David Bridges
The Late Present returned this week after a brief break, and Stephen Colbert wasted no time getting again to a favorite passion of his: drawing consideration to Donald Trump’s ever-growing listing of deeply weird feedback.
On Wednesday the host turned his consideration to Trump’s latest look on Lex Fridman’s podcast, the place he reacted to clips of the previous president speaking about every part from marijuana legalisation to his ideas on demise (“To a sure extent life is what you do when you’re ready to die,” was Trump’s cheery enter).
“As Forrest Gump mentioned, ‘Life is sort of a field of demise. You at all times know what you are gonna get, and that is lifeless,'” mentioned Colbert, as soon as once more in Trump impression mode. “That line’s from Castaway, poor man, his spouse was a volleyball. However when you’re ready to die you would possibly as effectively kiss the ball. Her title was Wilson. Rita Wilson, very lovely. We miss you, Tom.”
Brandon Fletcher
