Just a week out from the Iowa caucuses, the GOP still hasn't rallied around one candidate, Stephen Colbert said on Monday's Late Show. And the GOP establishment really hates both frontrunners, Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas) and Donald Trump, "known by their celebrity couple name, Crump," Colbert said. He devoted the next few minutes to some terrible things conservative pundits and Republicans have said about Cruz and Trump. According to one report, Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) even said in private that he'd rather vote for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) than Cruz. "What?" Colbert laughed. "Ted, you just got thrown under the bus — and it's a VW biodiesel."
Colbert ended with an alternate interpretation of Trump's claim that he could shoot someone on 5th Avenue in Manhattan and still not lose votes, describing it as less a brag than a cry for help. "Donald Trump can't really want to be president — it's the hardest job in the world," Colbert said. And if the job can turn President Obama old and grey in eight years, "imagine what Donald Trump will look like." His depiction of what President Trump would look like in 2024 is truly disturbing, and you can see it in the video below. Peter Weber
Subscribe to The Week
Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.
Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.
-
The far-right conspiracy conduit who will be Trump's information gatekeeperIn the Spotlight How Natalie Harp rose from obscurity to trusted Trump aide
-
'Vance stands at a crossroads'Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
-
Taylor Swift wraps up record-shattering Eras tourSpeed Read The pop star finally ended her long-running tour in Vancouver, Canada
-
Taylor Swift wraps up record-shattering Eras tour
Speed Read The pop star finally ended her long-running tour in Vancouver, Canada
-
Drake claims illegal boosting, defamationSpeed Read The rapper accused Universal Music of boosting Kendrick Lamar's diss track and said UMG allowed him to be falsely accused of pedophilia
-
'Wicked' and 'Gladiator II' ignite holiday box officeSpeed Read The combination of the two movies revitalized a struggling box office
-
Jussie Smollet conviction overturned on appealSpeed Read The Illinois Supreme Court overturned the actor's conviction on charges of staging a racist and homophobic attack against himself in 2019
-
Quincy Jones, music icon, is dead at 91Speed Read The legendary producer is perhaps best known as the architect behind Michael Jackson's 'Thriller'
-
OJ Simpson, star athlete tried for murder, dead at 76Speed Read The former football hero and murder suspect lost his battle with cancer
-
Momofuku's 'Chili Crunch' trademark uproarSpeed Read The company's attempt to own the sole rights has prompted backlash
-
Kevin Hart awarded Mark Twain PrizeSpeed Read He is the 25th recipient of the prestigious comedy prize
