This Is It Folks: Trump Can Wage War With No Understanding Of The Consequences

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  • In his first Late Show monologue of 2020, Stephen Colbert breaks down the sequence of events that led to President Trump's strike on Iranian military general Qasem Soleimani. #Monologue #LSSC #Colbert
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  • @kaivickers166
    @kaivickers166 Před 4 lety +857

    So, I am finding that my desire to remain well informed is in direct conflict with my desire to remain sane.

    • @slcRN1971
      @slcRN1971 Před 4 lety +39

      Kai Vickers : sad that this is true. Almost afraid to watch the news here now. Some days, I just have to take a break from all this insanity.

    • @ValerieJNorse
      @ValerieJNorse Před 4 lety +24

      @@slcRN1971 -- That's a wise thing to do. You get too focused on the crazy and it's easy to lose track of what's good about your own life. Breaks help me a lot.

    • @denyze2263
      @denyze2263 Před 4 lety +8

      Kai Vickers ... You are funny.
      I feel the same.

    • @ev4742
      @ev4742 Před 4 lety +34

      The most important thing is to remain POLITICALLY ACTIVE this year. It's not enough just to vote - we have to protest, register people to vote, knock on doors, donate...it's all hands on deck or we are totally and permanently fucked.

    • @rufust.firefly288
      @rufust.firefly288 Před 4 lety +9

      If you lose your sanity, it'll be that much easier to deal with the information!

  • @minski76
    @minski76 Před 4 lety +186

    The generals: "We gave him that option, but we didn't think he'd be stupid enough to pick it!"
    HAVE YOU ALL BEEN IN A COMA FOR THREE YEARS???

    • @azarinevil
      @azarinevil Před 4 lety +11

      They knew, it's not like he got the job yesterday and most of them will get huge jobs at defense contractors for finally starting the war the with Iran. Trump was the idiot they've been hoping for ever since Iran liberated itself from America's puppet dictator.

    • @andersonstevie904
      @andersonstevie904 Před 4 lety +5

      Yeah, that makes no sense that they would give this man options. It's really their fault.

    • @philthayer4087
      @philthayer4087 Před 4 lety +1

      Shouldn’t have fucked with the Embassy.....he’s not ball less obummer.

  • @josipkau8851
    @josipkau8851 Před 4 lety +607

    Not surprised a lot of Americans talking about war like its some kind of a game or normal thing,they never lived in war conditions.I can tell you i wish no human being something like that,ever.

    • @Soulcolector7
      @Soulcolector7 Před 4 lety +15

      That's because The US is a better country than yours even with the craziness, better morals, better economy, better president than most etc.. Truth hurts I know. I'm an immigrant myself who also lived in war conditions and had to fight communist. But now a proud US citizen also US Army Vet , and with this great economy and thanks to God, I was able to get a house with 1.6 acres and a landscape business which I'm running myself. I'm a living proof of the American dream. Is easy to talk shait about the US when that's the only thing you can do.

    • @SC-xi9to
      @SC-xi9to Před 4 lety +45

      @@Soulcolector7 People aren't talking shit about the USA. But are very concerned about it's current leader...

    • @mariog1490
      @mariog1490 Před 4 lety +2

      Oh ur such a good person, let’s just cancel everyone steal money so everything will be ok. I agree Americans, the people who abolished slavery and pay for everyone’s military, they only like war. God I mean, imagine freedom, there fuckin stupid.

    • @dianaagutu6501
      @dianaagutu6501 Před 4 lety +31

      @@Soulcolector7 bruh, he wasn't talking shit. He's really concerned , you could try it sometimes.

    • @NE_Patriots50
      @NE_Patriots50 Před 4 lety +4

      USA the best we never mind our own business we go into other countries and do whatever we want.

  • @VivekAnandJ
    @VivekAnandJ Před 4 lety +85

    I'm always surprised by how glibly Americans dismiss lives of ppl of other countries! 😱😭

    • @EmB61491
      @EmB61491 Před 4 lety +8

      Not all of us!

    • @sambeam2404
      @sambeam2404 Před 4 lety +9

      @Greg_Delta Idiot

    • @dulcieparker7425
      @dulcieparker7425 Před 4 lety +1

      Vivek...they are doing it now,with the Corona virus.Morons! And I'm surrounded by them. It couldn't be any clearer to me now.How crass. How arrogant yet super stupid. The worst kind of arrogance!Any one who sez people are over reacting either don't watch the news, believe any news or are plain simpletons. Their noncompliance or shrugging of the shoulders could cost lives.. the ones of their loved ones. Hey, but as long as they "seem" smart coming up with a hoax idea...so gracious to even include the president as the instigator,as a "he can't b that crazy..he musta planned it all!"Much ezier to do that sittin on the couch, then to stand up n take action!! 3, now 6 feet distance?..Yeah..I wanna distance myself allright.

    • @peforster6725
      @peforster6725 Před 3 lety

      November 9, 2020. Look how Americans care about each other.

  • @BDfarsi
    @BDfarsi Před 4 lety +184

    As a young Iranian student, I'm really tired of this situation. this is no joke. hope it never ends in War! Love from Iran

    • @lilaclizard4504
      @lilaclizard4504 Před 4 lety +34

      Iran/Persian culture is beautiful too, you shouldn't have to even entertain the types of things being discussed right now! It's just insane! My thoughts are with you & wishing you the best! I really hope this madman is dealt with!

    • @shivgrib
      @shivgrib Před 4 lety +26

      I had the pleasure of visiting Iran 15 years ago. I marvelled at the amazing arquitecture, persepolis and the kind people so my blood boils to think that this bufoon and his cronnies could damage this world heritage and potentially cause the death of thousands (of any nationality) . He thinks this is all a game he´s watching on a TV screen.

    • @patricialopez-wd1xe
      @patricialopez-wd1xe Před 4 lety +4

      @@shivgrib
      Can you blame him (Trump). He has so much time to twitter, definitely he thinks killing people is a game after all.

    • @seanm7539
      @seanm7539 Před 4 lety +2

      Shiv Grib pretty much. And Iran does have have some really interesting Architecture

    • @Pazuzu4All
      @Pazuzu4All Před 4 lety +6

      Most Americans are against this bullshit. This is the result of an idiot elected by a broken system sucking up to his overzealous followers so he'll be perceived as "tough." Regardless of our two countries' differences, I don't hold anything against the Iranian people and am sorry things turned out this way.

  • @wanderer0617
    @wanderer0617 Před 4 lety +1540

    Dear Iran, Mar-a-Lago is the most important cultural site in the US.

    • @Soapandwater6
      @Soapandwater6 Před 4 lety +44

      Hahahaha!

    • @4EClark
      @4EClark Před 4 lety +11

      😂😂😂😂😂🙊🙉🙈

    • @Amina2544
      @Amina2544 Před 4 lety +26

      It does seem so. Greetings from Europe.

    • @nhaliii355
      @nhaliii355 Před 4 lety +6

      😂

    • @Hinatch11
      @Hinatch11 Před 4 lety +19

      But please: all the intelligence of the US are there during the week end. So make us a favor we will thank you.

  • @TheHebrewidow
    @TheHebrewidow Před 4 lety +88

    Ppl that never in life had to face consequences, more than likely, think that consequences do not apply to them.

    • @coreypurvis3084
      @coreypurvis3084 Před 4 lety +5

      The Hebrew Widow so true.

    • @burnellbrowne4303
      @burnellbrowne4303 Před 4 lety +1

      thats trump* just don't care anything too deflect from trump* IMPEACHMENT.

    • @kevingarrett8403
      @kevingarrett8403 Před 3 lety +1

      The Hebrew Widow Yes. That’s The Clintons in a nutshell. Good observation.

  • @Anonymous-th2rr
    @Anonymous-th2rr Před 4 lety +83

    I was born at 2003 in Iraq and I don't want to live the events that happened then and sure don't want the older ones to RElive those events

    • @voodoodummie
      @voodoodummie Před 4 lety +2

      I mean, this do seem to be the days to release a whole bunch of remakes of older works

    • @josejose-sw6uf
      @josejose-sw6uf Před 4 lety +1

      Anonymous 1
      America free you from sadam. you better thank GOD JESUS for America

    • @Anonymous-th2rr
      @Anonymous-th2rr Před 4 lety +7

      @@josejose-sw6uf blah blah blah ... BULLSHIT.
      Maybe saved us from Sadam but they didn't do it to "save" us, they did it for the oil in the area and they gave us to Iran which is worse than Sadam.
      So it's bullshit

    • @Anonymous-th2rr
      @Anonymous-th2rr Před 4 lety

      @@mclovin9165 not really.
      If you live in Iraq you'll know that even if you tried to build a house, a home, you'll get threatened AND killed and no one can protect you.

  • @Lopezzz619
    @Lopezzz619 Před 4 lety +322

    I’m so happy Colbert is back! We’ve missed you!!

  • @bionicbezerker1304
    @bionicbezerker1304 Před 4 lety +782

    It hasn’t even been a week and already the world is falling apart.

    • @harrisonofcolorado8886
      @harrisonofcolorado8886 Před 4 lety +21

      I don't think I'll know a day of peace all of 2020

    • @RIXRADvidz
      @RIXRADvidz Před 4 lety +14

      you don't need calendars and New Years for that, it's an ongoing process

    • @iamthepotato4312
      @iamthepotato4312 Před 4 lety +6

      Haha shut up, nothing has fell apart

    • @liamhunt1373
      @liamhunt1373 Před 4 lety +51

      @@iamthepotato4312 australia is on fire, flint still does not have clean water, the president is trying to start a pointless war, authoritarianism is on the rise, the climate is going downhill, the president is going back on many of his promises, the president attempted to interfere in the election, modern medicine is being increasingly questioned. What exacly is going right in your mind?

    • @nunyabizness9594
      @nunyabizness9594 Před 4 lety +34

      @@liamhunt1373 Don't bother! Idiots like him refuse to care or act until shit directly affects them.

  • @genelomas332
    @genelomas332 Před 4 lety +27

    Oh Stephen, we've missed you these last 3 weeks or so..
    Merry Christmas, Happy new year, and thank you for all that you do.

  • @patriciainportland5567
    @patriciainportland5567 Před 4 lety +25

    I just feel like crying. I am so frustrated by all of this hatred and violence!

    • @TheMagicJIZZ
      @TheMagicJIZZ Před 4 lety +2

      Typical woman. Emotional. Lmao war is normal

    • @lrajah1
      @lrajah1 Před 4 lety

      I feel you. This shit is sad. :(

    • @hectorheck1353
      @hectorheck1353 Před 4 lety

      Sorry to hear. I recommend you turn off the TV and turn off the internet. Hatred and violence is what sells so that's what the media will deliver.

  • @aramccrimmon7579
    @aramccrimmon7579 Před 4 lety +716

    Y'all heard about the Roaring 20's, get ready for the Screaming 20's.

    • @ExorcistX999
      @ExorcistX999 Před 4 lety +38

      Sigh...guess I better start preparing for that imminent economic crash

    • @aramccrimmon7579
      @aramccrimmon7579 Před 4 lety +32

      @@ExorcistX999 Time to move out to Antarctica and chill with the penguins...

    • @joshuaherpolsheimer4699
      @joshuaherpolsheimer4699 Před 4 lety +10

      @@aramccrimmon7579 hey at least there would be no property taxes and shit there

    • @runeofaia4465
      @runeofaia4465 Před 4 lety +13

      The Warring 20s.

    • @mikehunt6088
      @mikehunt6088 Před 4 lety

      Meaning what Sara you idiot?

  • @PerovNigma
    @PerovNigma Před 4 lety +174

    What a rough year this week has been...

    • @phniedwn
      @phniedwn Před 4 lety +17

      This so sums up this week perfectly.

    • @beberivera7011
      @beberivera7011 Před 4 lety +2

      #facts

    • @phniedwn
      @phniedwn Před 4 lety +2

      @Cliff Moore True, the top1% are living their best lives.

    • @commonsense9755
      @commonsense9755 Před 4 lety

      @Cliff Moore that is not true. If you are listening

    • @commonsense9755
      @commonsense9755 Před 4 lety

      @@phniedwn not that is not true at all.

  • @aminchelihi5354
    @aminchelihi5354 Před 4 lety +2

    Colbert killed this one. Bravo!!

  • @enverhoxha2698
    @enverhoxha2698 Před 4 lety +62

    People were joking about him declaring war via tweet, so he actually did it

    • @enverhoxha2698
      @enverhoxha2698 Před 4 lety +4

      @Random CZcams Idiot it wasn't a deescalation, Iran already responded. You're delusional if you think this was a deescalation

    • @oldmoney1022
      @oldmoney1022 Před 4 lety +1

      @Random CZcams Idiot Your name suits you well. Iran is not finished yet. By killing that general Trump opened up Pandora's box. Russia and China and Iran are now doing joint navy drills. Ask yourself why that is.
      Let's see how Trump responds when in the next attacks from Iran, Americans are killed. I doubt he will respond with "all is well" when that happens. More likely it's gonna be more "fire and fury" where it will actually happen this time...

    • @brianglenn1838
      @brianglenn1838 Před 4 lety +2

      So you guys really think there will be another war? Too much drama from the Dems, the News and this kind of talkshow that only knows how to make fun of the situation.

    • @HolgerDanske
      @HolgerDanske Před 4 lety

      He declared war? When? In what tweet did he say it?

    • @Itaxok
      @Itaxok Před 4 lety +1

      @@oldmoney1022 Russia's navy? You mean the one with only one aircraft carrier that happens to be broken?

  • @Aotearas
    @Aotearas Před 4 lety +646

    Remember when Trump accuses Obama he'd start a war in the Middle East to get re-elected?

    • @mattjohnston2
      @mattjohnston2 Před 4 lety +22

      Yeah, most of us watched Seth play those clips too.

    • @kandr21400
      @kandr21400 Před 4 lety +43

      Retaliation?????....where was the "retaliation" for the service member, and 2 contractors, killed in a terror attack, in Kenya, 2 days ago? Further proof that Agent Orange Adolf Twittler didn't order that attack on the Iranian General because of some embassy attack.

    • @RedZeshinX
      @RedZeshinX Před 4 lety +41

      @901bluefox Oh god, are you serious? The "embassy was attacked"? That's a funny way of describing an angry protesting rioting mob. List the name of even ONE person who died in this "attack" of yours, I'll be waiting right here. When you're done listing out all the people who died (hint hint, it was ZERO), then explain to me how killing the head of another country's army is the appropriate and proportional response.

    • @Aotearas
      @Aotearas Před 4 lety +31

      First of all, you should be aware that not everyone on the internet is from the US, so you can keep your narrow-minded binary rhetoric to yourself. You won't be able to catalogue my political or ethical baseline in your preciously simple dems vs reps black and white narrative.
      Secondly, the civilized part of the world flips our shit because Trump is a senile egomaniac and a pathological liar that doesn't even understand the limitations of his powers as the POTUS and sidestepping the constitutional checks and his own intelligence apparatus.
      Thirdly, a POTUS is openly and repeatedly threatening with actions that constitute warcrimes, yet the "leftists" are rabid. Sure honey, whatever gets you hard.
      I can only assume you're going to be standing as rigidly at attention when the roll call comes in to send fresh bodies to yet another decades worth of "peace-keeping" operations in the Middle East that the US can't even afford to finance.

    • @hazelmccloy1136
      @hazelmccloy1136 Před 4 lety +13

      @901bluefox and they attacked the embassy because the US bombed various sites in Syria.

  • @ChrissyTippie
    @ChrissyTippie Před 4 lety +671

    New Years 2020: Remaining hopeful
    January 1st: Australia is on fire
    January 2nd: World War 3
    That escalated quickly.

    • @kearstinnekenerson6676
      @kearstinnekenerson6676 Před 4 lety +12

      I know right

    • @tq7821
      @tq7821 Před 4 lety +22

      My personal life 2020 is following pretty much the same path! Shit.

    • @mannycampos6885
      @mannycampos6885 Před 4 lety +5

      January 3: memes about a pluage

    • @is0lat0r86
      @is0lat0r86 Před 4 lety +25

      Australia has actually been on fire since late October last year. It just didn't get major recognition until now.

    • @iamthepotato4312
      @iamthepotato4312 Před 4 lety +5

      There is no world war though and there won't be any time soon, nothing but scare mongering from snowflakes.

  • @Lambda_Ovine
    @Lambda_Ovine Před 4 lety +39

    Never mind that until very recently, Soleimani was literally our ally in the fight against ISIS and that's why he was so beloved by his people, and when he was killed, he was on a peace mission to reduce tensions between Iran and Saudi-Arabia. Also, the same intelligence agencies that claimed that Soleimani was allegedly planning an attack on the US, are the agencies that lied to us at every step of the way during the war in Afghanistan, as we learned on that report by the New York Times a few weeks ago, and no evidence to of the such claims have never been presented to anybody.

    • @Areanyusernamesleft
      @Areanyusernamesleft Před 4 lety +3

      To be honest neither Soliemoni nor Iran were ever US allies, they just happen to have a shared enemy whom they hate at least as much as the USA. Basically Iran and the USA stayed out of each-other's way while fighting ISIS, there wasn't any coordination or formal cooperation beyond that.

    • @celinamilian
      @celinamilian Před 4 lety

      You better male go sit down, u must resent you mama

    • @kev3d
      @kev3d Před 4 lety +2

      A peace mission?

    • @fifty9forty3
      @fifty9forty3 Před 4 lety +1

      We fought with Russia against the Nazis and the long cold war followed including a very tense Cuban Missile Crises in 1962. We fought and destroyed the Germans and Japanese in WW2 and they are our allies today. What point are you making that hasn't been made before?

  • @thesheikhnoor
    @thesheikhnoor Před 4 lety +2

    Missed you so much Mr. Colbert. Hope you had a great holiday season. Thanks for getting back to our lives...

  • @Cypresssina
    @Cypresssina Před 4 lety +70

    Australia: Please send help, shit's getting real! We're desperate!
    Trump: What does this big red button do?

    • @xen0g3n
      @xen0g3n Před 4 lety +10

      Living here in Australia at the moment, it certainly looks and feels like he's already pressed it.

    • @Cypresssina
      @Cypresssina Před 4 lety +5

      @@xen0g3n My hopes are with you. We get fires here but what you're experiencing is like something out of a nightmare. I can't even imagine. You guys are the first prayer I've made in over a year.

    • @philipclayberg4928
      @philipclayberg4928 Před 4 lety +3

      xenOg3n: "Living here in Australia at the moment, it certainly looks and feels like he's already pressed it."
      Maybe Trump wants to make sure that "On the Beach" isn't fiction anymore.

    • @kazumauno
      @kazumauno Před 4 lety +1

      Omg you killed me with that one. No pun intended.

    • @hotterone1127
      @hotterone1127 Před 4 lety +1

      @@philipclayberg4928 "World doesn't end with a bang, but with a whimper". Terrifyingly with what's happening in Australia, with the loss of human and animal life, it's beginning to look like that was a prescient prophecy! Have to hope that it's not so.

  • @Dogboy1092
    @Dogboy1092 Před 4 lety +243

    As an Aussie I love our US friends. Without you coming when we needed you we couldn't survived WWII. However, we followed the USA into Vietnam which was a disaster. We then followed into Afghanistan and that also turned into a long quagmire. And we were also one of the few nations to follow into Iraq to get rid of Saddam, which also just created disaster after disaster. If President Trump creates another unnecessary Middle-Eastern war for his own ego... I hope our leaders pull back from the US alliance until a more stable person becomes president of the USA once more.

    • @jimbobeire
      @jimbobeire Před 4 lety +2

      @Adam Brady Rupert Murdoch wouldn't be happy if Canberra didn't jump when he said jump.

    • @BulletTheEnforcer
      @BulletTheEnforcer Před 4 lety +13

      Don’t you realize that going to war with and bombing the crap out of Iran is the only way to fight the horrific fires ravaging your country? I mean what do you have, common sense?
      If you can’t tell, I’m being sarcastic. I am in no way trying to make light of the issues that are happening in Australia at this time.
      A Shaken American

    • @Dogboy1092
      @Dogboy1092 Před 4 lety +5

      BulletTheEnforcer Hahaha, that is a good one! I actually do appreciate a bit of clever sarcasm :) Thanks for your sentiments regarding our fires. I’m thinking of you all as well. I know you have bigger state/national issues you’d rather fix, than wondering if your president is going to get you involved in another war.

    • @ofdrumsandchords
      @ofdrumsandchords Před 4 lety +6

      NATO members certainly won't go in a war decided by Trump alone on Twitter. I don't know for Australia, but we are not there yet. For the time being, the international community is trying to cool things down, and Trump won't have congress approval. And Soleimani fought Daesh so I have a hard time understanding Trump's logic. His asked his counsellors : Can we go at war without releasing too much CO2 ? Yes, mr president, if we use nuclear weapons, absolutly !

    • @chaoticlife311
      @chaoticlife311 Před 4 lety +2

      aw.. you really poor thing... dont you realise...
      There is no stable person is USA.

  • @nonna_sof5889
    @nonna_sof5889 Před 3 lety +3

    "Hope 2020 in off to a great start." Oh you poor bastard, if only you knew.

  • @gamepapa1211
    @gamepapa1211 Před 4 lety +63

    Wait, so they only put that incredibly risque option just to make the other options look sensible?
    Have, have they not read his Twitter feed for the past four years?! "Sensibility" is not a word he could even SPELL correctly, let alone understood the meaning and application thereof!

    • @couragekarnga8735
      @couragekarnga8735 Před 4 lety +2

      Gods help us! We might be going to war!

    • @gamepapa1211
      @gamepapa1211 Před 4 lety +1

      @@couragekarnga8735 we are not going to war because that would be bad for business. That's one of the good thing of the modern capitalism: far too many people depends on the world being at peace so that they can continue doing business that war is just unappetizing for them.

    • @adwat9592
      @adwat9592 Před 4 lety

      It showed that he really knows more than his Generals cause they could only be idiots

  • @Montesama314
    @Montesama314 Před 4 lety +868

    If he was telling people about the attack days in advance, this undermines the pretext that it was in response to an "imminent threat."

    • @thesprawl2361
      @thesprawl2361 Před 4 lety +57

      He meant 'imminent' in the sense that the universe is infinite, and that if you go far enough every single possible event will happen inevitably. Duh.

    • @ryanpenrod1859
      @ryanpenrod1859 Před 4 lety +9

      Sure does.

    • @elainedaprano9130
      @elainedaprano9130 Před 4 lety +15

      Montesama, you NAILED IT!

    • @arthurjeremypearson
      @arthurjeremypearson Před 4 lety +34

      "imminent" in response to the Iran hostage situation 40+ years ago.

    • @andrewnewman9563
      @andrewnewman9563 Před 4 lety +21

      Or the fact that he was presented with "options". An imminent attack would not result in having choices to respond.

  • @mandibwl
    @mandibwl Před 4 lety +87

    My mental health isn’t the same when Colbert is on vacation. So glad he’s back.

  • @destinycircle8192
    @destinycircle8192 Před 4 lety +83

    Note to Generals: never put the option you don't want him to pick on the list of options to pick.

    • @homersimpson9352
      @homersimpson9352 Před 4 lety +4

      @Snork Town That's the most brain dead way of looking at it. We can have stupid culture and law. At the end of day you want to make the RIGHT decision. Was it a good idea to have given him the option?. Of course fucking not.

    • @couragekarnga8735
      @couragekarnga8735 Před 4 lety

      To understand Trump, just do what you know he would hate.

    • @destinycircle8192
      @destinycircle8192 Před 4 lety +1

      @Snork Town no, it would not be treason. "Treason" is working for the enemy. Not killing someone because it would cause way worse problems than it would solve is not working for the enemy, it's being smart. Giving Israeli intelligence to Russia is way closer to treason.

    • @DemocracyUS
      @DemocracyUS Před 4 lety

      Those generals that worked with him need to be held accountable by Congress. None of this makes sense and they are required to make sense!

    • @DemocracyUS
      @DemocracyUS Před 4 lety

      @Evil Rev That's a pretty evil comment, Evil. They don't hate pre-US 15th century "America" but they are dedicated to the post "American" RIGHTS and LAWS as instituted by the founding fathers just like every other true patriot. The senate circumvents this as does the president. If you are in the US,. you need to get onboard.

  • @raptor1-238
    @raptor1-238 Před 4 lety +113

    I can see trump closing his eyes and picking an option by saying inee miney moe

    • @amandeepv
      @amandeepv Před 4 lety

      raptor 1-2 don’t talk rubbish this doesn’t even compare

    • @YukiPyro
      @YukiPyro Před 4 lety +3

      Same thing Obama did when He invaded Libya and Syria?? Are you Democrats only in favor of war when its your side pulling thr trigger?

    • @kathleenmckeon9926
      @kathleenmckeon9926 Před 4 lety +2

      Where have you been, that was already done for 16 years. Bushy and Obama blew up the middle east. There will be no war with this administration.

    • @jeffreybeaumont5499
      @jeffreybeaumont5499 Před 4 lety

      You see what you've been conditioned to see. It's you who have your eyes closed. You don't even pick an option. Your options are decided for you.

    • @iamthebeatmaster
      @iamthebeatmaster Před 4 lety +1

      TDS much?

  • @YusufGinnah
    @YusufGinnah Před 4 lety +238

    I missed that:
    'Dot, dot, dot, dot, dot... "
    🤣😂👍🏼

    • @AngelOfMusic20
      @AngelOfMusic20 Před 4 lety +2

      I literally say this out loud now

    • @alfanydiaz8095
      @alfanydiaz8095 Před 4 lety

      Hang on, dot dot dot dot 😂😂😂

    • @yackama504
      @yackama504 Před 4 lety

      I can't help laughing, every time he says it! Missed you Stephen and all!!!

    • @robertcartier5088
      @robertcartier5088 Před 4 lety

      I love how you put dots at the end! lol

    • @igorschmidlapp6987
      @igorschmidlapp6987 Před 4 lety +1

      That's my "new text message" tone on my phone... ;-)

  • @WhiteFangofWar
    @WhiteFangofWar Před 4 lety +283

    Let it forever be known as 'the Impeachment War'.
    Because that's what it is.

    • @danielporter4568
      @danielporter4568 Před 4 lety +6

      Lol impeachment means nothing, do you not understand how it works? The democrats were never getting the votes in the Senate. Stop being delusional

    • @nmd33
      @nmd33 Před 4 lety +12

      @@danielporter4568 they're not the delusional ones here :)

    • @stephanweinberger
      @stephanweinberger Před 4 lety +9

      @@danielporter4568 he *is* impeached. The senate only votes if the impeachment should result in removal from office.

    • @face2wake
      @face2wake Před 4 lety +2

      @@stephanweinberger And therefore it means nothing. Maybe try alleging a crime next time?

    • @merlinofavalon5636
      @merlinofavalon5636 Před 4 lety +6

      @@face2wake Withholding aid to get dirt on a rival is illegal. And that's just one of thousands of examples. So is using taxpayer money to golf at his own courses, and holding meetings of state at his for-profit resort.

  • @GlenMacDonald
    @GlenMacDonald Před 4 lety +192

    Trump is so desperate to deflect from impeachment hearings he's willing to risk World War 3.

    • @lowkey3820
      @lowkey3820 Před 4 lety +12

      I'm confused? How would world war 3 break from this? You must not know what started ww1 or ww2. because Iran alone is hardly a threat to a world war. Let alone the reason another world war never happened after ww2 is because now the top 3 most powerful nation's United States of America-russia-china in that order all have nukes along with a few other small nation's. Iran is like bugs to the American military more annoying than anything. If the United States said fuck it we could shut all that shit down in a week without even using a nuke. But innocent people would die and of course we as a nation wanna try to minimize that. PS I don't like Trump not defending him just saying ww3 will not happen because of weak ass Iran they are running around with weapons the United States bought them.

    • @grlbl
      @grlbl Před 4 lety +11

      lowkey An assassination started WWI.

    • @fadedpajamas
      @fadedpajamas Před 4 lety +9

      @@lowkey3820 b r u h. The great war started because of one assassination, as the world was in crisis at the time, and people were angry. I'm sure you see that the lessons of the past, if not learnt, will bring us back full circle to similar times, with deadlier weapons. I know that the US defence forces, especially USAF, is strong, but there will be no war in these times without civilian casualties, and with nuclear weapons in abundance, the number of civilian casualties can bring us to extinction in the worst case scenario. The least that can happen if things escalate is that American economy, already indebted to the world bank more than the whole of EU, can crash, and dollar supremacy can crash the already stumbling global economy for at least a few year. People aren't investing enough, as they no longer trust their governments, and money used up in war leaves countries cash strapped for infrastructure development, healthcare and education.
      Tl,Dr;
      Peace time means good time, war time means bad time.

    • @xxCrimsonSpiritxx
      @xxCrimsonSpiritxx Před 4 lety +7

      Thats why iran need to chill and the us needs to kick this orange joker out of the office asap

    • @xxCrimsonSpiritxx
      @xxCrimsonSpiritxx Před 4 lety +9

      @@lowkey3820 here is another delusional american, come here kid let us explain why you're confused, iran is allied to russia and china, two of those countries are bound to enter war against anyone (and I mean ANYONE) that goes to war with any of these countries, this is called protection pack deal, if the us declares war on iran, it is by default accepting to declare war on russia and china, thus nato is bound by protection pack with america, so you see here; this is what a world war is, the world, at war
      WW1 started because of a student that assasinated a political leading figure, dont underestimate assasinations and their capabilites to start wars

  • @Awkwardtunity
    @Awkwardtunity Před 4 lety +26

    How the hell can drump threaten war with a country and not get banned from Twitter?!?!?

    • @pamelacass9642
      @pamelacass9642 Před 4 lety +1

      Look how many years it took to get rid of Alex Jones after his vile words about Sandy Hook. And who's to say Alex isnt back on Twitter, just under another name?
      Twitter claims that the President's tweets are "newsworthy". Are they? He's certainly running the country with them. He's getting very little other work done if he has to go to the potty everytime to announce new sh#t all the time.

    • @celinamilian
      @celinamilian Před 4 lety +1

      You officially have no common sense

    • @reesetorwad8346
      @reesetorwad8346 Před 4 lety +1

      Because Twitter is a major part of the problem. From the beginning.

    • @celinamilian
      @celinamilian Před 4 lety

      @@pamelacass9642 Itvmames you feel bad but it doesn't change your outcomes

    • @hectorheck1353
      @hectorheck1353 Před 4 lety

      @@pamelacass9642 Because the anti-Trump noise in the media is so loud, Trump smartly uses Twitter to get his messages out. You have something against free speech?

  • @Kelz_X
    @Kelz_X Před 4 lety +69

    So glad you’re back Colbert. I haven’t laughed since 2019. You’ve been missed

  • @DhavalShukla
    @DhavalShukla Před 4 lety +156

    Came here for jokes, realising the seriousness of the moment, left with depression. Lol

    • @Trollmaster08
      @Trollmaster08 Před 4 lety +2

      Try Saturday night live next..

    • @DhavalShukla
      @DhavalShukla Před 4 lety

      @@Trollmaster08 I love it. I have to catch up on it. Last I watched Will Ferrell host it.

    • @shanefiddle
      @shanefiddle Před 4 lety +5

      I understand your sadness, but depression is not the way. Time to get serious. We have a terrorist in power in our country, and unless we rise up and imprison him, the next Hitler will start the next world war to get more power.

    • @DhavalShukla
      @DhavalShukla Před 4 lety +5

      @@shanefiddle I think it's late. If you see everywhere is unrest. In some ways or other there's already people against people. Weapons and mass products of destruction, nature being destroyed. We can say no to hate, but it's hard enough to stop. Hatred breeds unrest and unrest leads to insecurities, and insecurities leads to retaliation.

    • @IdleWorker
      @IdleWorker Před 4 lety +3

      Its been like this for 4 years.

  • @viddork
    @viddork Před 4 lety +26

    I'm a bit confused. How can someone be "caught ... in the act" of an "imminent threat"?
    Then again, this is Trump talking, so I guess confusion is an appropriate response.

  • @johndoe-uz2kc
    @johndoe-uz2kc Před 4 lety

    was waiting diligently to see Steve upload something about this, wasn't disappointed 👍

  • @sheenak3733
    @sheenak3733 Před 4 lety +276

    You Know Trump never heard of suleiemani before that recent meeting with the generals.

    • @justsaying3729
      @justsaying3729 Před 4 lety +12

      SAD, Isn't it? Please American Allies.....stay away. Let the Moron fix it by himself with Pompeo & Moscow Mitch.

    • @satoshi1137
      @satoshi1137 Před 4 lety +12

      @Big Ern Dog I don't think those missing limbs he lost them while defending Texas or NY or California. He was somewhere in the desert (spoiler - not Nevada). Were those roadside bombs on the 5th Ave? What was your esteemed hero doing with a weapon in country's roads? Hunting deer?

    • @lokwa2149
      @lokwa2149 Před 4 lety +5

      Of course he knew. You didn't. Stop being intentionally stupid.

    • @bnap3221
      @bnap3221 Před 4 lety +4

      Sheena345 M If you had even the most basic understanding of the administration of the nation you would know that he obviously knew who Soleimani was since before.

    • @lizardog
      @lizardog Před 4 lety +5

      @@bnap3221 fake news.

  • @lemonielala3080
    @lemonielala3080 Před 4 lety +250

    It just at this point feels like I can't even laugh about any of it anymore

    • @bengal4047
      @bengal4047 Před 4 lety +24

      At this point, at least in my social circles, it's laugh about it and meme it because the only other option is sobbing in fear

    • @darius3696
      @darius3696 Před 4 lety +12

      I'm with you

    • @SandyKay65
      @SandyKay65 Před 4 lety +5

      Agreed!

    • @swandivemedia9249
      @swandivemedia9249 Před 4 lety +5

      yeah, Colbert hasnt been funny since the Colbert Report.

    • @suecastillo4056
      @suecastillo4056 Před 4 lety +4

      Totally off topic... Lemonie Lala is a most adorable name!!!😘

  • @lypscratch
    @lypscratch Před 4 lety

    Beautiful monolog! Thanks you!!

  • @hodatara5464
    @hodatara5464 Před 4 lety +1

    Well said

  • @alexiswinter6948
    @alexiswinter6948 Před 4 lety +134

    They gave a psychopath a list of options that included killing the target, and they're surprised the psychopath picked that option.

    • @FutureCommentary1
      @FutureCommentary1 Před 4 lety +1

      Exactly!
      7:45

    • @stylis666
      @stylis666 Před 4 lety +6

      @Christopher Manella Even if you're trolling, you're encouraging psychopathy with a deadly potential war with thousand of dead and wounded as a result. Get help.

    • @aliasmcalias3557
      @aliasmcalias3557 Před 4 lety +3

      @Christopher Manella sounds like your the one sucking it all up.
      big daddy orange man makes you feel all safe and fuzzy inside.
      feelings over facts eh?

    • @RelevantRamblers
      @RelevantRamblers Před 4 lety

      @@stylis666 Youd rather our military men have been slaughtered? We took out a threat. Thank goodness we have a president that will actually act on these threats. The rest of you cowards can go kiss ass to the Iranians all you want.

    • @jebes909090
      @jebes909090 Před 4 lety

      Literally every president ever. Stop your whining .

  • @aria_chatt
    @aria_chatt Před 4 lety +530

    I love old, out of harm’s way men, sending millions of young men with lives ahead of them to die on foreign soil, seemingly just because.

    • @KCohere33
      @KCohere33 Před 4 lety +16

      Men and women

    • @azuman7
      @azuman7 Před 4 lety +6

      That's what I keep thinking. The people pushing for this don't have to die for this. Other faceless people will. This is where "Ok Boomer" come from.

    • @TeamLegacyFTW
      @TeamLegacyFTW Před 4 lety +5

      The fact that wars have "rules" and weapons deemed illegal to use, is proof that it's like a game of chess to them, and we are the pawns.

    • @TeamLegacyFTW
      @TeamLegacyFTW Před 4 lety +17

      Put them in a room with a knife and let them 1v1. Save millions of lives, money, and time👍

    • @MrAapasuo
      @MrAapasuo Před 4 lety +3

      @@TeamLegacyFTW
      Those rules in war were an attempt to lower the casualties in war, generally.
      But like so many other things they got twisted and turned in time

  • @shukria485
    @shukria485 Před 4 lety +2

    Trump: All is well...
    US troop:brain injuries😂

  • @lafamilia6155
    @lafamilia6155 Před 4 lety +74

    kids these generation gonna have fun in history class lol

  • @nunogomes5705
    @nunogomes5705 Před 4 lety +556

    They got money for wars, but can't feed the poor
    2Pac ✌🏾♥️

    • @nightmaresandterrorstheate5185
      @nightmaresandterrorstheate5185 Před 4 lety +4

      Ca house and feed illegal immigrants. Free medical too. You can't see the libtard agenda?

    • @zackattack6371
      @zackattack6371 Před 4 lety +39

      Tim Stanton ah, it’s almost like they are people and aren’t just seen as “illegal immigrants”. It’s almost like they believe in help thy neighbor as thyself. You are such a sheep to trump it’s stupid

    • @superdiver.
      @superdiver. Před 4 lety +4

      Don’t worry tax payers have everyone covered including illegals and their US citizen children.

    • @HEATER_
      @HEATER_ Před 4 lety +3

      After Obama gave them the money we bombed their banks.

    • @priyamd4759
      @priyamd4759 Před 4 lety +1

      That would be against Capitalism, right?

  • @charlie5115
    @charlie5115 Před 4 lety +23

    Colbert is pretty much the only thing keeping me sane right now

    • @paulcunnane4
      @paulcunnane4 Před 4 lety +1

      Wow you really ate pathetic.

    • @charlie5115
      @charlie5115 Před 4 lety +1

      Paul Cunnane and Jozef Zadel: At least I can f*cking spell😉

  • @Kathleen398
    @Kathleen398 Před 4 lety

    Love your shows❤️

  • @jonhunt5408
    @jonhunt5408 Před 4 lety +10

    Remember the Halcyon days when the worst thing a president could do was wear a brown suit, ask for Dijon mustard, and want everyone to have affordable health care?

  • @AdamTait-hy2qh
    @AdamTait-hy2qh Před 4 lety +45

    Hi USA this is Australia - ermmm count us out of this war. We have been the ONLY nation to fight with you in EVERY. SINGLE. war since WWI (I think from before actually). But ya know - our country is on fire and we don't really want to get into another.........."Just War"....with you again.
    Thanks tho. Anyhow, better go back out and put the shed out. It is on fire again.

    • @madelineschultz4968
      @madelineschultz4968 Před 4 lety +7

      Eco, so deeply sorry for your national tragedy. .. It is frightening to me to think about what you are all suffering. God be with you all.

    • @msmithmitchell1604
      @msmithmitchell1604 Před 4 lety +10

      Good luck with your shed and your home.
      And we respect your decision to sit this out. No one should join a group with a clown in charge. Wish I could change countries right now.

    • @stoodmuffinpersonal3144
      @stoodmuffinpersonal3144 Před 4 lety +4

      You know what? I am sure they will get it, you're busy.
      I just hope us Canadians decide to help out YOU before we go to war with THEM 😅
      But in all seriousness, I hope you're okay and they can do something to at least make those fires less severe, at LEAST. And evacuate everyone. 💖

    • @MisteRRYouTuby
      @MisteRRYouTuby Před 4 lety +6

      Worry not about us. If anything, we need to help YOU. NOW.

    • @rogerthat5459
      @rogerthat5459 Před 4 lety +2

      We sent our firefighters to help you! It's horrible what's happening to you.

  • @edmbkn5258
    @edmbkn5258 Před 4 lety +1105

    I feel pity for American soldiers, and equally for their targets.

    • @mghazi5197
      @mghazi5197 Před 4 lety +101

      ya, pure unjustified death just because of some crazy polticians who have no respect for human life

    • @waladoopa2667
      @waladoopa2667 Před 4 lety +27

      can troops not go on a strike?

    • @Comradenby
      @Comradenby Před 4 lety +14

      @@waladoopa2667 there are laws that force them to I think.. if those are the orders.

    •  Před 4 lety +33

      Nathaniel Miller you’re an idiot

    • @tastytherrien5106
      @tastytherrien5106 Před 4 lety +8

      @@nathanielmiller907 can you elaborate on the "alot" going into this?

  • @witchypoorose5196
    @witchypoorose5196 Před 4 lety +1

    HYSTERICAL!!
    I REALLY needed this.
    😆😊

  • @LookingGlass24
    @LookingGlass24 Před 4 lety

    Stephen is back, baby! I’ve missed this guy & his inimitable entourage!

  • @Broducts
    @Broducts Před 4 lety +364

    If this becomes a war can we just give Trump to them and say "no need to return it"

    • @otsonoma
      @otsonoma Před 4 lety +31

      Great plan. Where is the petition?

    • @dr.gregorious9336
      @dr.gregorious9336 Před 4 lety +14

      Broduts Wtf are your videos man? ...🤮👍

    • @jojijoestar7950
      @jojijoestar7950 Před 4 lety +15

      Lets just tell trump that its an award ceremony

    • @turtl3648
      @turtl3648 Před 4 lety +9

      @@dr.gregorious9336 looks like some old school youtube? 😃 Kinda cheers me up actually

    • @otsonoma
      @otsonoma Před 4 lety +2

      @@jojijoestar7950 yeah or kfc

  • @yournanna866
    @yournanna866 Před 4 lety +104

    If any questioned why we died
    Tell them, because our fathers lied
    Kipling

    • @geekdivaherself
      @geekdivaherself Před 4 lety

      Wow. The full 1919 poem, after WWI:
      www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57409/epitaphs-of-the-war
      That section is the "Common Form" and it absolutely is. There are good notes that discuss certain sections at:
      www.kiplingsociety.co.uk/rg_epitaphs1.htm
      On the poet:
      www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/rudyard-kipling

    • @edwardmiessner6502
      @edwardmiessner6502 Před 4 lety +1

      If anyone questions how we died
      Tell them that our leaders lied
      Sold us out by the riverside
      Whose side are you on
      -Chumbawamba

    • @maivaiva1412
      @maivaiva1412 Před 4 lety +1

      A DEAD STATESMAN:
      I could not dig: I dared not rob:
      Therefore I lied to please the mob.

  • @vibratingstring
    @vibratingstring Před 4 lety +5

    I lost it laughing when he brought Jenny Jenny who can I turn to into this!

  • @nokiahmotorz01
    @nokiahmotorz01 Před 4 lety +1

    Not on topic but I love seeing how much fun Stephen seems to have with this show

  • @michaelvout7813
    @michaelvout7813 Před 4 lety +29

    The UK ( with all of its issues and failings) looks on and despairs. A once great nation brought to this. My heart goes out to America.

    • @Soapandwater6
      @Soapandwater6 Před 4 lety +7

      Thanks. We despair with you.

    • @marionpaige8949
      @marionpaige8949 Před 4 lety +1

      Still feels pretty great over here. Keep your despair my friend. The sun will rise again tomorrow

    • @lizardog
      @lizardog Před 4 lety +8

      @@marionpaige8949 you must be one of the 1% whose children aren't in danger of being drafted into a war started by a guilty fake president.

    • @marionpaige8949
      @marionpaige8949 Před 4 lety

      Connie Bailey Dramaticism and hysteria solves zilch. And no, the 1% doesn’t spend their days in CZcams comment sections

  • @GeekBearReporter
    @GeekBearReporter Před 4 lety +99

    "Dot Dot Dot Dot Dot Dot"......it's so hilarious when Steve does this XD

  • @reesetorwad8346
    @reesetorwad8346 Před 4 lety +36

    "Very" "stable" "genius."

    • @anitagorr2106
      @anitagorr2106 Před 4 lety

      Your in denial., or just as stupid as Trump if you associate those words with Trump because he lacks all.

    • @cummingonyourface
      @cummingonyourface Před 4 lety

      @@anitagorr2106 16 missiles from Iran - 0 casualties, seems Iran wanted to maintain their powerful imagine without provoking the mighty States because everyone in the world knows they'd be deleted from existence. Iran warned the US and the word was given to evacuate all buildings targeted. Trump's not as dumb as you think, the media makes him out to be a moron

    • @stasiaspade1169
      @stasiaspade1169 Před 4 lety

      The stable is where they keep the horses ass.

  • @amandaschmidt9528
    @amandaschmidt9528 Před 4 lety +1

    The Ted Bundy comparison is soooo accurate 😂😂😂

  • @Ottts22
    @Ottts22 Před 4 lety +102

    Oh I am so glad that Stephen is back, needed a laugh to cheer up these gloomy times,
    greetings and thanks from Germany

    • @mortuos557
      @mortuos557 Před 4 lety +2

      Dass die Amis ihre Drohnen über Ramstein steuern, wird echt unbequem mittlerweile...

    • @user-uh9sf5sg3n
      @user-uh9sf5sg3n Před 4 lety +2

      Same here except from Australia

    • @mortuos557
      @mortuos557 Před 4 lety

      @Steffen Tuna that's untrue... How would you have Normandy without Germany? Without German help that would've never happened...

  • @TheCrispAlien
    @TheCrispAlien Před 4 lety +252

    "It's worth remembering that Hitler was actually an incompetent, lazy egomaniac and his government was an absolute clown show.
    In fact, this may even have helped his rise to power, as he was consistently underestimated by the German elite. Before he became chancellor, many of his opponents had dismissed him as a joke for his crude speeches and tacky rallies. Even after elections had made the Nazis the largest party in the Reichstag, people still kept thinking that Hitler was an easy mark, a blustering idiot who could easily be controlled by smart people.
    Why did the elites of Germany so consistently underestimate Hitler? Possibly because they weren't actually wrong in their assessment of his competency-they just failed to realise that this wasn't enough to stand in the way of his ambition. As it would turn out, Hitler was really bad at running a government. As his own press chief Otto Dietrich later wrote in his memoir The Hitler I Knew, "In the twelve years of his rule in Germany Hitler produced the biggest confusion in government that has ever existed in a civilized state."
    His government was constantly in chaos, with officials having no idea what he wanted them to do, and nobody was entirely clear who was actually in charge of what. He procrastinated wildly when asked to make difficult decisions, and would often end up relying on gut feeling, leaving even close allies in the dark about his plans. His "unreliability had those who worked with him pulling out their hair," as his confidant Ernst Hanfstaengl later wrote in his memoir Zwischen Weißem und Braunem Haus. This meant that rather than carrying out the duties of state, they spent most of their time in-fighting and back-stabbing each other in an attempt to either win his approval or avoid his attention altogether, depending on what mood he was in that day.
    There's a bit of an argument among historians about whether this was a deliberate ploy on Hitler's part to get his own way, or whether he was just really, really bad at being in charge of stuff. Dietrich himself came down on the side of it being a cunning tactic to sow division and chaos-and it's undeniable that he was very effective at that. But when you look at Hitler's personal habits, it's hard to shake the feeling that it was just a natural result of putting a workshy narcissist in charge of a country.
    Hitler was incredibly lazy. According to his aide Fritz Wiedemann, even when he was in Berlin he wouldn't get out of bed until after 11 a.m., and wouldn't do much before lunch other than read what the newspapers had to say about him, the press cuttings being dutifully delivered to him by Dietrich.
    He was obsessed with the media and celebrity, and often seems to have viewed himself through that lens. He once described himself as "the greatest actor in Europe," and wrote to a friend, "I believe my life is the greatest novel in world history." In many of his personal habits he came across as strange or even childish-he would have regular naps during the day, he would bite his fingernails at the dinner table, and he had a remarkably sweet tooth that led him to eat "prodigious amounts of cake" and "put so many lumps of sugar in his cup that there was hardly any room for the tea."
    He was deeply insecure about his own lack of knowledge, preferring to either ignore information that contradicted his preconceptions, or to lash out at the expertise of others. He hated being laughed at, but enjoyed it when other people were the butt of the joke (he would perform mocking impressions of people he disliked). But he also craved the approval of those he disdained, and his mood would quickly improve if a newspaper wrote something complimentary about him.
    Little of this was especially secret or unknown at the time. It's why so many people failed to take Hitler seriously until it was too late, dismissing him as merely a "half-mad rascal" or a "man with a beery vocal organ." In a sense, they weren't wrong. In another, much more important sense, they were as wrong as it's possible to get.
    Hitler's personal failings didn't stop him having an uncanny instinct for political rhetoric that would gain mass appeal, and it turns out you don't actually need to have a particularly competent or functional government to do terrible things.
    We tend to assume that when something awful happens there must have been some great controlling intelligence behind it. It's understandable: how could things have gone so wrong, we think, if there wasn't an evil genius pulling the strings? The downside of this is that we tend to assume that if we can't immediately spot an evil genius, then we can all chill out a bit because everything will be fine.
    But history suggests that's a mistake, and it's one that we make over and over again. Many of the worst man-made events that ever occurred were not the product of evil geniuses. Instead they were the product of a parade of idiots and lunatics, incoherently flailing their way through events, helped along the way by overconfident people who thought they could control them."
    From HUMANS: A Brief History of How We F*cked It All Up by Tom Phillips

    • @mvictoria888
      @mvictoria888 Před 4 lety +45

      I encourage you to submit this as opinion to publications where it can be more widely read. Really nice summary of an important and misunderstood aspect of this situation. Thank you.

    • @spykefal5266
      @spykefal5266 Před 4 lety +51

      I can't believe that Americans are not able to see the similarity..... but i suppose that's the outcome of a school system that is raising historical and geographical morons......

    • @laurawhitaker1797
      @laurawhitaker1797 Před 4 lety +28

      Thank you for sharing this-a sobering reminder that as we continue to laugh, Trump and the GOP continue to destroy our democracy and the rest of the world along with it. Who is the real buffoon here?

    • @Ottts22
      @Ottts22 Před 4 lety +20

      thank you, really interesting, I didn´t know that and I am German, and it is really really frightening, as you can put in Mr. Trump at any of this passages without difficulty.... is this real information about Mr Hitler or a little Propaganda to open up the eyes of the Trump supporters?

    • @lesliewolfe7643
      @lesliewolfe7643 Před 4 lety +12

      Ok that scared the shit out of me...that is Trump to a T.

  • @shcon
    @shcon Před 4 lety +2

    My wife got me tickets to see Stephen Colbert... this was the one he performed. He did this in one take with no mistakes. What a fucking professional! We had Laura Dern, Larry David, and Ke$ha. Larry David went on for like 30 mins, it was hilarious.

  • @marygibson5509
    @marygibson5509 Před 4 lety +1

    I missed you, Stephen!

  • @jonesfactor9
    @jonesfactor9 Před 4 lety +511

    He was probably told obama chose not to kill him, so he said, “Hold my burger”

    • @jeanetteandersson7152
      @jeanetteandersson7152 Před 4 lety +14

      Jones Factor Bwahaha!!! Almost died choking on my covfefe dude, 🤣🤣🤣☕️⚰️

    • @rylter
      @rylter Před 4 lety +24

      You mean hamberder.

    • @Amina2544
      @Amina2544 Před 4 lety +7

      EPIC! I love this comment! 🎯

    • @johnnorris1615
      @johnnorris1615 Před 4 lety +5

      "and my Mcnuggets"

    • @sheliawright4896
      @sheliawright4896 Před 4 lety +5

      Jones Factor. 👌😂😂😂. "You said Obama or Bush didn't do it."
      Hold my burger. 😂😂 No doubt. Best counter intelligence Trump use. My hero.🎤 drop.😂😂

  • @helenwheels9260
    @helenwheels9260 Před 4 lety +155

    Stephen is back, Baby: and he's on FIRE.

    • @sabre0461
      @sabre0461 Před 4 lety +1

      Actually Australia's on fire, but that's no joke.

    • @stormchaser9753
      @stormchaser9753 Před 4 lety +1

      Where was the outrage after each of obamas drone strikes that took out terrorists?

    • @randybuchert3283
      @randybuchert3283 Před 4 lety

      Wow

    • @randybuchert3283
      @randybuchert3283 Před 4 lety +2

      I don't know why everybody is in a uproar past presidents killed terrorists to,rose mcgowan is siding with Iran saying Iran forgive us 52% of the people are on your side and the rest have disrespected your country,your flag your people and we humbly apologize.I guess Trump's wrong we should let the terrorists keep on killing our soldiers &contractors it's been going on for years and everybody in this comments section is right so I'm so sorry please forgive me I guess you guys have all the answers I guess Trump should have never did the airstrike on salami man. And that way he can kill more of our people and their own people. Iranians that live here are very happy about this, because they know how it is over there. Remember folks past presidents killed Osama bin laden. Why when Trump does this everybody's is in a uproar why

    • @adeleyeomotayo2680
      @adeleyeomotayo2680 Před 4 lety

      Randy Buchert Punctuate you scatterbrained lunatic! Lord, what is the matter with some of you? You just spew without thought, like your messiah.

  • @gemmaz1207
    @gemmaz1207 Před 4 lety +1

    it's so cute and hilarious when Stephen just can't help laughing LOL

  • @Shetasen
    @Shetasen Před 4 lety +5

    Remember when the joke was he was less likely to press the war button?

  • @sindybaires8188
    @sindybaires8188 Před 4 lety +38

    I've missed you like you have no idea!!! 😭🥺🥺🥺😭😭😭😭😭😭

  • @HayTatsuko
    @HayTatsuko Před 4 lety +227

    I love how one of the Trump camp's arguments back in 2016 was that *_Hillary Clinton_* would spark a Middle-Eastern war....
    yet again, Trump transferred his own misbehavior and flaws onto someone else.

    • @ryanbrown4053
      @ryanbrown4053 Před 4 lety +3

      Perhaps, but let's not pretend that it wouldn't have happened anyway.

    • @HayTatsuko
      @HayTatsuko Před 4 lety +21

      @@ryanbrown4053 I've no doubt some sort of conflict was coming -- but I doubt any other leader, of any party, would have been quite so abrasive and horrible about it as Trump has been. Who the hell threatens to destroy cultural sites? That's some ISIS-level behavior, right there. See: Palmyra, Mosul, and many, many other sites of Muslim and Christian import. ( www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/09/150901-isis-destruction-looting-ancient-sites-iraq-syria-archaeology/ )

    • @openyourmind3763
      @openyourmind3763 Před 4 lety +14

      Highly recommend watching Trevor Noah's 7 min clip about the assassination. At 6;15 is a 2011 clip of Trump predicting his own actions. It's unbelievable! czcams.com/video/SXARDOeSDyg/video.html

    • @ryanbrown4053
      @ryanbrown4053 Před 4 lety +2

      @@HayTatsuko why are you linking me proof of ISIS being terrible as if anyone is on the other side of that issue

    • @ol-si4lx
      @ol-si4lx Před 4 lety +2

      @Adam Brady i really dont care about your political views i just hate how you said lol twice in a sentance

  • @Birdbike719
    @Birdbike719 Před 4 lety

    Exactly.

  • @hamzterix
    @hamzterix Před 4 lety

    This was great!

  • @andrewlong7516
    @andrewlong7516 Před 4 lety +20

    Welcome back we needed you!!!!

  • @alessiodelcastillo1613
    @alessiodelcastillo1613 Před 4 lety +273

    BREAKING NEWS: Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump have been diagnosed with Bone Spurs and are unavailable for the impending military draft

    • @brian5o
      @brian5o Před 4 lety +16

      They probably wouldn't have been able to pass the ASVAB Test anyway. They are far from the sharpest knife in the drawer. Had they not been born into money and gifted with a career, they probably couldn't hold down a fast food job.

    • @ellamone9998
      @ellamone9998 Před 4 lety +6

      And Melania just filed a lawsuit agaist Trump for Vaginal bone spurs residual. Taking him to the cleaners to get clean.

    • @alessiodelcastillo1613
      @alessiodelcastillo1613 Před 4 lety +2

      @@ellamone9998 oh shiiiiiiiiiiiiii

    • @alfanydiaz8095
      @alfanydiaz8095 Před 4 lety +2

      True story!!!

    • @marcilk7534
      @marcilk7534 Před 4 lety +3

      They’re too old anyways.

  • @N0tTh3Pr0
    @N0tTh3Pr0 Před 4 lety +8

    Just imagine..... the numbers at 3:10, were the exact launch codes.... Just imagine.😂😂😂😂

  • @siviwepiwemabija614
    @siviwepiwemabija614 Před 4 lety

    Still killin' it

  • @ThyDevilsGhost
    @ThyDevilsGhost Před 4 lety +351

    "This is going to be the greatest war of all wars. Nobody has ever seen a war this great. People tell me all the time this will be the war to end all wars."

    • @albert8203
      @albert8203 Před 4 lety +1

      Yes Amen your right

    • @BrianGay57
      @BrianGay57 Před 4 lety +18

      Please tell me this is sarcasm!

    • @voxelpixel5761
      @voxelpixel5761 Před 4 lety +14

      Just wait few days and he (the impeachment guy) will pronounce these words. Lol. Hope someone will use common sense to stop him.

    • @channonj5780
      @channonj5780 Před 4 lety +3

      You signed up ready to go ? Key board killer.

    • @MrChipBryant
      @MrChipBryant Před 4 lety +2

      They said the exact same thing about the Great War if you know anything about history??

  • @joebroadbeef332
    @joebroadbeef332 Před 4 lety +65

    "And so it begins......"

    • @inkchip7351
      @inkchip7351 Před 4 lety

      Naaaah

    • @inkchip7351
      @inkchip7351 Před 4 lety

      No one wants to go to war with an idiot...I hope dear good Goddess I hope...

    • @bengal4047
      @bengal4047 Před 4 lety

      "The world ends not with a bang, but with a loud WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK?! resounding from all corners of the earth."

  • @petepetersen5418
    @petepetersen5418 Před 4 lety +5

    This is when US citizens need to make proper use of their 2nd amendment and get rid of their tyrannical government... But nah.

    • @RWald8888
      @RWald8888 Před 4 lety

      Agreed! That's what the 2nd ammendment is for, over throw government if need be, right now it need be.

    • @hectorheck1353
      @hectorheck1353 Před 4 lety

      What? Why?

  • @freyaa2694
    @freyaa2694 Před 3 lety +1

    'And vitamin D deficient Shrek' YO I CHOKED ON MY APPLE

  • @tyrant-den884
    @tyrant-den884 Před 4 lety +631

    Hear me out: we arrest him, and then give him to Iran.

    • @Nabs-xd2qr
      @Nabs-xd2qr Před 4 lety +58

      Throw in his entire cabinet and you've got yourself a deal.

    • @butternuggets868
      @butternuggets868 Před 4 lety +11

      But would they want him?

    • @thor-hr9ji
      @thor-hr9ji Před 4 lety +11

      Hear me out: we should never arrest a sitting president and ship him of to hostile countries to be executed because we don’t agree with them politically

    • @pringers3831
      @pringers3831 Před 4 lety +21

      Butternuggets There’s an $80m bounty for him by Iran, they definitely do want him.

    • @thor-hr9ji
      @thor-hr9ji Před 4 lety +3

      markmac Trump has been harder on Russia than are past president

  • @prognosis8768
    @prognosis8768 Před 4 lety +286

    He left out the part about the Iraqi Prime Minister mentioning that the Iranian General was there for talks aimed at reducing tensions....

    • @Victorblud
      @Victorblud Před 4 lety +19

      Only so much bad news at once.

    • @Palestine4Ever169
      @Palestine4Ever169 Před 4 lety +12

      Prog Nosis
      You left the part that his Iranian puppet
      And we kicked him out
      That general is will known terrorist here
      Am iraqi

    • @revealingserendipity9840
      @revealingserendipity9840 Před 4 lety +2

      That's like baiting a deer stand with corn so you can sit there and wait for the deer to come eat and you can watch them chew while you shoot them. The will just stand there and look in your eyes while you pull the trigger.

    • @Noises
      @Noises Před 4 lety +3

      @@revealingserendipity9840 That's like taking your AR-15 to walmart and culling diabetic americans because the only good yank is a corpse.

    • @deborahfreedman333
      @deborahfreedman333 Před 4 lety +5

      Sure, right after giving more funding to Hamas and Hezbollah.

  • @TheAmazingHuman
    @TheAmazingHuman Před 4 lety +1

    @3:07 Trump: Dang! Colbert figured out the launch code numbers I picked!

  • @watusilamfumu4309
    @watusilamfumu4309 Před 4 lety +1

    I live in South Africa but I am still terrified for this war that could commence

    • @hectorheck1353
      @hectorheck1353 Před 4 lety +1

      It won't. You'll be fine. Stop getting your chain yanked by the media.

  • @ricocottrell3017
    @ricocottrell3017 Před 4 lety +96

    "Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand."
    -- Mark Twain

    • @Khalsaakalpurakhkifauj76
      @Khalsaakalpurakhkifauj76 Před 4 lety +4

      Except a big orange shameless pumpkin who is a laughing stock of the whole world

    • @adrianthompson6380
      @adrianthompson6380 Před 4 lety +1

      Just the opposite. Daily Show-style humor makes people feel like they’re doing something meaningful, while still passively accepting government policies.

    • @ittakesallkinds809
      @ittakesallkinds809 Před 4 lety

      Too bad there is no longer anything funny about trump.

    • @ohmyblindman
      @ohmyblindman Před 4 lety

      Yes, in theory.

    • @SpectatorAlius
      @SpectatorAlius Před 4 lety

      @Rico Cottrell It is tempting to believe. But look at how Trump and McConnell get away with murder now matter how much of a laughingstock Trump makes of himself!

  • @Kurzula5150
    @Kurzula5150 Před 4 lety +88

    President Theodore Roosevelt: Speak softly and carry a big stick.
    President Donald J Trump: Shout loudly and pretend you have a bone spur.

    • @allenluce4070
      @allenluce4070 Před 4 lety +4

      Trump pretends to have a big stick but it's obvious he doesn't. Just look at his tiny hands.

    • @Stephen2153
      @Stephen2153 Před 4 lety

      That big stick is going in the democrats on November.

    • @karlwilker579
      @karlwilker579 Před 4 lety +3

      If Teddy saw what his party had become, he would speak very loudly and use a big stick on a certain person.

  • @darkedge8735
    @darkedge8735 Před 4 lety

    And i was looking forward to this year....

    • @hectorheck1353
      @hectorheck1353 Před 4 lety

      Oh man, it's going to be an entertaining year. You won't be disappointed.

    • @darkedge8735
      @darkedge8735 Před 4 lety +1

      @@hectorheck1353 That's what i am afraid of lol

  • @mysterymeat586
    @mysterymeat586 Před 4 lety +6

    Can wage war with no understanding of foreign policy.

    • @danieldickson8591
      @danieldickson8591 Před 4 lety

      Winning war is the part that requires understanding. Any imbecile can wage war.

  • @alessiodelcastillo1613
    @alessiodelcastillo1613 Před 4 lety +222

    Therapist: "So Donald why weren't you able to fight in Vietnam?"
    Trump: "I had bone spurs"
    Therapist: "IS that what you told the officers when they came to your door?"
    Trump: "No"
    Therapist: "What'd you do?"
    Trump: *"I R A N"*

    • @malessandro1974
      @malessandro1974 Před 4 lety +7

      HighburyAFCSoul 😂

    • @RedondoBeach2
      @RedondoBeach2 Před 4 lety +13

      I like presidents without bone spurs.

    • @hkwhopper
      @hkwhopper Před 4 lety +7

      pity he ever stopped running

    • @philipclayberg4928
      @philipclayberg4928 Před 4 lety +6

      He probably ran out of breath after three or four feet and had to stop and rest for several years.

    • @hkwhopper
      @hkwhopper Před 4 lety +5

      @@philipclayberg4928 yeah hard to run with bone spurs I guess

  • @DKT1970
    @DKT1970 Před 4 lety +252

    OPtions on the menu, Trump: "I was elected to lead, not to read"

    • @stylis666
      @stylis666 Před 4 lety +6

      And based on his diet, he could evidently only remember a few words from having heard them in a "restaurant" somewhere.

    • @sanyang66
      @sanyang66 Před 4 lety +10

      Simpsons did it.

    • @sansocie
      @sansocie Před 4 lety

      This wins.

  • @malizee2264
    @malizee2264 Před 4 lety

    Thank god ur back! !!! ♡☆♡☆

  • @juniorcampbell2980
    @juniorcampbell2980 Před 4 lety

    Stephen was on fire with this monologue

  • @mannycampos6885
    @mannycampos6885 Před 4 lety +86

    Damn in the first week the decade Trump did something stupid already.

    • @lemonielala3080
      @lemonielala3080 Před 4 lety +11

      Well to be fair I don't think there has been a week he hasn't done something insane so I guess it was to be expected. The scale of the stupidity surprised me this time though. 🙄

    • @MrManifolder
      @MrManifolder Před 4 lety

      *Bernie 2020! The original anti-war candidate!*
      This is how a real president sounds.
      m.czcams.com/video/GxyXrezEfL0/video.html
      m.czcams.com/video/Ahv4nYd6fLI/video.html

    • @Dan_Ben_Michael
      @Dan_Ben_Michael Před 4 lety +1

      Why should any other decade of his life be any different?

    • @ultimatemanny
      @ultimatemanny Před 4 lety

      So true wth smh

  • @hendrysimione831
    @hendrysimione831 Před 4 lety +187

    Ever get that feeling that this is all a smokescreen to make us look the other way from what's really happening....🤔

    • @alecnolastname4362
      @alecnolastname4362 Před 4 lety +9

      What, you mean that Jeffrey Epstein is back on his private island?
      Or that Extraterrestrials are real?
      Orrr that the wealthiest people In the world run everything and we cant know that?

    • @philipclayberg4928
      @philipclayberg4928 Před 4 lety +5

      Didn't that used to be called "bait and switch"? Or "smoke and mirrors"? Or both, maybe?

    • @lasoniahunter5448
      @lasoniahunter5448 Před 4 lety +4

      Uhh-Huh.😒

    • @hibaahmad1887
      @hibaahmad1887 Před 4 lety +2

      @@alecnolastname4362 I can't find any news about Epstein. Do you have an article I can read?

    • @jnjaganon8226
      @jnjaganon8226 Před 4 lety +3

      Impeachment?

  • @djtan3313
    @djtan3313 Před 4 lety

    Surreal...

  • @ixiahj
    @ixiahj Před 4 lety +14

    This is truely a cursed time line. I'm now curious if Trump picked the most extreme option out of stupidity.

    • @notlikely4468
      @notlikely4468 Před 4 lety +5

      Well....the man is not famous for his impulse control...

    • @gerryc3112
      @gerryc3112 Před 4 lety +6

      "Stupidity"? The Orange Lump has nowhere else to pick from!

    • @coreypurvis3084
      @coreypurvis3084 Před 4 lety

      ixiahj you’re just now curious about his stupidity. Example. “Just grab them by the pu$$y”

  • @whatiwasgoingtosay
    @whatiwasgoingtosay Před 4 lety +325

    “I’m pretty sure that means he comes with sour cream.” Phrasing.

  • @nafisa.t13
    @nafisa.t13 Před 4 lety +145

    I can't even bring myself to laugh at this.

    • @WeedWhacker2010
      @WeedWhacker2010 Před 4 lety +15

      @Twoofer Derper "Twoofer": You're as stupid as your screen-name sounds.

    • @whatsthe411withdruskiwilli6
      @whatsthe411withdruskiwilli6 Před 4 lety +6

      Man the line about a break up and a threesome choice was kinda funny.. but I feel you

    • @alexpaynter5176
      @alexpaynter5176 Před 4 lety

      Nafisa Tabassum I hear ya. I remember when Colbert was funny

    • @LordKnightcon
      @LordKnightcon Před 4 lety +4

      @@alexpaynter5176 I remember when we looked at comedians for laughs and elected officials for the truth instead of the other way around.

    • @arthurjeremypearson
      @arthurjeremypearson Před 4 lety

      I have been stunned in abject horror, unable to enjoy late night talk shows, ever since 2016. This entire administration isn't just a disaster, it's an affront to a human being's sanity.

  • @sasproductions701
    @sasproductions701 Před 4 lety +14

    he did sound like trump, good acting there.

  • @BalancedEarth
    @BalancedEarth Před 4 lety

    Loved the band's reference at the end to Stevie Wonder's "Dont you worry bout a thing"