Stephen Colbert has some fun with Trump's tweets about the shutdown, 'Jeff Bozo,' and Russia

Stephen Colbert makes a pass at MacKenzie Bezos
(Image credit: Screenshot/YouTube/The Late Show)

Monday was Day 24 of the government shutdown, "which is a new record," Stephen Colbert noted on The Late Show. "It's one of those sad records, like slowest 100-yard dash or most pizza rolls consumed in a minute — records which are also both held by Donald Trump." He explained how Trump's tweeted shutdown-negotiations overture to Democrats "sounds like the world's worst phone-sex hotline," and is bound to be as successful. "Clearly, Trump has painted himself into a corner," he said "which isn't easy when your office is oval."

Colbert suggested that the stress of the shutdown is getting to Trump, reading and annotating the president's tweets refuting reports of "chaos" in the White House because "there's almost nobody" home but him, then Trump's justification for shutting down the government to get his border wall. "He's right, elections do have consequences," Colbert said, "and she's called the speaker of the House."

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Peter Weber, The Week US

Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.