President Obama hosted President-elect Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday, in what must be "the most surprising remake of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner," Stephen Colbert said on Thursday's Late Night. "Can you imagine? Just put yourself in that room, that private room, when they were together. Can you imagine? Awkward! The first African-American president sitting down with a president-elect who was endorsed by the Klan, a guy who spent five years — created his political career — demanding Obama prove where he was born, then denying he did it. What did they talk about?" He had some ideas.
Trump will be the first president without any government or military experience, Colbert noted, bringing up a surprising fact: "Donald Trump was so privileged that the first job he ever had to apply for was president of the United States." But he's working hard, we're assured, to set up a team that can help him run the country. And Trump's new .gov website is not only looking for 4,000 new employees, but also has a space where people can suggest how to make America great. Colbert had a suggestions: "Maybe elect someone who already knows how to do that?"
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