Stephen Colbert has a crazy theory to explain Donald Trump's immigration contortions

Stephen Colbert has a theory about Donald Trump
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Stephen Colbert began Thursday's Late Show with a frightened look at Donald Trump's big immigration speech on Wednesday night. "Man, I have not seen that many angry white people since they canceled a Coldplay concert," he said. But before he dug in, he scratched his head over Trump's entire Wednesday, which began with a visit to Mexico that Colbert had found presidential the night before. "The last 24 hours of Donald Trump has been an emotional roller coaster, and you must be this crazy to ride," he said, holding his hand up to head level. The 24 hours, of course, ended with Trump's fiery speech.

"People are calling that a speech, but that implies Trump spoke," Colbert said. "He really screamed, so I'm gonna call this a screech. I don't understand how he changes emotions so quickly — he went from Mr. Cool in Mexico to thermonuclear in like an hour." Colbert had some thoughts on that, and they make conspiracies about Hillary Clinton's health sound comparatively sane. "I'm starting to think there may be more than one Donald Trump.," he said. "Here's my theory: Trump is actually three Oompa-Loompas standing in a human pyramid inside his suit — one here, one there, and they take turns on who gets to be a head every day. One of them is reasonable, two of them really don't like immigrants. It would explain his policy reversals and his skin tone."

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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.