WELCOME, WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW,"" LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
I'M YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) THERE IS-- THERE IS-- JON, THERE
IS SO MUCH MEAT ON THE NEWS BONE TODAY THAT I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO
START CARVING.
SO LET'S JUST UNHINGE OUR JAW AND SWALLOW THIS COW FROM THE
HEAD DOWN.
WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WASHINGTON, THE HEAD IS DONALD
TRUMP-- SOME FANS HERE TONIGHT.
EVER SINCE THE F.B.I. RAIDED HIS LAWYER'S MICHAEL CONE'S
OFFICES, THE WALLS HAVE BEEN CLOSING IN ON
THE PRESIDENT, AND HE'S NOT HAPPY.
ONE SOURCE SAID, "WE'RE AT A DIFFERENT LEVEL NOW.
HE'S LOSING HIS (BLEEP)."
AND ANOTHER JUST SAID, "JESUS TAKE THE WHEEL."
BUDDY, I HATE TO TELL YA-- JESUS FLUNG THE DOOR OPEN A FEW MILES
BACK AND THEN TUCKED AND ROLLED INTO A DITCH.
THOSE FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND ARE RUNNING STRAIGHT INTO THE
OCEAN SCREAMING.
AND DONALD TRUMP IS READY TO TAKE DRASTIC ACTION AGAINST
EVERYONE INVESTIGATING HIM, NO MATTER WHO.
ONE TRUMP FRIEND TOLD "VANITY FAIR," "I COULD SEE HIM HAVING A
TOTAL MELTDOWN AND SAYING, '(BLEEP) IT, I'M FIRING ALL OF
THEM.' THIS IS VERY DRY TINDER.
IF SOMEONE STRIKES A MATCH TO IT, YOU COULD SEE IT CATCHING
FIRE."
"DRY TINDER," BY THE WAY, IS HOW MIKE PENCE MET HIS WIFE.
( LAUGHTER ) BECAUSE HE LOOKS-- HE LOOKS
LIKE-- "THE ONLY DATING APP WITH 100%
NO MOISTURE-EXCHANGE GUARANTEE."
LAUGH HE SEEMS LIKE A DUSTY GUY.
HE'S GOT A DUSTY, LIKE HE'S A PUPPET MADE OF TALCUM POWDER.
NOW, THE PRESIDENT DENIES HE'S UPSET, TWEETING, "SO MUCH FAKE
NEWS ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
VERY CALM AND CALCULATED, WITH A BIG FOCUS ON OPEN AND FAIR TRADE
WITH CHINA, THE COMING NORTH KOREA MEETING AND, OF COURSE,
THE VICIOUS GAS ATTACK IN SYRIA.
FEELS GREAT TO HAVE BOLTON AND LARRY K. ON BOARD.
I-- WE-- ARE-- DOT, DOT, DOT, DOT-- DOING THINGS THAT NOBODY
THOUGHT POSSIBLE, DESPITE THE NEVERENDING AND CORRUPT RUSSIA
INVESTIGATION, WHICH TAKES TREMENDOUS TIME AND FOCUS.
NO COLLUSION OR OBSTRUCTION-- OTHER THAN I FIGHT BACK-- SO NOW
THEY DO THE UNTHINKABLE, AND RAID A LAWYER'S OFFICE FOR
INFORMATION!
BAD!" ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
BREATHE!
I DON'T KNOW IF RAIDING TRUMP'S LAWYER'S OFFICE IS UNTHINKABLE.
FOR EXAMPLE... I JUST THOUGHT OF IT.
( LAUGHTER ) AND, SIR, HERE'S SOME FREE LEGAL
ADVICE: WHEN YOU'RE UNDER INVESTIGATION
FOR OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE, DON'T TWEET "NO COLLUSION OR
OBSTRUCTION-- OTHER THAN I FIGHT BACK."
( LAUGHTER ) FIGHTING BACK IS THE OBSTRUCTION
PART.
THAT'S LIKE SAYING, "YOUR HONOR, YOU CAN'T PROVE I COMMITTED
ARSON, BECAUSE I BURNED ALL THE EVIDENCE."
( LAUGHTER ) "THE DEFENSE RESTS."
YOU LOOK FLAMMABLE YOURSELF, YOUR HONOR."
OF COURSE, UNHINGED TWITTER RANTS ARE NOT HOW YOU RESPOND TO
A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION.
IT'S HOW YOU ESCALATE A GLOBAL MILITARY CONFLICT.
TRUMP HAS SAID THAT WE WILL HAVE MILITARY RESPONSE TO THE
HORRIFIC GAS ATTACK IN SYRIA LAST WEEK.
SO SYRIA'S ALLY, RUSSIA-- WHO HAS TROOPS ON THE GROUND THERE--
ISSUED A WARNING THAT THEY WILL SHOOT DOWN U.S. MISSILES FIRED
AT SYRIA AND RETALIATE AGAINST LAUNCH SITES.
GUYS, DON'T FIGHT!
YOU'RE FRIENDS!
REMEMBER WHEN YOU COLLUDED DOWN BY THE OLD CREEK?
YOU SAID YOU'D NEVER FORGET THAT SUMMER, OR ADMIT TO REMEMBERING
IT UNDER OATH.
( LAUGHTER ) SO, TWO NUCLEAR POWERS IN DIRECT
CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE OF A CIVIL WAR IN SYRIA.
JARED, THIS WOULD BE A GREAT TIME TO REVEAL YOUR WHOLE MIDDLE
EAST PEACE THING.
JUST CLEAN IT UP!
CLEAN IT UP!
♪ ♪ ♪ ( APPLAUSE )
IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, THE WHOLE REGION IS A POWDER KEG.
RUSSIA IS A NUCLEAR POWER, SO TRUMP TOOK A BREATH, MET WITH
HIS FOREIGN POLICY OFFICIALS, AND RESPONDED WITH A MEASURED
DIPLOMATIC RESPONSE.
( LAUGHTER ) I'M JUST KIDDING.
( LAUGHTER ) HE TWEETED, "RUSSIA VOWS TO
SHOOT DOWN ANY AND ALL MISSILES FIRED AT SYRIA.
GET READY, RUSSIA, BECAUSE THEY WILL BE COMING, NICE AND NEW
AND 'SMART!'" "NICE AND NEW, AND SMART"-- IS
THERE ANY WAY WE COULD MAKE THOSE MISSILES PRESIDENT?
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) "SMART."
JUST TO RECAP, HE'S TAUNTING OUR NUCLEAR RIVAL.
IT'S LIKE IF DURING THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS, KENNEDY TOOK
A FULL-PAGE AD: "KRUSHCHEV DOESN'T HAVE THE BALLS.
COME AT ME, CHROME DOME."
( LAUGHTER ) THAT'S MY KENNEDY.
THAT'S MY KENNEDY.
NOW, RUSSIA IS TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY.
TODAY, A MOSCOW NEWSPAPER RAN THE HEADLINE, "IS MACHO TRUMP
STARTING WORLD WAR III?" THREATS, MUSCLE FLEXING,
NICKNAMES-- TRUMP IS FINALLY BRINGING HIS BACKGROUND IN PRO
WRESTLING TO OUR FOREIGN POLICY.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) NOW-- NOW-- YOU LISTEN UP,
BROTHER!
YOU'D BETTER GET READY, BECAUSE ON MONDAY NIGHT AT "WORLD WAR
RAW," I AM BRINGING THE THUNDER TO ANIMAL ASSAD, THE GAS-KILLING
ANIMAL, AND RUDE DUDE KIM JONG CRUDE.
BUT FIRST, I'M TAKING DOWN MY NEMESIS, THE SPECIAL COUNSEL.
AND IF YOU CANDY-(BLEEP) JABRONIS THINK I WON'T PLUNGE
THE WORLD INTO A GLOBAL CONFLICT THAT DESTROYS CIVILIZATION AS WE
KNOW IT, THEN YOU DON'T KNOW EL TRUMPO LOCO, BROTHER!
I AM CRAZY, HOMBRE.
I WILL-- I WILL DEPORT MYSELF BECAUSE I AM "SMART."
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) WHO WAS THAT MASKED MAN?
( LAUGHTER ) AND JUST 40 MINUTES AFTER THE
TWEET WHERE TRUMP THREATENED TO LAUNCH MISSILES THAT COULD HIT
RUSSIAN TROOPS, HE TWEETED THIS: "OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH RUSSIA IS
WORSE NOW THAN IT HAS EVER BEEN, AND THAT INCLUDES THE COLD WAR.
THERE IS NO REASON FOR THIS.
RUSSIA NEEDS US TO HELP WITH THEIR ECONOMY, SOMETHING THAT
WOULD BE VERY EASY TO DO, AND WE NEED ALL NATIONS TO WORK
TOGETHER.
STOP THE ARMS RACE?" ( LAUGHTER )
IN LESS THAN AN HOUR, RIGHT?
IN THE SPAN OF LESS THAN AN HOUR, HE WENT FROM "YOU'RE
FRIENDS WITH A GAS-KILLING ANIMAL" TO "STOP ARMS RACE?"
I GUESS JOHN KELLY'S TRANQUILIZER DART FINALLY
KICKED IN.
( LAUGHTER ) "LOOK, I DON'T CARE HOW MANY
PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE FOR ME TO CHANGE THE NEWS CYCLE, BUT I
WILL PUSH THIS BUT-- WHY CAN'T WE ALL JUST LOVE EACH OTHER?"
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( LAUGHTER )
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