Stephen Colbert referred to as out Donald Trump after a portion of the White Home’s historic East Wing was demolished as a part of the president’s ballroom undertaking.
The comic addressed the demolition on the presidential residence throughout Tuesday’s monologue on “The Late Present With Stephen Colbert,” the place he blasted Trump for mendacity concerning the extent of the development plan.
“You assume it will be inconceivable for us to be shocked by Donald Trump. However give the person credit score, sometimes he takes the time to connect the electrodes to our nipples after which it seems like the primary time,” Colbert sounded off. “Working example, yesterday, as a part of his White Home ballroom undertaking, he despatched out a backhoe to tear off a bit of the East Wing.”
After Colbert joked that Trump wouldn’t get his “safety deposit again,” the late evening host referred to as the development replace “so deeply unsettling.”
“We’re simply 9 months into Trump’s time period and he’s going Hulk smash on the White Home,” he continued. “Final time, it took him a minimum of 4 years to carry a demo crew to the Capitol.”
As he went on, Colbert reminded these tuning in that Trump “particularly promised his ballroom building wouldn’t contact the present White Home.”
“So, that was a lie,” he added. “At this level, ought to we even imagine that that is going to finish up being a ballroom? It may simply as simply find yourself being a mix Pizza Hut, Taco Bell.”
Colbert prompt the Trump administration knew how dangerous the demo regarded, because the Treasury Division — which neighbors the East Wing — instructed their workers to not share photographs of the development.
“Not usually one thing you instruct once you’re pleased with what’s happening,” Colbert mentioned. “Hey guys, keep in mind no photographs at my marriage ceremony. And it’s not as a result of I’m marrying a physique pillow of Mariah Carey.”
The White Home has already responded to criticism of Trump’s ballroom undertaking, calling the backlash “manufactured outrage” in an announcement Tuesday.
Watch Colbert’s full monologue above.
“The Late Present With Stephen Colbert” airs weeknights at 11:35 p.m. ET on CBS.
