Stephen Colbert half-cheers the Trump Organization indictments, jokes he doesn't want to get hurt again

Something happened in a New York court today "that will forever change the course of our nation's history — or not," Stephen Colbert shrugged on Thursday's Late Show. "It's too early to tell." He told his audience he wanted to join in their cheering about the Trump Organization and its chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, being indicted in New York, "but I've been hurt too many times. First I fell in love with the Mueller Report, and then I bounced back with the first impeachment, then I gave love one more chance with the other impeachment, and I just hurt, you know."

Even before the indictment was unsealed Thursday afternoon, "all the experts were saying that these charges, unlike the former president, seemed kind of thin," and then Trump himself wasn't even personally indicted, Colbert said. "Nothing sticks to this guy. I'd call him 'Teflon Don' but I'm pretty sure that coating is deck sealant." Still, he added, "this is a moment of reckoning. It's like the end of the Avengers, when Tony Stark snaps his fingers and destroys Thanos' ... accountant. You gotta work your way up to Thanos — they'll get there."

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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.