Stephen Colbert mocked Donald Trump about his plans to build the Great Wall of Mexico, President Obama‘s birthplace, and anti-Muslim comments, but all-in-all the Tuesday night The Late Show interview was a collaborative effort.
Although Colbert didn’t hold back any punches during his monologue, he seemed rather passive during the interview – pitching softball questions at the Republican presidential front-runner.
However, when Trump initially sat down, Colbert thanked him for running for president – telling him if money were speech, Trump would be “a ten billion dollar mouth.”
Colbert’s harshest moment came when he brought up Trump’s long-standing record of questioning President Obama’s place of birth:
I’m going to throw you a big fat meatball for you to hit out of the park right now. Barack Obama: born in the United States? Was he? It’s a meatball. It’s hanging out there.
However, Trump refused to take the bait, responding: “I don’t talk about it any more.”
“That meatball is now being dragged down the steps of the subway by a rat,” Colbert responded. (“That meatball is now being dragged down the steps of the subway by a rat,” referring to a viral video of a New York rat dragging a slice of pizza.)
“I’m not talking about that,” Trump repeated.
Perhaps the best part of the interview came when Colbert told Trump he used to play an “over-the-top conservative character, [but] not as long as you did,” and invited him to play a game called “Colbert or Trump.”
For years I played an over-the-top conservative character – not as long as you did – but for many years. I was looking back at some of the things you have said over the years and sometimes I couldn’t figure out whether you said them or I said them. And so I would like to know if you could help me figure this out….
You can watch the exchange, below:
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