After showing the clip of
the president’s quote, Colbert followed up his “heartbreaking” comment
with a more poignant response to Trump.
“It’s just that you
didn’t know,” Colbert said, “That’s like if I performed open-heart
surgery tomorrow and said, ‘Wow, nobody said it’d be so wet in here.’”
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Stephen Colbert Happily Takes Trump's Challenge To 'Say It To My Face'
The Huffington Post14 hours agoWell, Stephen Colbert is happy to take on that challenge. “Sir ...” he said after the clip played, to applause from the crowd. “ItThis is a very important point. Donald Trump has no idea what he is doing as president. That he doesn't apparently understand just how unqualified he is to be president is why he is so very very dangerous to the whole world.
It's like if the people voted Trump in to build nuclear bombs and didn't want to hire Nuclear physicists to help build them. If Trump blew himself up then: "Who would really be surprised?"
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Stephen Colbert Happily Takes Trump's Challenge To 'Say It To My Face'
Stephen Colbert Happily Takes Trump’s Challenge To ‘Say It To My Face’
“It would be my honor.”
President Donald Trump
recently expressed frustration about media outlets that quote anonymous
sources in negative stories about his job performance. During his Feb. 24 speech
at the Conservative Political Action Conference, Trump dared these
negative sources — if they’d like to say “Donald Trump is a horrible,
horrible human being” — to “say it to my face.”
Well, Stephen Colbert is happy to take on that challenge.
“Sir ...” he said after the
clip played, to applause from the crowd. “It would be my honor to say it
to your face.” He beckoned the camera closer, smashing his face against
the glass to make sure his message was crystal clear.
Just before that, Colbert had a very simple, but poignant, line about the president during his opening monologue.
After spending part of this monologue responding to the borderline unbelievable ending
to the Oscars on Sunday ― where “La La Land” erroneously won Best
Picture until it was announced that “Moonlight” was the true winner ―
Colbert transitioned to Trump.
“Speaking of heartbreaking
mistakes,” Colbert said, followed by a slight pause. “Donald Trump ... “
he continued, to the crowd’s applause.
When the audience finally
settled down, Colbert began to talk about Trump’s upcoming address to a
joint session of Congress, where the president is expected to present a
plan for the nation’s healthcare.
Yet earlier on Monday at the White House, Trump had said the mystifying line “Nobody knew that healthcare could be so complicated.”
After showing the clip of
the president’s quote, Colbert followed up his “heartbreaking” comment
with a more poignant response to Trump.
“It’s just that you
didn’t know,” Colbert said, “That’s like if I performed open-heart
surgery tomorrow and said, ‘Wow, nobody said it’d be so wet in here.’”
Heartbreaking for sure.
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