David Letterman doesn't find anything funny about Trump: 'He's despicable'

Former Late Show host David Letterman emerged from the North Pole (or wherever he's been since retiring) to weigh in on the rise of Donald Trump. While talking with Tom Brokaw on NBC's Dateline, Letterman cut his signature humor to say that as weird as this primary season has been, Trump won the Republican nomination fair and square:

But if anything, that's even more concerning to Letterman. "He's despicable," he told Brokaw. "And in this very school, and in everybody's school, you hear the great thing about America is anybody can grow up to be president. Oh jeez, I guess that might be true."

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