Stephen Colbert began Tuesday's Late Show monologue with Donald Trump, but he quickly pivoted. "Did you know — trivia question — did you know there is someone else running for president?" he asked. "Hillary Clinton — it's true, you can look it up." And she has problems, too. "Every day we get a new revelation about Clinton from WikiLeaks," he said. "Any more and we're going to need WikiDepends." The latest batch includes a list of the running mates Clinton was considering, and it's a long one, with nearly 40 names categorized in what John Podesta called "rough food groups." That "of course can only mean one thing: John Podesta eats people," Colbert said, to dramatic music.
"Also in the WikiLeak-released list are business leaders like Apple CEO Tim Cook and Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, but apparently Hillary decided against Schultz because the race already had one pumpkin-spiced candidate," Colbert said. That was, of course, a reference to Trump, and he pulled out a list of Trump's VP options, including an unnecessary dig at Tiffany Trump.
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