Stephen Colbert recaps George Bush's funeral, notes the one president there who awkwardly didn't fit in

Stephen Colbert recaps George Bush&#039;s funeral

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Former President George H.W. Bush was memorialized at Washington's National Cathedral on Wednesday, and everybody was there. "It was quite a moving sight to see the presidents and the first ladies in the front row, waiting to honor President Bush, chatting comfortably with one another — until Trump showed up, then it became silent staring time," Stephen Colbert narrated on The Late Show. "Donald Trump is the only person in the world who can bring down a funeral. Then came the point in the ceremony where the priest and the congregation read the Apostles' Creed — see if you can spot the odd person out in this clip." (Spoiler: It was Trump)

"Trump was famously not invited to former first lady Barbara Bush's funeral, but he was welcome today, after the Bush family promised Trump that the funeral would avoid criticizing him," Colbert said. "They even assured him that the choir would drown out the sound of other ex-presidents rolling in their graves." Still, every mention of Bush's integrity and kindness was an implicit rebuke to Trump, he added. "As soon as you start praising someone's honesty, you're automatically throwing shade at Donald Trump. I mean, Obama made Trump seem like a bad president just by sitting next to him."

Yes, Bush's funeral "was a time of reflection, remembrance, and uncomfortable seating arrangements," Dulcé Sloan said on Wednesday's Daily Show. "That funeral was so awkward, and that was before Trump started roasting everybody." He didn't in real life, but on The Daily Show, Trump really let loose.

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Sloan and mute host Trevor Noah also had some jokes on Special Counsel Robert Mueller's heavily redacted memo on Michael Flynn. "That thing's more blacked-out than Brett Kavanaugh on a school night," Sloan quipped. Noah joined in, using an app: "This document is so black, some white lady is going to call the cops on it." Watch below. Peter Weber

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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.