FOR THAT AND I'VE CERTAINLY MADE SOME JOKES ABOUT IT. >> I'VE HEARD ABOUT THAT. ( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: YOU GOT IN A LITTLE BIT OF TROUBLE BACK IN 1980 IN THAT CAMPAIGN WHEN IT LOOKED LIKE TED KENNEDY MIGHT RUN, YOU FAMOUSLY SAID TO A REPORTER, I WILL KICK HIS ASS. AND AT THE TIME, THAT WAS UNIMAGINABLE. >> FOR ME, YES. >> Stephen: THAT A PRESIDENT, FOR ANY PRESIDENT, THAT HE WOULD SAY THAT TO A REPORTER. >> I DIDN'T SAY THAT TO A REPORTER. I SAID IT TO A CONGRESSMAN AND HE REPORTED IT TO A REPORTER. >> Stephen: SO HE THREW YOU UNDER THE BUS. >> HE DID, YEAH. >> Stephen: WHO WAS THE CONGRESSMAN? >> I WON'T SAY HIS NAME. HE'S OUT OF OFFICE NOW. >> Stephen: OKAY. BUT STILL LIVING? >> YES, HE'S STILL LIVING. >> Stephen: WE'LL FIND HIM. ( LAUGHTER ) ( PIANO RIFF ) >> BUT IT WAS TRUE, AND I DID. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: SO YOU'RE NOT AS NICE AS PEOPLE THINK! ( LAUGHTER ) >> MY WIFE CAN TELL YOU THAT. >> Stephen: YOU HAVE BEEN CRITICAL OF SANCTIONS AGAINST NORTH KOREA. WHY IS THAT? WHY IS THE ISOLATION YOU THINK A WRONG THING TO DO? >> WELL, BECAUSE WHEN WE IMPOSED SANCTIONS FOR 70 YEARS AGAINST NORTH KOREA AND ABOUT THAT LONG AGAINST CUBA, WE GET BLAMED FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT GO WRONG IN THE COUNTRY AND IT EXALTS THE DICTATORS. THE DICTATORS ARE ALREADY PUNISHING PEOPLE. THEY'RE ALREADY UNDER DURESS AND PUNISHMENT, NOT ENOUGH FOOD AND FREEDOM AND THAT SORT OF THING, AND WHEN WE PUT SOME ADDITIONAL STRESS ON THEM, LIKE NOT ANY FOOD AID AND DESTROY THEIR ECONOMY, IT HURTS THE AVERAGE PERSON WHO IS ALREADY SUFFERING UNDER THE DICTATOR AND THE DICTATORS CONTROL THE NEWS MEDIA COMPLETELY SO THEY BLAME ALL THE PROBLEMS THAT THEY IMPOSE ON THE PEOPLE OPEN US, SO WE GET BLAMED IN CUBA AND NORTH KOREA FOR EVERYTHING BAD THAT GOES ON IN THE COUNTRY. IT EXALTS THE DICTATORS AND HURTS THE PEOPLE. >> Stephen: ARE YOU AGAINST SANCTIONS FOR ALL COUNTRIES LIKE IRAN, CUBA, RUSSIA? >> I'M AGAINST ANY KIND OF SANCTIONS THAT HURT THE PEOPLE WHO ALREADY SUFFER UNDER A DICTATOR, YES. ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: OKAY. WELL, THE BOOK IS CALLED "FAITH: A JOURNEY FOR ALL." I OFTEN WONDER WHAT THE MOST IMPORTANT OF THE CARDINAL VIRTUES IS. DO YOU THINK ANY OF THEM ARE ACHIEVABLE -- FAITH, HOPE OR LOVE -- WITHOUT COURAGE? DO YOU THINK COURAGE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT? IT SEEMS ALL TAKES COURAGE TO ACHIEVE. >> I THINK LOVE TAKES MORE COURAGE PERHAPS THAN FAITH BECAUSE WE CAN'T AVOID HAVING FAITH. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE ARE BABIES ALL OF US HAVE FAITH IN OUR MOTHERS, WE'LL SAY, AND WE HAVE SOME DEGREE OF FAITH IN OURSELVES, RIGHT? AND WE HAVE TO HAVE FAITH IN OUR CLOSE FRIENDS OR THINGS THAT WE CHERISH, LIKE THE TRUTH OR FAITH IN EDUCATION OR FAITH IN AMERICA OR FAITH IN WHATEVER COUNTRY WE LIVE IN, FAITH IN FREEDOM. SO WE HAVE FAITH MANY DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE CAN'T AVOID, BUT IT DOESN'T TAKE ANY COURAGE TO HAVE THOSE KINDS OF FAITH, BUT IT TAKES COURAGE TO HAVE LOVE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE DIFFERENT FROM YOU AND IT TAKES COURAGE TO HAVE FAITH IN PEOPLE THAT WE CONSIDER TO BE INFERIOR TO US OR ENEMIES OF OURS. OF COURSE, JESUS SAYS WE SHOULD, YOU KNOW, LOVE OUR ENEMIES AS WELL AS OUR FRIENDS AND HAVE SO-CALLED AGAPE OR SELF-SACRIFICIAL LOVE OR LOVE FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T LOVE US BACK, THAT TAKES A LOT OF COURAGE, I THINK. ( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO HAVE THAT FOR -- THAT IS THE MOST DIFFICULT FORM OF LOVE TO LOVE YOUR ENEMIES OR LOVE THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T AGREE WITH YOU. >> THAT'S TRUE. >> Stephen: HOW HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO FIND THAT FOR, SAY, YOUR POLITICAL ENEMIES? >> I'VE TRIED TO GET RID OF ALL MY POLITICAL ENEMIES BY FORGETTING ABOUT THEM OR IGNORING THEM. >> Stephen: FOR MANET THERE I THOUGHT YOU HAD A HIT SQUAD. I GOT RID OF THEM, SEE! I LOVE THEM WHERE THEY ARE! ( LAUGHTER ) >> SINCE I HAVE BEEN OUT OF POLITICS I TRIED TO GET RID OF THE ANIMOSITIES I USED TO CHERISH. >> Stephen: AND YOU'VE OUTLIVED MOST OF THEM, I'M GUESSING? >> THAT'S ANOTHER SECRET TO MY SUCCESS, YES. ( LAUGHTER ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: WELL, JUST IN CASE -- SIR, JUST IN CASE YOUR CHANGE YOUR MIND, WE HAVE A PRESENT FOR YOU. IT'S CARTER 2020, STILL CONSTITUTIONALLY ELIGIBLE. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) THIS IS FOR YOU, YOUNG MAN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >> Stephen: THE BOOK IS "FAITH: A JOURNEY FOR ALL." IT'S AVAILABLE NOW.
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Channel: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Views: 4,288,169
Rating: 4.8479371 out of 5
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Length: 9min 52sec (592 seconds)
Published: Sat Mar 31 2018
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I like him. He is sweet. 💚👍

👍︎︎ 28 👤︎︎ u/rainbowflower1976 📅︎︎ Mar 31 2018 🗫︎ replies

His Carter Center has nearly eradicated guinea worm, which is a greater achievement than many American presidents before, during, or after their presidencies. He looks great. Rock on, Mr. Carter.

👍︎︎ 11 👤︎︎ u/PhasmaUrbomach 📅︎︎ Apr 01 2018 🗫︎ replies

He successfully had more energy than Sean Penn

👍︎︎ 17 👤︎︎ u/1TOMhndrdTOMhndrdTOM 📅︎︎ Mar 31 2018 🗫︎ replies

Wow, he is almost 94 and is as sharp as a knife!

Should we all be so lucky!

Also, as someone who was raised Christian but doesn't practice it... this guy gets it.

👍︎︎ 8 👤︎︎ u/goldgecko4 📅︎︎ Apr 01 2018 🗫︎ replies

Love love love that man. I worked on both of his campaigns. I was too young to vote but I worked like crazy for him

👍︎︎ 5 👤︎︎ u/taptapper 📅︎︎ Apr 01 2018 🗫︎ replies

An Honorable statesman.

Much missed.

👍︎︎ 17 👤︎︎ u/PNWguy2018 📅︎︎ Mar 31 2018 🗫︎ replies

He still acts so young! What a trooper!

👍︎︎ 9 👤︎︎ u/Mr_Ekles 📅︎︎ Apr 01 2018 🗫︎ replies

I love that man.

👍︎︎ 9 👤︎︎ u/GravityXIII 📅︎︎ Mar 31 2018 🗫︎ replies

Too amazing a person to ever be President unfortunately.

👍︎︎ 2 👤︎︎ u/A_Politard 📅︎︎ Apr 01 2018 🗫︎ replies
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