Stephen Colbert questions the predictive powers of 'NostraDonald' Trump


"We're just two days from Thanksgiving, and I just want to take this time to mention something I'm thankful for: Donald Trump," Stephen Colbert said on Tuesday's Late Show. Why? "Because he gives all of us on TV something to talk about." On Tuesday's show, he wanted to talk about Trump's widely discounted claim that Muslims in New Jersey cheered the fall of the Twin Towers on 9/11, and Trump's recent claim to be able to foretell terrorist threats. After playing clips of Trump boasting how he predicted Osama bin Laden was dangerous in a 2000 book, Colbert noted bin Laden's long history of proving that he was dangerous dating back to at least 1993.
"That's spooky — it's like Trump has some kind of fifth sense that lets him see what's in newspapers and on TVs," Colbert said. Well, "NostraDonald is not the only one with this power," he added, launching an elaborate "attempt to predict the predictable." Colbert says there will be an iPhone 7 next year, for example, and a short-lived frozen yogurt shop in your neighborhood. The fortune in his fortune cookie, though, seemed like a shot at his audience: "Crowds will be easy to pander to, especially here in New York City, the greatest city in the world." Well, people do like hearing about Donald Trump. 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.
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