The Democrats Actually Won Something!

Democrats were able to score a rare win when President Trump sided with their outline for raising the debt ceiling.
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[@joshuamarsella]

Okay I'm done marinating!

[@hawkeye5955]

Joshua Marsella : "You call that marinating! This is dry as a brick!" - Gordon Ramsay

[@joshuamarsella]

kiks lilo thank you kindly!

[@robertgaudet7407]

That's okay I'm done marinating, sir!, soldier.

[@mimimarcus]

The white gooey sauce better not be your semen

[@sams4948]

the hurricane's gone, JOSHUA, de-marinate yourself.

[@vectorsigma6757]

"Who's a good President? Who's a good President?... You are!!! Good boy! Good boy! Now Tweet! C'mon, Tweet! That's right! Lovely!!! Yah-hehe... Go go go!!!" "Trump, Trump"

[@rysun8709]

Cyber Codex needs to rub his head for good luck

[@deadinside3396]

Cyber HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA thanks that was epic

[@jerryslater3447]

Brandonius Braggus A Fan of Assasins Crud Watches Colbert ? WHY ? Don't You Have Someone To Kill ?

[@tlotus3032]

This is so weird, Colbert covered all my fantasies; first he works the pole then he does that finger pointing baby talk thing.

[@mypal1990]

Bipartisanship in the white house? Pinch me I'm dreaming.

[@slashingkatie7872]

Emmanuel Alejandro I'm actually glad. It's like Trump realized what the president should be doing.

[@XeviousD]

He's pulling a Bill Clinton to minimize losses!

[@blureyes106]

Katie Baily, Actually the sound of bipartisanship does sound nice finally as it can give a break to the toxic hyperpartisan nature of US politics even with the increasing number of independents, but with Trump, I could not really see bipartisanaship but rather some unpredictable move once more.

[@Stonecole828]

Emmanuel Alejandro just republicans working with republican lites

[@m.d.4231]

lol, bipartisanship, this is Democrats ticking off a checklist, and in exchange Trump gets to brag about his deal-making skills while completely ignoring republicans and his base, further proof that Trump does not give a shit about anything but himself, soon later Pelosi told trump to reassure Dreamers on twitter and he did once again for good press, he has gambled the livelihood of 800,000 people in exchange for his vanity, what a sad, disgusting man.

[@IvanKrappenchitz]

Thank you Colbert for your repor.

[@oscarmike1131]

Irving Lopez ah the nostalgia

[@trollmaster5668]

Irving Lopez I don't understand TRUMP has been screwing the republicans from the go

[@He1989Ba]

wilbert

[@Ownificate]

rapport*

[@RmnGnzlz]

Irving Lopez I'm honestly sad we didn't get to see the Colbert from Comedy Central defending Trump as the proud right wing American he was.

[@RafidW9]

no one roasts trump like Colbert does. Next favourites are Trevor Noah and Seth Meyers...

[@rysun8709]

Please spare a thought for the victims of these massive hurricanes especially the caribbean islands who have so little.

[@bernielopez7429]

most of Barbuda's buildings are pretty much destroyed

[@vichraev.5386]

while you're having a thought for the victims, consider sending money, which helps a lot more.

[@pretentiousred6159]

vick3d have you thought about actually looking up a topic before speaking?

[@rysun8709]

vick3d you are ill informed. I speak for the poor guys not the rich and famous. I am from the Caribbean where Irma narrowly​ missed. Thank good it wasn't you

[@rysun8709]

I am looking to go and rebuild their infrastructure when it's safe

[@pahulgill6114]

Colbert grunting made perfect sense, it seemed as Trump was communicating on his behalf!

[@rojaws1183]

Trump himself seems to be regressing to communicating with grunts in a near future.

[@aditsu]

Actually Colbert grunting was a lot more coherent and intelligent than Fuckface von Clownstick

[@DeathBringer769]

It reminded me of when an Arnold impression is reduced to mere noises and it still somehow reminds you of him, lol.

[@jerryslater3447]

New Movie Plot "The Cursed Wig" Trump, Played by Andy Sirkus Accursed Hairpiece With Asshole Attached, Played by Andy Sirkus

[@coosoorlog]

"The Democrats Actually Won Something!" It was a participation award, wasn't it?

[@natasliah9702]

Coos Oorlog- Or a "most improved" reward.😆

[@sinvector8020]

TOP 5 ANIME BETRAYALS

[@alanbrad4564]

Minh Trung Tran YESSS! 😂

[@emmafoster2438]

This comment though 😂😂

[@zuhairafsar2540]

I don't get it

[@alanbrad4564]

I made the top Five: 1. Cory 2. Bannon 3. Republicans 4. Spicer 5. The mooch

[@doraaaa0613]

lmao

[@Admiralty86]

Trump invites you onto Air Force One, takes off, and flies in circles until you agree. Sheer genius.

[@Flash9230]

Admiralty86 until they more fuel

[@nigelft]

Flash Erm ... The two Boeing 747s that are used as Air Force One can be refueled mid-air from a KC-130 ... ... so it can fly almost non-stop ... or at least until the peanuts run out ...

[@Mj173100]

lol Admiral.

[@Mortablunt]

I think it'd be funnier to just troll him by being willing to talk everything but business for however many days he's willing to try going at it.

[@joeexotic2545]

BING BING BING

[@Molotov49]

BONG BONG

[@asbisi]

Great minds think alike - I was just about to write exactly that! HAHAHA

[@adireloaded]

Why Name Hurricanes Harvey, Irma or Katia ?! Name it *HURRICANE MEGATRON 3000* And everybody would be much more cautious

[@christianschoff2490]

Aditya Joshi Nah because then idiots will be like "I was inside Megatron."

[@TheKaiTetley]

Aditya Joshi. Possible hurricane names: Death Race 300, Sir Kill-a-lot, Skullcrusher and OMG We Are All Going To Die.

[@MrRjhyt]

Best Hurricane name: *Khan!!!!*

[@TheMasterJCL]

sure i saw this joke in high school almost a decade ago

[@Jake007123]

Harry Khan? Hurry If You Can?

[@danadams7583]

Irma gonna turn orange's resort into Irma-a-lago! that's where mr unpresident gonna visit 1st... plz be safe everyone and make sure you don't leave your pets behind!!!

[@griffinsteury8458]

Dan Adams the sole positive of Hurricane Irma for sure

[@nothanks2806]

Dan Adams wtf people are losing your homes and you're here celebrating this aspect of it.

[@sdgdhpmbp]

In these desperate times, the president has shared this heartfelt message: Bing bing bong bong bing bing bing

[@canadianpsycho1867]

BING-BING-BING

[@biocapsule7311]

Air Force one... the perfect staging ground for a slasher flick.

[@NewMessage]

Anything to justify that stripper pole in your office as a 'business expense', eh? * shakes head. *

[@humanoideric]

yeah the debt ceiling has very little to do with china, i hate that that's like an ongoing misinformation mascarading as a joke. most of the debt is treasury bonds the us owes to its own citizens/investors, but the very same investments and confidence in the bonds are the very reason the dollar is basically infallible in recent history. also all those wars we had werent free lol

[@pretentiousred6159]

vick3d you're so right, I've never heard a republican say that China was the reason... oh wait. You're full of shit. Typical.

[@acbthr3840]

Its a joke dude, like god damn. China buys a lot of American debt.

[@pirobot668beta]

You forget the Saudi debt holdings. The US has been paying for Saudi oil for decades with bonds, not cash. Estimates put these bonds face value in excess of 80 trillion dollars, ignoring interest. The Saudi's own us. The Iraq war is keeping that countries oil in the ground, and under US control. And that suits our Saudi Masters well. Their oil is running out, Iraq was direct competition. 15 of the 19 9/11 attackers were Saudi nationals, yet the US response was to attack other countries. Why?

[@pride2184]

humanoideric money isnt based on anything. Except whatever america says it is

[@socrappyicoulddie]

I'm only 46 seconds in but that goat-headed demon god roast has got to be the peak.

[@hariparanoid]

socrappyicoulddie think the saw one was

[@jerryslater3447]

Excellent Long Range Sniper Earned a Medal.

[@___P___H___T___M___]

nah its definitely gotta be that time where he called Sarah Sanders "Girl at the frat party who's ecstasy just kicked in."

[@8Jud3]

And soon, he will lay the blame on Democrats for this. Looks like he's splitting the blame game.

[@seir323]

"They can't go anywhere, they can't run from you...." THE IMPLICATION. Our president is Dennis Reynolds from It's Always Sunny, guys....

[@Kacey2301]

Metric annotations please!!!

[@angelgjr1999]

Kevin777 No, this is america.

[@aditsu]

More like Dumbfuckistan

[@Kacey2301]

Silly Americans, there are other places in the world... Maybe you should conform to the sensible majority

[@eds6889]

Angel Gutierrez ... that's right Myanmar, Liberia and the US don't use the metric system but the rest of the world does. Similar to how everyone but Syrian and the US aren't in the Paris Climate Accord. Yes I left out Nicaragua because they said it didn't go far enough.

[@nanabloom2106]

If you're too lazy to ask Google or consult your phone's voice assistant, you cannot be helped...

[@alexlandherr]

At 0:15, as hurricane Irma grinds its way through the Caribbean, Trump grinds his way through the book "Politics for Dummies".

[@grumpynerd]

The "Debt Limit" isn't the amount of debt America is allowed to *carry*. It's the debt America is legally allowed to *securitize*. Debt comes from one thing: spending more money than you take in. What the so-called "debt limit" does is authorize the treasury to issue bonds to cover expenses already incurred *by Congress*. Not issuing those bonds doesn't stop the obligation to pay those bills, which have already been incurred. It just means the government will default on paying them, resulting in a loss of credit rating.

[@FredX1977]

I do find it somewhat hopeful that Trump is seeking advice from across the aisle. Congress take note. Let's keep this going for the benefit of all Americans.

[@roberthrodebert9263]

I'll be braving the hurricane in my wine cellar as well. I brave most things in there. I weather Mondays in the wine cellar.

[@tardwrangler]

0:24 Wait the audience isn't booing Irma? I'M TRIGGERED

[@tardwrangler]

3:22 This scene says more about the show and audience than anything else, is this kids TV?

[@witsplash4233]

*LOVE Colbert* We just made a video on our channel about how Stephen's comedy style actually helps you LEARN MORE about politics. Check it out!!!

[@rayflyers]

5:19 The new Yooka-Laylee game sounds great!

[@GryphonSkull]

really? personally I think I'll punch the monitor if that's the final cut

[@maxwellrobert3068]

Congress's consent in raising the debt ceiling is relatively recent. It became law during WWI, something to do with paying off the Liberty Bonds that had financed the war. With the war over, the issue was forgotten but the law left on the books. The debt ceiling has been raised automatically since then until the GOP rediscovered it a decade ago and weaponized it. Since then, it's become a crisis every time the question comes up.

[@GrahamCrannell]

For anyone wondering, the little riff that Jon plays as the clip starts is from Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder

[@tapiopelkonen2981]

First few seconds indicate that Ed Sullivan theater is REALLY cold.

[@gokinsmen]

It's amazing what good people can do when Putin can't help Republicans.

[@moves3297]

You're not a Floridian if you haven't looked in to the eye of a category 5

[@ramius4689]

or--at LEAST--have gone nuts on bath salts and eaten a homeless person.

[@mirzamay]

Guy most likely to make his own Jurassic park 😂 so true!

[@JamesR624]

3:49 ♪I see you ridin' 'round town with the girl I love and I'm like...♪

[@chuslozada]

Hahahaha! Stephen Colbert you are so funny!!!

[@magnusornelas479]

Jay Lozada yeah he's just a biased liberal.....but ok

[@AndiDuck]

OMG -- term limitations for everyone !

[@peeweeherman9411]

I know our opinion dosen't matter but you can't seriously believe trump is fit for president

[@peeweeherman9411]

Obama for a 3rd time would be better then him and I'm a republican until Donald trump was elected

[@alfredo.zauce1892]

Wow, a LOT of people want to see Stephen work the pole!

[@anydae]

I'd pay to see that!!!! Colbert.... a pole!!! lol

[@kaiwanraza5965]

I have an inkling that Trump watching Colbert do shit like 3:22 is the underlying reason behind his anger, defiance, and regressive policy decisions.

[@briann2911]

Probably shouldn't have such a self-conscious, thin-skinned person making policy for an entire country if they can't control their impulses, or learn from and accept their mistakes.

[@bbgub5748]

Kaiwan Raza just like a spiteful child. AMERICA! haha

[@scottmcfadyen8329]

Even a dead watch is right twice a day!

[@MsEliteForever]

I'm concerned about fort Lauderdale FL....will the storm destroy that area? The houses?

[@WilliamHBaird-eq2hp]

Finally Trump is wising up!

[@Zakzattak]

Trump for banjo threeie

[@theenglishman]

5:15 so Stephen's Trump is just going to turn into a Banjo-Kazooie character then?

[@aliosm.v7231]

Stephen is better at being Trump than Trump

[@magnusornelas479]

Alexander Morteo Vermillious that's actually impossible

[@GMen_3D]

"They can't go anywhere. They can't run away from you..." They can't refuse. Because of the implication....

[@ragoxdr6384]

IT'S SQUANDERIN' TIME!

[@imightbesuperman2559]

Oh how I've missed you, Stephen Colbert

[@oscarcastro9316]

Apparently 90% of Barbuda was decimated.... and Irma's 185 mph wind went through other minor islands... PR is fine though. Most help needs to go towards the minor islands.

[@miles2419]

My mom's Taekwondo instructor just left for Florida yesterday, for a seminar I think?? Apparently he tried to get his flight changed but he couldn't, and so of course I asked why he didn't just NOT GO, and she said (she thinks it's that) he couldn't get a refund, along with his just wanting to get the hours in, and okay I-there's your MONEY, and THEN there's yOUR FUCKING LIFE OoOH MY GOD

[@MsSHINeeTVXQSuju]

i can only imagine what the colbert report would've been like during the trump/pence years, if it was as crazy and hilarious as it was during the bush years, one can only imagine what it would've been like now...........................i hope we see more of "stephen colbert's twin cousin" :P

[@tylermoore8795]

The keyboardist plays a piano fill from Sun Ra's "Where Pathways Meet" at the very beginning of this video. Excellent taste. Excellent song.

[@AMcGrath82]

"Please follow the guidance of your local officials regarding evacuations." ~ Stephen Colbert. Wish more celebrities (Trump included) would stress those things more often.

[@zorra578]

He takes them on his plane because of *the implication* .

[@jfr2045]

If the legislator says no, then the answer obviously is no, but the thing is they are not goin go to say no, they would never say no... because of the implication

[@Mediaright]

Always appreciate Jon's little musical asides. Everything's better with some Stevie!

[@astrotag1825]

Dude! Hurricane Irma projected path looks like it's preset. HAs technology advanced long enough to control the weather? Probably not. Sorry for my dumb comment. Here I go again with my conspiracy theory's.

[@Rick__C-137]

Irma Shirma. whatever

[@pzen]

They can't refuse because of the... implication. She's out in the middle of no where with some dude she barely knows. They can't go anywhere. They can't run away from you.

[@calicomorgan2408]

Meanwhile renewing my DACA worker's permit card takes 90 days and it is suggested to start it 180 days before expiration. Ie, now. I'm technically Canadian, but wasn't given a green card like I was supposed to when I was brought to the States with my parents who both had green cards and who lived in the US- I was less than a couple months old. Went through all my public schooling without even knowing this. Unfortunately I couldn't get a license or work when I was 17, and ended up struggling to get those permits until I was 23. Imagine thinking you were a regular US citizen like all your friends, and all of a sudden you are struggling to pay immigration lawyer fees to stay in the only home you've ever known. Green card process is backed up by six years. I'm a "dreamer". And it sucks.

[@pamelarose1547]

Trump is firmly seated in the use of "THE ROYAL 'WE'" that is, says "We" instead of "I" !!

[@OrionoftheStar]

Unfortunately, my grandaunt isn't able to leave Florida due to my granduncle's health problems and traffic thickness. Worried about how things are going to go.

[@CancerMage]

Stephen's grunting Trump sounds like a character from Banjo-Kazooie.

[@nogghan4637]

that tweet sounds like a 0% APR car deal NO ACTION FOR 6 MONTHS GUARANTEED

[@Wh0isTh3D0ct0r]

01:13 "Some sort of dice game"? They're obviously playing Liar's Dice.

[@Tokorai]

"He fucked us." Yeah... welcome to the fucking party. This is how things work now.

[@jimbaranski4687]

Stephan, you should be shaming of yourself; making fun of a handicapped person!!!!

[@HughJorgan1]

It's good see more people realizing the great job Trump is doing. Results are what's important. Smart people don't care about the times he misspeaks or makes unscripted comments. And it's great to see more people realizing the true motives of the fake-news/fake-humor businesses (like Colbert). They need a politically divided country to make money.

[@FJBRDALLAS]

Maybe something half decent will come out of this. Infrastructure spending please.

[@RobbyMaddox]

Stephen, why did you misquote Diaz-Balart that way? He wasn't saying that Trump was twisting arms and taking advantage of the fact that the lawmakers couldn't go anywhere, he was saying that he (Diaz-Balart) was able to get one-on-one time with the president. (The "they" in the quote appears to be referring to GW Bush and Trump, meaning that this is nothing new.) Additionally, he said that Trump was open, casual, warm and nice - not that he was annoying or anything. Diaz-Balart is a Republican though, so it's not unreasonable to say that he has a favorable bias. This was very poor taste, to attempt to misquote someone to make it look like Trump is doing something that there's no evidence of him doing, regardless of which side of the political spectrum you land on.

[@6slade]

Honestly your videos on this medium have become a crucial part to many people acquiring some semblance of political knowledge, and it's funny as hell, so thanks, Mr. Colbert.

[@Deskof003Blogspot]

I mean, shit. I hate Trump, but I've got to guve him props for using Air Force One like that. No bullshit, no running away, we are sitting and talking and figuring something out.

[@LBPOWAR]

It's ok if you don't recind DACA. Canada will take your graduated migrants who assimilated to your culture, which is basically ours, who wants to work and be productive. I'll never get why you want to get them out in the first place tough.

[@PrivasGuitar]

I am loving some of the piano licks Batiste has been playing lately. Also, regarding the "he fucked us" line -- this is how many, many Americans feel every single day. It's a constant deluge of bullshit, and we are swimming against the tide. Thanks, Stephen, for continuing to roast Trump; let's all continue to hope he exits as soon as possible.

[@BR34DSQUAD]

This provides a false narrative of how national debt works. It's not like personal debt where there's repossessions. A nation has no life expectancy like a person does, and as such there's no deadline for when to collect the debt to avoid losses. Instead by raising the deficit the US borrows money from the banks, and pay it back by taking money from the taxpayer. In truth raising the debt ceiling is a way to redistribute wealth upwards from the poor to the rich. This kind of national budgeting happens often, and redistribution of wealth is only stigmatised when it is rich people having to provide economic benefits to the poor.

[@tygillman]

I love Colbert, I really do, but his Trump impression makes me want to puke. Colbert and Seth Meyers need to drop the impressions, they're bad and they're played out. The only person that should be allowed to imitate Trump on TV is Alec Baldwin

[@rayb4615]

I noticed RIchard Branson taping widows before a hurricane. Please don't do that, they should be tempered glass and if they break the glass will be small pieces, taping the windows make those pieces larger ones. However, if the wind is already hitting the house that hard, you shouldn't be near windows anyway.

[@notruthyestruth8419]

suprize Stephen Colbert's a monetary policy expert don't China have to borrow money to sustain the economy fed up with the Fed😈😬😈👎

[@TheGhostOperative]

hurricane IRMA doesn't grind its way into the Caribbean. It dutty wines its way into the Caribbean.

[@sawdust6148]

I can't stop laughing @ "who's a good president you are" 😂😂😂😂😂

[@majed8192]

Isn't Stephen taking it a bit so much in mocking Trump his president even for Americans ?? I mean he likened him with a dog playing fetch game !! Before anyone attacks me here I'm not even American I'm merely wondering.

[@cmojj6761]

Just asking but aside from providing funding for storm relief and raise debt ceiling what exactly will this bill do for America overall?

[@aaronbono4688]

It will be hilarious if Trump switches to a Democrat by the end of the year. "Thank you Republicans for getting me in. Now go sit in the corner, us Democrats are going to get some sh*t done." But something tells me Trump will find a way to screw this up too. Hope I am wrong.

[@UsenameTakenWasTaken]

They get on the plane, they look around, and what do they see? Nothing but air. You see, they can't say no, because of the implications!

[@passengerprincesspodcast]

Anyone notice that at the very beginning the guy was playing the end of "what time is it" from High School Musical on the piano? 😂😂😂

[@LucaTheGuide]

If Trump keeps doing and maybe even believing the right thing, we might all end up loving him c= this is probably the first time in his administration that I don't feel like "Oh god what's happening". This made me realize that I and I believe many people can't care less about his quirks and overall unpresidential attitude as long as he's doing the right thing.

[@Disentropic1]

There's optimism, and then there's lunacy.

[@Shahdismylove]

Luca I couldn't agree with you more.

[@nikig1605]

I think that Stephen should continue to repeat Trump's words with just grunts... it sounds more accurate and it allows me to ignore the words and stay in my happy place.😆🙉

[@Lastbossmonster]

Lol... I haven't watched a video of yours in a while. I was mad at you. lol you're so gifted though, even though I don't agree with your politics very often

[@laloveisbad88]

But seriously how is 2017 worse than 2016. Everyday the news is worse and worse.

[@zakariahanbali1006]

I'm in Irma's path sooooooooooooooooo...Who cares amirite?

[@thescreamngshitter]

are you white and have money ?

[@nothanks2806]

screamingshiter why white?

[@Space_Logic]

I like the part "He ***** Us"

[@vonbiron]

You are sinking Mr Colbert......... how much lower will you want to go.......?

[@msmith9411]

He is no longer funny... just shrill. I'm not a fan of any politician. But his jokes are just nitpicky

[@Davo2able]

I do not like Trump at all but I gotta give credit where credit is due. Good for Trump being bipartisan.

[@albevanhanoy]

Roasting Richard Branson should happen more often on this show. This guy gives so much material for it.

[@mindy2215]

I was a democrat, not anymore. To many political fanatics. I like how Trump works.

[@generationdana9]

Actually we would be reposed by Japan as they hold the majority of our debt. Who's up for a whole bunch of anime and sushi..