Stephen Colbert sees if Donald Trump would quit the race for a meat-stuffed trophy

In Tuesday's primaries, "Michigan was definitely feeling the Bern — and the burn was not just from the water in Flint," Stephen Colbert said on Wednesday's Late Show. But as soon as the audience stopped cheering Bernie Sanders' upset win in Michigan, Colbert was already on to Donald Trump's great night. "Did y'all catch his victory speech?" he asked. "I thought you did, because it was on every single channel. I think even Nick Jr. was running it, because I saw some sort of orange blob on TV."

In case you didn't see the speech, Colbert said, it "had a little bit of product placement," with Trump showing up critic Mitt Romney by touting his Trump water, Trump magazine, Trump wine, and Trump steaks. "That's right, Trump gave his victory speech next to a pyramid of raw steak. He was either trying to prove Mitt wrong, or introducing his new running mate, Trump-Pile of Meat 2016," Colbert said. "Good luck telling them apart."

Then he put Trump on the couch, saying that the real problem is that Trump is insecure. He probably doesn't even want to be president, Colbert suggested. "The guy just needs constant validation, that's clear — and isn't that what all of us want? Love? Just love, and maybe steak? And if we just give that to him, maybe he'll go away." At the end of an ego-boosting pep talk, Colbert offered Trump an even better job than president, and it comes with a meat-decorated gold trophy. Watch below. Peter Weber

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