Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is scheduled to appear on “The Late Show” with Stephen Colbert — after the new late night host admitted that the businessman’s campaign put him on an Oreo binge.
On his first show, Colbert played footage of Trump and ate Oreos in a nod to Trump’s comment that he would not eat Oreos because some of the company’s manufacturing had been sent to Mexico.
“I’ve got to exercise some discipline. I don’t need to play tape of you to have a successful show!” Colbert said, about Trump. “Someone on television should have a modicum of dignity and it could be me!”
Trump is scheduled to be on Sept. 22 and Republican presidential hopeful and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is slated to be on Sept. 21.
Colbert had on Republican presidential hopeful and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush for his first show.
See Colbert’s full guest lineup here on CBS.
This will be very interesting. You just know Colbert has a plan
Colbert can handle any blowhard. He was great at handling Chris Matthews without managing to get any of his spittle on himself while doing so. And there have been a few others.
You and I are in total agreement. Chris Matthews makes me nuts with his interruptions but even more so when any day you just don’t know where he stands. He has got to be the most conflicted guy on TV (especially claiming to be a democrat)
I don’t think he’s personally conflicted chammy. I think he’s an equal opportunity opportunist when it comes to siding with either party, especially whenever inside beltway CW rears its ugly head. Sadly, he supplies much of that beltway CW which is usually such bullshit. I think he goes whichever way the wind blows depending on how he wants to ping his ratings. He’s a survivor, not that he deserves to be, but he strikes me as the kind of person that would walk all over his grandma or stab his best friend in the back if it meant he got in good with “the right people”.
This should be deliciously interesting. With the exception of Obama, Trump is the only politician who could be a successful stand-up comic. He has no other qualifications, but he has genuine comedic talent. Trump v. Colbert could be like Frazier v. Ali.
Trump’s usual MO is to follow any confrontation the next day with a series of tweets and soundbites attacking the most laughable weaknesses of the opponent. But anything he launches at Colbert falls right into Colbert’s MO - weaving people’s soundbytes into his presentation. It could go on for many rounds.