Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel gawk at Trump's feud with Stephen Bannon, other bombshells

Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert gawk and Trump vs. Bannon
(Image credit: Screenshots/YouTube/The Late Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live)

A new book about chaos in President Trump's campaign and White House dropped like a political bomb cyclone on Wednesday, and Stephen Colbert ran through some of the juicier revelations on Wednesday's Late Show. Trump, for example, reportedly did not really want himself to win the election — "There's a name for that: a majority of the American voters," Colbert said — and neither did his wife. "Really, Melania cried on Election Night? That is the first thing we have in common," he said.

"This proves once again that when it comes to Donald Trump, everything is exactly what you thought it was," Colbert said after running down some other snippets. "His entire schtick is just trying to convince you you're crazy for seeing what's obvious — which makes sense, I mean that's basically how you sell luxury real estate." But according to Stephen Bannon, the Russia collusion is what you thought it was, too, Colbert said. "So he thinks [Paul] Manafort, Don Jr., and [Jared] Kushner did something treasonous, unpatriotic, and bad s--t. Coincidentally, those are also their Secret Service code names." Trump hit back with a scorching statement, and Colbert didn't disagree with all of it.

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Peter Weber, The Week US

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.