{"id":34628,"date":"2017-05-12T13:31:41","date_gmt":"2017-05-12T20:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=34628"},"modified":"2017-05-12T13:39:09","modified_gmt":"2017-05-12T20:39:09","slug":"trump-makes-a-big-mistake-by-insulting-stephen-colbert-gets-smacked-right-in-the-truthiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=34628","title":{"rendered":"Trump Makes a Big Mistake By Insulting Stephen Colbert. Gets Smacked Right in the Truthiness"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is it about spoiled narcissists that makes them think they can out-snark professional comedians? On Thursday Donald Trump took time off from his Twitter tantrums<\/a><\/strong> to attack Stephen Colbert. Never mind that his presidency is up to its neck in criminal investigations and scandal. Or that serious issues like North Korea, healthcare, tax reform, terrorism, and climate change are pending. A comedian said something that Trump didn’t like and, dammit, that required the immediate attention of the President.<\/p>\n

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So Trump sprung into action with a forthright declaration of principle. It is certain to go down in history with Churchill’s “blood, sweat, and tears,”<\/em> and Kennedy’s “ask what you can do for your country.”<\/em> Trump mustered up all his rhetorical prowess to tell Time Magazine<\/a><\/strong> that:<\/p>\n

“You see a no-talent guy like Colbert. There\u2019s nothing funny about what he says. And what he says is filthy. And you have kids watching. And it only builds up my base. It only helps me, people like him.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Where to begin? Colbert’s millions of fans might disagree with Trump’s assessment of him as a “no-talent guy”<\/em>. And it appears that the only people who don’t think he’s funny are Trump and his cadre of glassy-eyed disciples. And if Trump really believes that people like Colbert are helping him, then why is he complaining? Shouldn’t he be encouraging more of what Colbert does so that he can get more of the benefit from it.<\/p>\n

As for the filthiness of Colbert’s material, that complaint is cute coming from the pussy-grabber-in-chief. Not to mention that Trump is notorious for his own affinity for profanity. Who can forget when he told American business<\/a><\/strong> that they could “go f*ck themselves”<\/em>? Or when he promised to “bomb the sh*t”<\/em> out of ISIS? He wasn’t deterred by the fact that there were children in the audience.<\/p>\n

Speaking of which, what kind of parent is Trump? He seems to think that America’s children are awake at 11:30pm watching television? Just because he watches TV constantly and behaves like a child doesn’t mean that actual children are staying up to catch Colbert. Most parents don’t let their kids stay up that late. But then again, most kids don’t act so immaturely. To be fair, Trump has to watch TV a lot, especially Fox News. That’s where he gets all of his policy ideas from.<\/p>\n

But if you think Trump was through, you don’t know Trump. He continued his rant to further disparage Colbert and, of course, to exalt himself:<\/p>\n

“The guy was dying, by the way. They were going to take him off television. Then he started attacking me and he started doing better. But his show was dying. I\u2019ve done his show. But when I did his show, which by the way was very highly rated. It was high – highest rating. The highest rating he\u2019s ever had.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Huh? Trump just made the argument that Colbert wasn’t successful until the show starting attacking him. That’s evidence that America’s TV viewers were just waiting for someone to bash Trump. And when Colbert began doing so they rewarded him by becoming loyal viewers. Is that really the point Trump wants to make?<\/p>\n

As for Trump’s claims about the ratings, he is just adding to his many previous bouts with delusion. There weren’t thousands of Muslims celebrating 9\/11 in New Jersey. His inauguration didn’t have the largest attendance in history. And his appearance on The Late Show<\/em> was not its highest rated show. In fact, as Colbert pointed out, a program with Jeb Bush as the featured guest rated higher. So did the premiere.<\/p>\n

What all of this leads up to is Thursday night’s show where Colbert responded to Trump’s vacation from reality. And it was delicious. Colbert began by noting that Trump had addressed “the most important issue to him: this show.”<\/em> Colbert’s reaction to being personally called out by the President was “YAY!”<\/em> He regarded it as proof that he had won by finally getting Trump to say his name. And then he spoke directly to the President:<\/p>\n

“Making jokes about you has been good for my ratings. It’s almost as if the majority of Americans didn’t want you to be president. […] You know who’s got really bad ratings these days? You do. Terrible approval numbers. I hear they’re thinking about switching your time slot with Mike Pence. And since all of my success is the result of talking about you, if you really want to take me down there’s an obvious way. Resign.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Watch the segment here. But don’t laugh. He’s a no-talent guy who isn’t funny.<\/strong>
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