Before the piece is even a quarter of the way over Meyers already drops the f-bomb in an unbelievable way when responding to Trump’s recent “admittance” that “Obama was born in the United States”.
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In a hurried interview on Wednesday, Donald Trump admitted he said President Barack Obama was a natural-born US citizen only in order to “get on with the campaign”.
“And I think we put that to sleep just by putting out the last report”, Trump said, apparently pointing to a campaign statement Tuesday night in which his spokesman deflected questions about the Trump Foundation and accused the Post reporter of bias. “F*** you, exclamation point!”
What had changed his mind?
Bee, amid pointed commentary on the Republicans’ fringe conspiracy theories and Trump’s relationship with Roger Ailes, went directly after Fallon, criticizing the host for enabling Trump.
Meyers also ridiculed New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) for parroting Trump’s line of attack pinning birtherism on Democrat Hillary Clinton, in light of the increasing likelihood that Christie was aware of the illegal lane closures at the heart of the “Bridgegate” scandal in his own state. You know what I mean.
“I offered to donate $1 million to the charity of your choice if you, Donald Trump, would let me dip my balls in your mouth”, Colbert reminded everyone.
As Colbert explained to his audience, even after Obama released the long-form certificate, Trump called it a “forgery” and announced that he was “sending a team of investigators to Hawaii to uncover the truth”.
“First of all, that’s a weird threat”, Colbert admitted. However, in his latest “A Closer Look” segment, Meyers’s anger boils over for one of his most impassioned takes in some time.
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“You can’t say the words, ‘A bomb went off in NY, ‘ if the next thing you say is, ‘Nobody knows what’s going on.’ Are you a presidential candidate or the old lady who lives across the hall from me?” he said, after airing a clip of Trump’s initial reaction.
