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Trump Uses A Commencement Speech To Congratulate... Himself! - Stephen Colbert (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 May 2017 OP
Absolutely wonderful! With the material DT provided, though... Hortensis May 2017 #1
I know! Everything Trump does is a gift to comedians! Rhiannon12866 May 2017 #2
Reading off next year's football schedule. Hortensis May 2017 #3
My first thought was - why would the graduates care?? Rhiannon12866 May 2017 #4
SOO weird. The man literally couldn't remember this Hortensis May 2017 #5
That makes a lot of sense - because he certainly doesn't. Rhiannon12866 May 2017 #6
Stephen nailed it! Cooley Hurd May 2017 #7
He really does, I'd be happy if he made it the whole show! Rhiannon12866 May 2017 #8
Trump University speech is a deposition... Historic NY May 2017 #9
That was great! Hortensis May 2017 #10
Donald talked about the packed stadium for graduation riversedge May 2017 #11
Stephen Colbert was great last night Gothmog May 2017 #12

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
1. Absolutely wonderful! With the material DT provided, though...
Tue May 16, 2017, 04:58 AM
May 2017

"Anyone willing to start today?" LOL.

Even in a Liberty U crowd, I can't help thinking this exposure to The Real DT must have shocked a number of them. This is their commencement, though, and they all deserved a better, an honorable speaker.

Rhiannon12866

(204,695 posts)
2. I know! Everything Trump does is a gift to comedians!
Tue May 16, 2017, 05:02 AM
May 2017

But Stephen Colbert takes full advantage! And I agree, Trump must have shocked even the Liberty University crowd!

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
3. Reading off next year's football schedule.
Tue May 16, 2017, 05:12 AM
May 2017

I'm still giggling over that. Unbelievable.

I remember when they regretted losing W. Think of all the wannabe comedians who chickened out went to law school instead. If only they could have known then what was coming.

Rhiannon12866

(204,695 posts)
4. My first thought was - why would the graduates care??
Tue May 16, 2017, 05:18 AM
May 2017

And I remember that, too. Bill Maher said he was actually hoping Bush* would win - but purely for selfish reasons, because it made his job so easy. But Bush* had nothing on Trump! Between Colbert, Seth Myers and Trevor Noah, their monologues come straight from the news every single night!

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
5. SOO weird. The man literally couldn't remember this
Tue May 16, 2017, 05:48 AM
May 2017

whole event was about the new lives the graduates (as in, "I'm out of here!&quot are moving on to.

I ran into a new term to me in The New Yorker: "pathological inattention." I don't know if that could be the same as a pathologically short attention span, sounds as if it means something related but different; but if so he likely suffers from both.

Husband just got up. I'm going to show him your clip after he gets his coffee.

Rhiannon12866

(204,695 posts)
6. That makes a lot of sense - because he certainly doesn't.
Tue May 16, 2017, 06:04 AM
May 2017

He seems to react to everything like a campaign rally - because that's what he's used to and that's what he likes. It's all about some kind of adulation with him - and, of course, the money. But he's addicted to the adulation so he just can't help himself. And I can't help but wonder if he forgets where he is...

And check out the other Colbert Show clip I posted. It's "The Real (pro-Trump) News." I think those are hysterical!

Rhiannon12866

(204,695 posts)
8. He really does, I'd be happy if he made it the whole show!
Tue May 16, 2017, 06:24 AM
May 2017

It's not like he's running out of material...

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