Unlike Donald Trump, Alexander Vindman's Character Is Unimpeachable

[@arenc5619]

It's a great day in America when an *immigrant* who has given his life and served our country has more bravery than the GOP combined and is willing to sacrifice his career to expose the obstruction of this White House. True patriots live, and Vindman along with the whistleblower are it. Thank you!

[@MouseRata]

B L5 well said

[@shanefiddle]

Thank you!

[@andreaskarlsson5251]

Well, he had to report it since hes an active military officer. And I woulent call it a great day when a war hero is being questionef in regard to his love for the country.

[@adamtzsch]

Andreas karlsson Nobody’s calling *that* day ‘a great day’.

[@AnyOneButTrump-yw7ij]

You it’s bad if I’m not clear on if that North Korean news segment was real or not.

[@StewChicken42]

"... an immigrant". The guy is a literal hero. He's only continuing his heroic work by telling the truth about the rotten orange.

[@marcddailey]

wise person. you get it.

[@couragekarnga8735]

Trump looks like a Jack-o-lantern that got possessed.

[@andmos1001]

His not the hero that Trump deserves, but a hero that USA needs

[@sassulusmagnus]

Yes. Watch for the green mould to start showing around the edges, softening of the head, etc.

[@decriminalizemarijuana4898]

Impeachment moving foreword rapidly until getting stuck at the Senate...

[@ruanpereira4391]

I'm just a foreigner but all the times I see trump talking, I think to myself, how much of a joke this guy is, and yet there are people who still defend him. I can't understand how can people see their president acting so childish and yet think he is brilliant. The amount of times he said "i'm better than everyone", last time I saw him saying he was better at the "internet" than anyone. How can people think it is fine to have a president like this? the amount of misinformation and lies he speak just to be debunked by his own team, its insanity to look up to a guy like this. Just my foreign 2 cents.

[@mattrock12]

Ruan Pereira I’m with this guy ☝🏻☝🏻 Well said, Ruan. FEELS LIKE I’M EATING CRAZY PILLS! Every. Single. News day. 😓 #headshake

[@MrTomtomtest]

Trumpism is a cult at this point. You cannot get members out of a cult by attacking their leader or getting in their faces, it just reinforces their beliefs. All you can do is have patience & compassion and slowly let them come to the realization that they have been brainwashed. Only then will they see Trump for who he is and understand what they have done.

[@ruanpereira4391]

@@mattrock12 Man, to see this guy claim to be all knowing, just shows how ignorant he is, anyone who has studied a subject just a little deep knows that there is so much to learn, and he claims to know it all, it is insane. And this is from someone who is a graduated mechanical engineer, I barely know anything.

[@chrishaddox2189]

Your "foreign two cents" is Gold to me because you are spot on! He opens his mouth and I am immediately nauseated and disgusted! I love my country and he's not worth my leaving it. My prayer is HE leaves, or put in a prison cell. ASAP! I'm as baffled as you are on why these people blindly defend and follow him! 2 brothers of mine do, and they are normally smart individuals! I stopped asking a long time ago why. Just starts fights. Lock him up! Lock him up!

[@shanefiddle]

People have gone to amazing lengths in the US to protect racist ways of thought. I think the election of Trump is the backlash to having Obama in office. Racism is indeed a kind of insanity that makes people do crazy things.

[@truestdude]

"Immigrant? I didn't know those came in white!" Damn!!

[@cocoaliveson3235]

I was on the floor...

[@alisaoliver1969]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@christinepierce7560]

🎃 Hey I just choked on my water 💦 I guess I had better watch out for those quick one-liners.🎃🖖

[@jerryguerra8708]

@Rasputin Yeah, best kind to be on welfare.

[@lynnewhite2900]

truestdude OMG!

[@enforcerofpain]

Vindman's is showing respect to both countries and to his uniform and service. And not a hint of bone spurs anywhere.

[@keseysvenisonchili]

"I didn't know those came in white." Oh, damn

[@sebastiannemeth-ramirez2160]

I wasn't sure if the booing was because they thought the joke went too far, or booing because it is exactly what they believe the President believes.

[@juliem540]

You mean like Melania and Ivana maybe?

[@ashleighjaimaosborne3966]

Brilliant,

[@EnriqueDominican]

😂😂😂😂

[@GK-yj8po]

:D

[@frankjones8232]

Here's the saddest thing of all, nearly 40% of American voters would reelect this embarrassment to democracy. Never take anyone seriously if they tell you both parties are the same. Vote!

[@gladtravis]

Republicans don't want a democracy. All the extreme gerrymandering, voter suppression and acceptance of Trump shitting on the Constitution should tell you all you need to know.

[@KeyoRacing]

That's because there are a TON of dumb people in this country.

[@MrSullismom]

Vote? For whom am I to vote? So far, I don't think any of the Democratic candidates have a chance against Trump.The Democrats need to put up a WASP male from the Midwest who chooses a WASP male from the South as his running mate.

[@adey126]

NotGonnaTell MyName republican gerrymandering literally split a HBCU in half. Yes it’s used by both parties but it’s ABUSED by only one of them. It’s a perfect example.

[@georgeb.wolffsohn30]

@@MrSullismom BERNIE FOR POTUS 2020🇺🇸

[@gwen3010]

Vindman was three years old when his parents moved here he dosen't have anything but love for the United States these Republicans are really scared!

[@bbigrocker1]

Which he has PROVEN with blood and sacrifice. Something that NO member of the ORANGE COWARDS family can claim

[@hazelmccloy1136]

@@bbigrocker1 grandad was a draft dodger too.

[@bessermt]

Vindman doesn't have a bone-spur in his whole body.

[@aWorldview]

Even is he was a double agent for Ukraine, so what? His accusation is against Trump not the US. And it isn't good for Ukraine. He's saying they were in on the deal.

[@ACKMINDSEYE]

Republicans would have you believe 3 year olds are groomed as spies from that age. Or maybe while in the womb. It’s such a clandestine uterus.

[@veronicastewart1112]

"Fracking our moral bedrock." Yes indeed they are, and they are shameless about it.

[@Opus313]

🎶 It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood. A beautiful day for Impeachment. Would you inquire? Could you inquire? Won't you Impeach the POTUS 🎶

[@kdrew8679]

😂😂😂

[@icuranis4597]

Sounds like Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood.

[@icuranis4597]

@ I never missed an episode when Eddy was on SNL. Guarenteed gut buster.

[@Sol-y-Mar-57]

Love it! 😁😁😁👍✌.

[@couragekarnga8735]

Yes! Mr Rogers would be proud!

[@toadjiang7626]

I find it quite ironic that the party who has a creepy fetish for confederate flags and statues is questioning a Purple Heart recipient's loyalty.

[@kreshar]

Both sides seem to fetishize veterans for their own reasons and it gets disgusting. Keep in mind Mike Flynn had 24 military commendations, so he can do no wrong, right? Might as well go up there and say i was employee of the month at mcdonalds so i'm not a liar.

[@The_Vincening]

@@kreshar Another ignorant Trumptard.

[@merylbonderow5993]

Toad Jiang Bingo!

[@kreshar]

@@The_Vincening I actually agree with Vindman 100% i just think its silly to assume someone is honest because they got shot.

[@shcon]

@@kreshar Yeah I was confused by the other commenter stomping on you. Obviously you're just making a valid point to keep people open minded, not defending the B.S.

[@elmeralvarado1236]

Even spell check has quit the Whitehouse. Edit: :D thanks for the likes. I am happy it made u chuckle :)

[@Sedna7]

Best comment of the evening....Thank you!

[@elmeralvarado1236]

@Smileyrie James staffmemember..... Ugh that's an iPad, a computer is bigger. (🙌🏼) This much bigger

[@Keallei]

Elmer Alvarado haha. Good one.

[@seasiderover10]

I'm laughing so hard at this one

[@scotrule6128]

Spellcheck has quite a LONG TIME AGO...

[@too2great8]

Fracking America's Moral Bedrock is about where we are, Stephen.

[@donaldshaw764]

JadeFoxx lip

[@keithkruse2595]

JadeFoxx There’s Republican gold in them there immoral bedrock.

[@Lectrikfro]

Drill baby drill!

[@gracepilgrim7765]

Yeah get rid of the batty-boys

[@pinkprincess2000]

Absolutely. And that further slide into Turkish-style authoritarianism is continuing with the recent raid and detention of journalist and author, Max Blumenthal. thegrayzone.com/2019/10/28/this-charge-is-one-hundred-percent-false-grayzone-editor-max-blumenthal-arrested-months-after-reporting-on-venezuelan-opposition-violence/

[@DisProveMeWrong]

He left Ukraine. WHEN HE WAS 3.

[@dude37]

I once heard a Trump supporter say "If you can't speak English, get out of America." So, see... Even his own supporters want him gone.

[@pamelageorge8275]

Touché!👍

[@bbigrocker1]

LOLOLOLOL

[@theosher101]

😂😂🤣😁.. Somebody give this person a trophy.. #GoldenStuff

[@EugeneAxe]

#DeportMelania

[@grmpEqweer]

Heh...at one point it was a tossup as to whether we were going to be an English or German speaking country.

[@13katecoombs]

Yep. And I'm sick of the GOP whining about closed hearings when all of those committees have Republicans on them! Some of those guys who came to crash that meeting were on the committee and were supposed to be in the meeting!

[@kvltizt]

Alexander Vindman is an American hero who will become an integral part of the fabric of our history.

[@georgeb.wolffsohn30]

No, who HAS become an integral part of our history.

[@williamvasquez7889]

Butter Johnson HE’S AN AMERICAN COMMUNIST! HE’S A DISGRACE TO HIS UNIFORM!

[@Mozart1220]

@@williamvasquez7889 Communist you say? Isn;t Trump the one sucking up to Russia? Gotta love conservatives. All they do is kiss the military's ass, making sure we worship every soldier...until of course, one of them DARES to not promote the right wing agenda...then they are unamerican scum. Conservatives are SUCH patriots aren't they? Supporting a 5 time draft dodger who sucks up to our enemies and abandons our allies, while attacking and insulting a combat vet with 25 years of loyal service, not to mention a Purple Heart. IMAGINE OBAMA OR CLINTON DOING THAT.

[@docsavage30]

@@williamvasquez7889 The joint chiefs of staff appear to disagree with you. I wonder who's opinion is better informed? Best Wishes, DOC PS This man put his life on the line to defend the USA. You may want to consider what that means.

[@billysunday7507]

Just one guys word can get you impeached? Lib media likes to put all their eggs in one basket.

[@censusgary]

“I’ve always had a affinity for the Irish, until I found out this a*****e was one.” Same for me and Reagan.

[@krashd]

Same for me and Trump, I guess not all Scots are great.

[@abthedragon4921]

3:36 "What do you mean he's an immigrant? I didn't know those came in white." The thing is, that's actually a fact for people speaking out against immigration. Whenever they talk about protesting immigration, just under the surface they protesting non-European immigration. I even heard a story from a friend who was invited to an anti-immigration rally and they told the people that they were an immigrant they basically assumed he was a legal immigrant because he was white. And as John Oliver stated very well in an episode of Last Week Tonight weeks ago, when people say they want legal immigration; they often don't realize what that means.

[@GoGreen1977]

Manafort had an affinity for Ukraine, too, especially when he got paid thousands of dollars for that affinity. Trump didn't have any problem with that.

[@makesmefeellikeatalltree8250]

best point made here (and anywhere for that matter on this subject)

[@couragekarnga8735]

He had an affinity for Saudi Arabia.

[@kvltizt]

Your comment is why the internet is good.

[@Alpha0727]

GoGreen1977 While we are at it, Trump has an affinity for North Korea because of Kim Jong-un and his resort beaches and for Russia because his BFF Putin lives there.

[@danielstewart7163]

Not after he got his cut.

[@magicsantos2681]

ALEXANDER VINDMAN is a true PATRIOT! Much RESPECT!👌👍✊👌😉🇺🇸

[@kmm9683]

Oppodite? I'm totally unequipped to handle this level of genius.

[@EvilFookaire]

Only a true genius would know that the Oppodites are a mysterious white tribe from Nambia. Despite still being a hunter-gatherer society, the Oppodites control the world's covfefe trade. Dumdum drumpf is an honorary Oppodite, an honor bestowed on him by the Oppodites for putting Nambia on the map.

[@smartin8247]

It's oppidite - not oppodite. He's even more a genius than you thought.

[@shakirawilliams4844]

The oppidute of a genius!

[@tommyt1971]

“I didn’t know they came in white!” And Colbert breaks the internet for the week.

[@JAppJohnAndrewPatrickPeters]

The outstanding bills in dozens of cities where he held his Hillbilly Nuremberg Rallies.

[@Asher_Tye]

Yet I'm sure any one who supports him will cry "fake news" at such a thing.

[@debbieappelhans8755]

@@Asher_Tye they better watch out because Riley you not get charged for his unpaid debts to the city government whatever

[@r.mcbride2837]

Yep. Here he is... "President", in the White House, and the deadbeat asshole STILL doesn't pay his bills.

[@barrykaine6526]

While at the same time, the repugs are trying desperately to reinstate debtor's prisons, (for the poor, obviously), their hypocrisy, blatant as usual.

[@bobbiberry1398]

“It’s a case of: he said- he said, he said, he said...” 😃👍

[@kathleenmitchell1582]

When, oh when will he SHUT UP!?

[@bobbiberry1398]

Kathleen Mitchell when he breathes his last breath- and not a millisecond before. He’ll be telling the nurse that his heart monitor is fake news.

[@gamepapa1211]

"...his axis of allies..." I see what you did there, Stephen. I did NAZI that coming!

[@joesdi]

Gold!

[@carlalopez4820]

Thanks for the smile! ☺

[@ncoso3442]

@@carlalopez4820 Don't be so nazi to him.

[@dlamancha5697]

Loved that! So perfect.

[@bbigrocker1]

ROFLMAO......................You are a NUT!!! LOLOLOLOLOL

[@mindya1799]

Let's compare the service records of the "immigrant" and, the "president". Oh wait....

[@mindya1799]

@Dak Lamerbusch That would the doc that was his dad's tenant.

[@williamvasquez7889]

mind ya Let is COMPARE DO NOTHING COMMUNIST DEMOCRATS to NEWBORN BABIES NEWBORN BABIES WIN ALL THE TIME!

[@damnhammond]

Dak Lamerbusch t

[@jacquesblaque7728]

Don't feed the trolls, or establish eye-contact. They've emerged from under their rocks, bless their little hearts.

[@steezuschrist2408]

@@williamvasquez7889 tf? watchu really talkin bout willis?

[@jeronimo486]

"I worked with John Kelly, and he was totally unequipped to handle the genius of our great President." - I laughed very, very hard at this. Then I started to wonder wether this was a joke from you guys, a joke from her or no joke at all but an actual quote. And then I laughed even harder, because either of these posibilities is very funny and then I started crying for no apparent reason.

[@laughinggirl1871]

Your commentary is priceless!😄😄😄

[@tripwire4727]

I feel the same way.

[@keithkruse2595]

jeronimo486 My lady always tells me “ suck it up bucko” 😊

Mz Grisham has a long history of alcohol abuse (allegedly) She may be inebriated.

[@jonstarks5427]

😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@georgemccartney8906]

As Seth Meyers put it: "The only purple heart Trump has is the one struggling to pump blood through his gravy clogged veins"

[@williamvasquez7889]

George McCartney The ONLY thing you are struggling with is the AMOUNT of blood flowing to your BRAIN!

[@georgemccartney8906]

@@williamvasquez7889 One of the many side effects of over-exposure to Trump

[@Ibeturhot42069]

@@georgemccartney8906 im not gonna lie, that comeback was fire.

[@gracepilgrim7765]

The problem with being a batty-bwoi Shawn is the arse ache - that's why the bible and common-sense are against it.

[@shawnpitman876]

@@gracepilgrim7765 The bible? Thanks for proving that you're an idiot who follows stories that have been thoroughly disproved. Makes it REALLY easy to dismiss anything else you say, as you're nothing more than a sheep who parrots what they're told.

[@jackscorpion4895]

"Axis of allies" that's one for the history books

[@sonotdown998]

Yes, Stephen. We’ll take you. Gladly.

[@jenniferjuniper97]

So will the Irish! Up the Ra! We will share him- joint citizenship

[@sujimtangerines]

@@jenniferjuniper97 Never wishing harder than I am now that I hadn't lost contact with all my Irish kinsmen...

[@RusTsea196T]

Sorry, MacDougal, but we Irish are definitely keeping Colbert- but we'll let you have Sean Duffy for dirt cheap!

[@jasoncarter1869]

It amazes me how no one ever had a problem with this man and now he's being called a "double agent" and he's basically being accused of espionage. So why was no one suspicious of him before he spoke up?

[@bbigrocker1]

tRUMPturd 101.............you're fine, unless you DON'T kiss the wide Orange backside

[@RustinChole]

This is the oppodite of what I thought this country would look like in 2019.

[@christinepierce7560]

👩‍🎤You, me and the rest of the world 🌎🎃

[@TS-oe6jw]

Imagine what it's going to be like in 2021 when Trump wins reelection in a landslide.

[@chrissiek8706]

@@TS-oe6jw Alexa, play "is the end of the world as we know it"

[@JakeMissy-cr4oj]

You misspelled Trump's word

[@JakeMissy-cr4oj]

@@TS-oe6jw learn to read.

[@jdamoormartinirossi791]

"Save the date, and our democracy." lol Brilliant

[@brinjoe]

Republicans are losing their minds right now and I’m loving every minute of it 🥰

[@icuranis4597]

Ditto

[@babarazamsucks]

Ditto.

[@ahmonguniform]

The last Clinton democratic won president and the White House, remember Republicans trashed the offices and burns documents. They didn’t do a smooth handoff of power!

[@karlaruthford5149]

ahmonguniform I remember. The republicans have always been assholes.

[@kathleenmitchell1582]

@@karlaruthford5149 Wait, I remember that Michelle Obama said George and Laura Bush were very gracious in their handover of the WH. The tRumps were rude to the Obamas. No big surprise there, neither tRump has any class.

[@sydneyca]

If Kelly said that, that means he knows about more things that have gone down and he said nothing.

[@sherryburrows2252]

Bet he signed a 400-page ironclad NDA!

[@TheBrothergreen]

"I want you to do us a favor though" is not the only damning line in the "transcript" (not a transcript). Trump also says earlier in the call "the US has been very good to the Ukraine, I'm not sure it's been reciprocal." It's also good to keep in mind that this is all part of a 2-3 minute long conversation about what ukraine wants from the US and what trump wants from the ukraine in exchange.

[@jenniferjuniper97]

yes, we must consider the entire context to understand teh gravity of grump's crime.

[@andrewmastin4312]

Reports say the phone call lasted 30 minutes. The summary only covers 10 minutes. Since it was created and released in an effort to exonerate Trump, we can assume they omitted all the most damning and incriminating parts. And yet it still is ironclad proof of a criminal act. BTW, the whistleblower and several witnesses have said that there IS a verbatim transcript, which the White House has refused to release.

[@Heavenzvoice]

TheBrothergreen yes!

[@DoctorZisIN]

The actual transcript probably includes: " I'm going to make you an offer you can't refuse". "I want dirt on Biden. Make something up if you have to". "If you find out Biden is innocent, say the oppity"

[@TheBrothergreen]

@@andrewmastin4312 It wasn't "created and released" in an attempt to exonerate trump. It was created on the same day as the phone call, as a routine part of US statecraft and bureaucracy. I have no idea why trump released that document, likely because he didn't bother to read it, relying instead on his memory that it was a "perfect call."

[@avalonmystic]

Grateful for Colbert's sanity and facts.

[@ACKMINDSEYE]

I seem to remember Mueller mentioning Trump can be charged with stuff after he leaves office. That’ll be nice.

[@mngentry]

Yeah I get the sense that people are going to be distracted by what the next president is doing because they’ll all be focused on the “3T” AKA “Thousand Trump Trials”.

[@Asher_Tye]

This is why there are orders to have Air Force One gassed up and ready to leave the country if things go south for him in 2020.

[@fisherking7798]

@@Asher_Tye he'll have to go to a country that has no extradition treaty with the usa; e.g. Uruguay but I doubt that a 'shithole' 'socialist' country like that would take him 😆

[@williamanderson7647]

The policy not to impeach and imprison a sitting president is just that, policy. It is not constitutional at all. The constitution clearly states that no one is above the law. There was no intent to give or support a king in this country. Don't ask me what happened, I couldn't tell you.

[@fisherking7798]

@@williamanderson7647 I think the word you are looking for is indictment impeachment is in the constitution and there is nothing about imprisonment in there

[@heidi3963]

Stephen: "I wonder if the Scots will take me" Me: "YES!"

[@grmpEqweer]

Scottish people are awesome.❤

[@jenm9099]

I've never met a Scottish person I didn't like!

[@gracepilgrim7765]

No-one would take you sweetheart.

[@benzaiten933]

@@gracepilgrim7765 someone sounds miffed to be left out! Scots are an awesome people!

[@jaredmurray9868]

@@gracepilgrim7765 I hope you know even the men in "skirts" carry ATLEAST one very sharp knife that you'll never spot. Scots aren't afraid of much when pissed off, or on for that matter.

[@markhinrichs2085]

Does anyone remember that there once was a phrase "the honorable opposition"..? Miss those days...

[@heatherway25]

Yes, that is sadly where we are as a society, Mark.

[@andromidius]

Not for many decades. The conservatives have been progressively getting more and more deranged and overtly evil of late, but they have been disrespectful assholes for many many years, hiding behind a fake smile and claiming 'civility' despite saying awful things CONSTANTLY. We shouldn't let them off just because they aren't as overtly nasty as Trump - they all need to be removed from positions of power, all of them. You can't trust a Conservative, because at heart the only thing they want to conserve is their own power.

[@DoctorZisIN]

They died with John McCain.

[@runningdpm]

You mean "the honorable oppidition" That's how we spell that now. 😉

[@yushbhattarai3018]

Oh. Stephen, what would I do without you!!!

[@justinstephenson9360]

"Totally unequipped to handle the special genius of our President" A beautifully parsed phrase that Trump supporters will love because they are incapable of understanding the true irony of "special genius"

[@21972012145525]

Including the person who wrote it

[@williamhinton2148]

Yea special like riding a little yellow bus with a helmet on. Thats special👲🚃

[@williamvasquez7889]

Justin Stephenson IF YOU DON’T LIKE MY PRESIDENT, I’LL GIVE YOU A ONE-WAY TICKET TO CHINA OR IRAN! YOUR CHOICE!

[@Mozart1220]

@@williamvasquez7889 Oh stop it.

[@pdute1]

@@williamvasquez7889 Send it to me, and I can then turn in for credit!

[@innocencyike5630]

I cannot get enough of you sir. Your sense of humor and jokes make my day. Thank you so much sir.

[@Trund27]

Hah! I love how Stephen said “asshole” and it was really clear despite the bleep out, lol

[@Kima-e1b]

“Nostradumbass” epic 🍻

[@1jorgedaniel]

Lol funny read you comment just as he said it was just as epic 🤣🤣

[@wesleypereira2581]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭

[@misterjag]

Vindman's family immigrated when he was three years old.

[@ProjectFlashlight612]

Damn those fiendish Ukrainian spy toddlers

[@WIDBAU]

He’s been playing the looonnng game. Sneaky toddler spy!

[@mstessdowney]

@@ProjectFlashlight612 🤣🤣

[@petegromov9037]

Damn Soviets started early.

[@ladyv5655]

To be fair, these are also the same people who claim that while he was still an infant, Obama's parents, learning through witchcraft of their son's future, took him from Kenya to Hawaii, and got him a fake birth certificate so that nearly 50 years later he could become the US president.

[@Madeupfakerobot]

"I didnt know those came in white" 🤣😂🤣

[@travcpt3238]

I’m happy for Dump, his impeachment hearings will have the highest ratings ever!!

[@tjwilson1591]

Good monologue!

[@VianneyCreates]

That Lt. Colonel has an amazing background and story. I'm happy to have learned about him bc of this sh*tshow.

[@miskatonicalumni5612]

LOCK HIM UP!

[@dortheschelhaas7356]

tRUMP isn't a man. He's an 'it'. ....LOCK IT UP!

[@DoctorZisIN]

Better yet, remove his citizenship and deport him to Kurd Syria.

[@Lone1yJester]

Okay...every time I watch a Colbert clip, I tell myself "Okay, I'm just gonna watch it. This time, I won't post a comment." And then every time, without fail, some thing or things make me feel compelled to do just that, so here we go. 1.) I'm gonna point out something light hearted and relatively insignificant to start with. Trump's misspelling "oppidite" was more than just a typo. Even if the D were an S, it still wouldn't be right; the word is spelled "opposite." 2.) John Kelly, who basically said he knew Trump would get impeached without a mitigating force to keep him in line, is *not* a Democrat, or a liberal, or even a progressive member of the Republican party. He is a staunch conservative (as an example, he told people at a demonstration trying to abolish ICE to "go to hell.") He's a right winger, he's just not blindly loyal to the disgustingly corrupt Trump. 3.) John Kelly reportedly told Trump not to "hire a yes man," who wouldn't "tell [him] the truth." Then Stephanie Grisham said John Kelly was "totally unequipped to handle the genius of our great president." She was apparently auditioning to *be* that ass kissing "yes (wo)man" Kelly warned us about. And it's nauseating. 4.) Alexander Vindman is a *God damned American hero*. The man devoted his life to serving this nation, and is also a conservative Republican. He didn't speak out against Trump to try to hurt him, or weaken our nation; he spoke out because he, like all American soldiers, took an oath to defend this country against ALL threats, foreign *and domestic*, and that's exactly what Trump is. A domestic threat. Immigrant or not, Lieutenant Colonel Vindman embodies everything that this nation is supposed to stand for, and it's absolutely revolting that Trump and his supporters would question the integrity or loyalty of someone who represents the things the Lt. Col. does. It's downright infuriating. 5.) All other arguments aside, I don't think the Donald attacked Vindman out of malice (although that's what it amounts to), I think he did it because he felt that he had to. Looking at Vindman, it's as plain as day to even the least intelligent person (Trump) that nobody would believe Donald Trump's lies over the word of a United States Army Lieutenant Colonel with a purple heart. Trump had to attack his loyalty and integrity because there was really nothing else he could attack. He didn't have any other options. And it would still take someone with major brain damage to believe Trump instead of Vindman. ...yeesh, that one kinda got away from me. I didn't plan on being so wordy; I guess I didn't realize how much I needed to say. But, anyway...That's it. I think I can return to breathing normally now. Phew.

[@gagatube]

Thank you for your comment. Hang in there dude!

[@dandraking2580]

LoL!!! I feel your pain. This entire presidency is a joke! Unfortunately 😔, we have a lot of "High Functioning Retards" in and running our country. Besides voting, we can't do much about the fact that these high functioning retards has a perspective on life we don't understand. The truth is being placed in front of them and they will continue to fight the "Right Fight" just to be right. What we have is a bunch of high functioning retards that are "Confirmation Biased". I just hope enough people vote in 2020 to get this man out....if not the Constitution will do it for us and Trump can't and will never be president in 2025.... that's a FACT!

[@kathryn3950]

Sometimes you just have to get it out or else you start walking around muttering yourself.

[@grmpEqweer]

Trump and his cronies are a domestic threat to our country. For both current and former soldiers of all political leanings, that is a message that needs to be heard.

[@mori1bund]

I find it kinda breathtaking that after people like Comey or Mueller now with Vindman another staunch republican gets ripped by his own party to support a crook like Trump. This must alienate so many people! I can't believe that this won't have long term consequences.

[@Laurastar2009]

"I wonder if the Scots will take me" Yes Stephen, we welcome you with open arms! I'll pour you a dram and we can have gud blether.

[@bluegreenglue6565]

You can't imagine how badly I needed a good laugh this morning - and I got it. I believe comedians stand between the raging masses and the storming of the New Bastille.

[@katherinekurzius290]

If I truly believed that, I'd ask all the late-night comedians to zip it for a coupla months, so we can topple the tRump Dynasty...

[@JoseRamos-ql1gv]

He is, and I quote "Nostradumbass" 😂😂😂😭🤧

[@yushbhattarai3018]

"Save the date And our democracy"🤣🤣🤣

[@97Multiphantom]

“Axis of Allies”. Nice pun there, funny!

[@mori1bund]

It's kinda funny how Trump always projects his own attitude on the nick names of his opponents: lying, crooked, etc. Now he calls Nancy Pelosi "nervous". Interesting... 😁

[@bridgettebianchi9315]

I have read that narcissistic personality types do this regularly. The weird part is they know it too. It is on purpose.

[@ripples07able]

Remember when he was going through his list of “nicknames” for people and when he got to Pelosi he said he calls her Nancy. He also calls canines - dogs.

[@guynorth3277]

"Save the date, and also our Democracy" - I'm not sure I should be laughing so much at this, but it is therapeutic. Thank you some much Stephen.

[@metalfly.]

Trump: I prefer giving Purple Hearts to people that wasn't wounded.

[@sujimtangerines]

What's funny is I can actually imagine him saying that not knowing what earning a Purple Heart entails.

[@DoctorZisIN]

He wasn't wounded or captured, so he'll probably award a purple hearth to himself.

[@badgercdlyons]

Just remember Trump got his Purple Heart medal by holding a rally and being handed one by one of his MAGA hat people.

[@andrewyoung7625]

That weren’t wounded*

[@truestdude]

@@DoctorZisIN facts

[@teddyd111]

"Immigrant? I didn't know those came in white!"

[@juniorcampbell2980]

Too funny

[@marymurdock4519]

😂😂😂😂😂I just chocked on my gum

[@goodfella1401]

Vind man literally means "find man" in Dutch. Hopefully, man finds what he needs to convince the senate to convict Trump

[@ashleighjaimaosborne3966]

Respect to Lt. Col. Vindman. 🇨🇦

[@LisaLisa001]

"Sorry honey you gotta go trick or treating with daddy. Mommy has to watch Pelosi on Colbert."

[@jupiterkansas]

isn't that a little late to be trick or treating?

[@LisaLisa001]

@@jupiterkansas shhhhh don't tear holes in my joke dude

[@CloudsGirl7]

"The genius of our great President." Reeks of North Korea, there... Edit: there I go again, not expecting this to be covered in a following satire...

[@umjackd]

She probably said that to please him. And it really says something when the language that pleases him is the same kind North Korean propaganda uses.

[@petegromov9037]

@@umjackd She said it because she absolutely believes it. No sane persons remain in Trump WH.

[@rasmie8858]

Each time I think the new press secretary couldn't be any worse than the previous one, WH comes out swinging...

[@DavidJ222]

Today, there is nothing lower, than being a Republican Senator or Congressman. From now on, I'm going to refer to them as Les Misérables. Translation: " The Miserable Ones"

[@randommobilesuitpilot627]

I don't believe they'll make a play or movie of this bunch though.

[@payman1023]

They are far worse than the miserable ones. They want to make most of the country miserable. That's the work of the evil ones.

[@DoctorZisIN]

Don't love Hillary but it turns out she was right about the "deplorables" part. But she said "basket" when she should've said "bunker".

[@xerxis100]

Literally that might be true, however a better translation would be "the poor/wretched" which is the exact opposite of what you want to say about the Republicans.

[@sabrakt]

Hey hey hey. The literal meaning of « misérable » is someone who lives « dans la misère », in an extrem poverty deserving pity. Nothing to do with how despicable republican senators and congressmen can be.

[@yvonnemclay8097]

Surely Stephanie Grisham’s credibility is declining with every statement she makes.

[@astonwards7236]

Credibility isn't a pre-requisite for a job in the Trump White House.

[@fisherking7798]

Who is she?

[@sammie416]

WOW, good scheduling!!!!!!!! :) Cannot WAIT!

[@judyflores9274]

Well said Steven!! 👏🏻

[@lorrosdorborin4790]

General John Kelly: “Local man literally too confused to die.”

[@michaelmorris4515]

@Seth Friedman Hi Russia-bot!

[@LindaB651]

"Jean Dousch Picard," lol! (then that moment when you realise that, commenting on each the videos humorous events, would take up the entire night!) Bless you, Stephen!

[@finnthehuman9426]

How is the President of the United States the only human who does not have his spell check on?

[@elmeralvarado1236]

Cuz he's a stable genius.

[@jenniferjuniper97]

nobody knows the internet more than he

[@andrewmastin4312]

His ego is so fragile, he can’t tolerate being corrected by anyone - even autocorrect. So he keeps it turned off.

[@celinehary3222]

Dump's phone is dumb like him.

[@geordiedynes2088]

Love when they cut to John and he's looking super awkward 😂

[@chattycathy8089]

Stephen, THANK YOU for being a patriot!!!!

[@hoodlife9650]

“He of the perfect phone call” 😂😂🤣🤣

[@Kilmoran]

Round and round the "Us versus them" goes. Oh but "Respect our troops! Stand for the national anthem, but utterly ignore what it means and represents!"

[@THENAMEISQUICKMAN]

It's amazing how easy it is to expose them. "THE DEMOCRATS DON'T RESPECT OUR TROOPS!" And then a troop ends up criticizing the president and all of a sudden it's "SHUT UP IMMIGRANT!". Like, seriously, at what point does Trump just go on the podium and start throwing the N-word out? It's literally the only way to make Republicans more racist at this point.

[@Astares9]

@@THENAMEISQUICKMAN democrats got blacks and hispanics under their thumb on the democrop for years and you wanna say republicans are racist? 😂😂😂

[@m.j.cicero276]

@@Astares9 I'll say it: "republicans are racist." I hope you're satisfied, now. Then again, I'm not a democrat so I don't know if that counts. I'm actually a FORMER republican who is utterly disgusted with what the GOP has become. Now, I'm just a disillusioned independent. Oh, and guess what - there are a whole lot of us to be reckoned with. Enjoy.

[@elfsong713]

Hey, remember that Kim Jong Un was the one that called trump a "dotard." Still true.

[@tealmacfarlane]

That was hilarious. And I learned the word dotard. It's wonderful when entertainment is also educational.

[@AOAYUNARIA]

It's def my fav new word lol

[@lunabranwen]

Yep and those love letters Trump will always cherish

[@di4se]

Hi. I'am french. I don't understand "dotard". I know "dot", "retard" but I don't get this word. Please help!

[@williamvasquez7889]

elfsong713 YOU JUST LOOKED AT YOURSELF IN THE MIRROR!

[@swapnilvh]

Colbert is in a super good form. The jokes are delivered with a punch.

[@nooneyoucaretoknow6986]

"I didn't know they came in that colour" Simeone check for blisters.

[@BibithePing]

Fracking the moral bedrock. Awesome :-D

[@tomservo5007]

I wish the public would be educated on hearsay, it doesn't automatically mean it's not accepted in a court of law

[@reveranttangent1771]

Legal Eagle did a video on it

[@ValerieJNorse]

And the thing is, the Republicans are whining about hearsay in the whistleblower's complaint, which is not a court of law and in which hearsay is permissible!

[@DoctorZisIN]

Also the Quid pro Quo doesn't actually need to take place. Conspiring is also a crime.

[@sabrakt]

Grafight23 It’s like they’ve never heard of someone being prosecuted for attempted murder. « Wait, if it’s only attempted murder, there was no murder, right? So that’s not a crime »

[@myiamurphy8949]

Sabrak actual murder charges are a lot harder to convict someone of and in order to get the best shot prosecutors mostly aim for hard evidence

[@MissTeeFy]

On behalf of Scotland, yes Mr Colbert, we will take you.

[@legarla2524]

He left the Soviet Union when he was 3. He is a Lieutenant Colonel who has served the United States proudly. DON’T insult his integrity and QUESTION his loyalty because HE IS THE DEFINITION OF A PATRIOT!!! Period.

[@StephenAndersontheCanadian]

Speaking as a Canadian/Scotsman (and fellow "ph") we are happy to have you. 🙃

[@wizardsuth]

"Trump's strategy on a lot of things is just to pretend it doesn't exist: the popular vote, the constitution, salad, Eric..." -- Colbert could have kept going. Marriage vows, ethics, loyalty to one's country, poor people...

[@eschwarz1003]

John Kelly, damn smooth take down

[@loquaciousorion2034]

“I didn’t know those came in white” 😆🤣

[@oneworld4all412]

A Purple Heart. As compared to the president’s Orange No Heart... This immigrant is more of a true American then Trump. Thank you for your BRAVE service Lt. Colonel Vindaman.

[@dendriller]

It could be the Pope testifying, and they would try to discredit his testimony!.

[@johnmackenzie8559]

As a Scot, you'll be more than welcome Stephen.

[@pbandjess22]

Oh no don’t taint Jean Luc Picard’s legacy with that dunce 😂😭

[@davidbrown8546]

If the Scots won't take Stephen, he can become a Kiwi (we have Hobbits)

[@mikearcher9390]

The bird or the fruit?

[@fisherking7798]

The hobbits could lure him to NZ

[@krashd]

Isn't there a cream for Hobbits?

[@elorine5682]

Oh u know that you can lure him away with hobbits.

[@davidbrown8546]

@@krashd No, you're thinking of when they're served with cream. It's quite a delicacy in places (like Mordor)

[@Jeffcrocodile]

"the genious of our grand president" LMAO

[@jzizzles7799]

Related to the Grand Wizard of the KKK?

[@srsrtrztztzzt463]

To put things in context, the guy who accused Alexander Vindman of espionage on Fox, John Yoo, was himself born in South Korea before he emigrated to the US as a child. While Vindman went on to serve in the Army after college, John Yoo chose not to serve but used his law education to eventually become the Deputy Asst US Attorney General. John Yoo's sole claim to fame was his role in legalizing human torture and human rights violations for which multiple people have accused him of war crimes, no less.

[@alansmitheejr.]

Trump has already earned a Purple Heart for eating too many cheeseburgers.

[@heatherway25]

Nice one!

[@elmeralvarado1236]

Ouch 👍

[@todd-617]

He'll be awarded the purple brain for sure

[@MO-to2dc]

😂

[@rickc2102]

Gouty inflammation of his bone spurs.

[@amberts180]

Twins?? I swear this you can't write this story..

[@badlydrawnturtle8484]

Right back into sitcom territory. Is The Mooch coming back this season?

[@jenniferjuniper97]

it's a frickin circus! surreal.

[@kimberlys8422]

_"What do you mean he's an immigrant? I didn't know those came in white. It must be some sort of MANlania."_

[@pauloandrade925]

The President And His "Axis" of allies.... I know that refrence.

[@cameronlaird2489]

Yes we will have you Stephen Colbert 😍