Stephen Colbert edits himself into a one-on-one dream interview with President Trump

Stephen Colbert "interviews" President Trump
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CBS News political director John Dickerson had a wide-ranging, sometimes in-depth, abruptly terminated interview with President Trump over the weekend, and Stephen Colbert, host of CBS' The Late Show, swapped himself in for Dickerson and asked Trump his own questions on Monday night's show. Trump's answers are all real, even if they were in response to separate questions, but if you want to hear Trump insist that he isn't thinking, say he knows people are questioning his sanity, and only back down from nuclear annihilation because of his golf courses, watch below. For bonus points, if you watched the Dickerson interviews, you can try to figure out what questions Trump really was trying to answer. Peter Weber

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Peter Weber

Peter Weber is a senior editor at TheWeek.com, and has handled the editorial night shift since the website launched in 2008. A graduate of Northwestern University, Peter has worked at Facts on File and The New York Times Magazine. He speaks Spanish and Italian and plays bass and rhythm cello in an Austin rock band. Follow him on Twitter.