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During a candid discussion with fellow “The Daily Show” alum John Oliver on Saturday, Stephen Colbert expressed “why we are most screwed” by a Donald Trump-run White House.
“Everyone tried to stop Trump except the people he is going to appoint, they tried to stop Trump and they didn’t. He owes them nothing,” said the CBS “Late Show” host.
“That’s what scares me,” added Colbert during a chat at a fundraiser for the Montclair Film Festival in New Jersey (via People). “He owes the checks and balances of Washington nothing. Because they tried to stop him and they couldn’t. And he’s a vindictive person. Merry Christmas.”
Colbert also revealed during his chat with the host of HBO’s “Last Week Tonight” that several of his audience members were crying on election night when he hosted a television special in honor of the occasion.
“That show was the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my entire life,” he said. “My audience was sobbing openly.”
Colbert called Trump’s rhetoric on the campaign trail as being “horrifying,” explaining that is why it is difficult to give him some rope and a chance to lead.
Both hosts discussed their role in emphasizing that Trump’s presidency “is not normal.” Colbert also blamed “fake news” as part of the reason why Hillary Clinton was ultimately defeated.
“You have to keep remembering that this is an abnormal version of what we’ve been through before,” said Oliver.
Colbert added: “We haven’t anything to compare it to. We haven’t flirted with strongmen before.”
Here's Every Time Alec Baldwin Was Donald Trump on SNL This Season (Videos)
"SNL" held off on starting its 42nd season until the first presidential debate aired, and it turned out to be the right move. Baldwin replaced Darrell Hammond as the man to play Trump, and his act quickly went viral.
A week later, Baldwin did the first of several encore performances, starting with a sketch in which he responded to the tapes of Trump's infamous comments to Billy Bush.
Baldwin then got a chance to be a bit more physical when he and McKinnon parodied the Town Hall debate, which featured a cameo from Bobby Moynihan as Ken Bone.
In that same episode, Baldwin also had an appearance in a digital short parodying Beyonce's "Lemonade," in which Trump's ladies strike back after all his antics.
Then Baldwin and McKinnon did one more debate parody, which featured Tom Hanks as Fox News anchor/debate moderator Chris Wallace.
In the final "SNL" episode before Nov. 8, Baldwin finally broke character and ran out with McKinnon to detox from the ugliness of the campaign with the help of some fellow Americans in Times Square.
But while Baldwin's run has been widely hailed, there's one guy who didn't like it: his own brother and avid Trump supporter, Stephen Baldwin. Here's what he had to say about Alec's bit after the final debate in Las Vegas.
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Alec Baldwin’s weekly Trump parodies on ”SNL“ this season have been so good it almost made this tire fire election seem worth it
"SNL" held off on starting its 42nd season until the first presidential debate aired, and it turned out to be the right move. Baldwin replaced Darrell Hammond as the man to play Trump, and his act quickly went viral.
