As he fights to win the South Carolina primary, Donald Trump has sworn off swearing. That's because "value voters do not like the salty talk," South Carolina native Stephen Colbert said on Tuesday's Late Show. "If you do the salty talk, they believe you will be darned to heck." Colbert was skeptical that Trump can just stop the profanity, so he debuted the "Trump phone," and invited Trump to call in. He did. The real Donald Trump. If Colbert was expecting the firebrand Trump, though, he was disappointed. "Don't make me love you, old man," Colbert said after Trump complimented his show.
"Let's talk about what experts are calling your potty mouth," Colbert said, getting down to business. Trump said he only uses "minor words" now, that it won't be hard to stop swearing, and that sometimes he bleeps himself but the TV shows bleep out his bleep so it looks like he's swearing. That's "a little deceptive, but that's okay," he said. Colbert jumped in: "I have an idea: Why don't you have a swear jar — every time you say a bad word, you put a billion dollars in it." Trump said he loved the idea. When asked about Supreme Court nominations Trump said that, if elected, he, like President Obama, would nominate someone and push for confirmation, but that the Senate has a "pretty daunting right" to say no. Watch the saucy phone call below. Peter Weber
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