Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert join Colbert to explain Donald Trump's RNC

Stephen Colbert joins Jon Stewart and Colbert after RNC Night 1

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published 19 July 2016

Nobody knows what's going to happen this week at the Republican National Convention, Stephen Colbert said in his live after-RNC special on Monday night. "How can we guess what will happen when we can't explain how we got here? How did Donald Trump get the nomination? I know I can't explain it, but I think I know somebody who might be able to." Colbert then jumped to a prerecorded segment where he hunts down Jon Stewart at his cabin in the woods. There are a lot of Trump jokes, several obviously gleeful spit takes, and a very special guest we haven't seen in a few years. It looks like Stewart may not be the only late-night staple we get back for this year's political conventions. Watch below. Peter Weber

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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.