If you want to hear Stephen Colbert's jokes about Donald Trump's last-minute jaunt to Mexico City, you'll have to wait until Wednesday's Late Show, but on Tuesday's show, Colbert previewed Trump's speech in Arizona on immigration, scheduled for right after Trump flies back from meeting with Mexico's president. Trump has already delayed the immigration speech once, Colbert said, but "he has to give this speech sooner or later, because immigration has gone from being the one thing everyone thought they knew about Donald Trump to — and I'm quoting his supporters here — 'Huh?'"
So Trump has to clear this up, "but not too much," Colbert explained. "Because while what Trump says now sounds confused and meaningless, he might just be confused and meaningless like a fox." That was the setup for his Werd segment, and the phrase on Tuesday was "Double Vision." This gist — with the jokes on the right of the screen — is that Trump is trying to please everyone by taking every side of all issues. "Whatever you believe, Trump agrees with you," Colbert said. "I don't know why he's not getting 100 percent of the vote?" ("Russian hackers will try their best," read the chyron.) Watch below to hear the entire Werd — and read all the Anthony Weiner jokes. Peter Weber
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