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English 0:00WELCOME TO THE 'LATE SHOW.' 0:01I AM YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT. 0:07( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) HEY, SO THIS IS ALL STILL 0:09HAPPENING. 0:14DONALD TRUMP IS REALLY GOING TO BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT. 0:19( AUDIENCE BOOING ) >> Stephen: YEAH, YOU HAVE 0:21BEEN READING MY JOURNAL. 0:24FOR A WHILE, I WAS POKING MYSELF WITH A STRAIGHT PIN TO TRY AND 0:28WAKE UP FROM THIS, BUT NOW I KEEP DOING IT TO FEEL SOMETHING. 0:31IT'S SO REAL THAT TRUMP IS NOW RECEIVING THE CLASSIFIED DAILY 0:34INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING KNOWN AS 'THE BOOK,' MAKING IT THE ONLY 0:40BOOK HE OWNS THAT DOESN'T HAVE HIS PICTURE ON IT. 0:46( LAUGHTER ) AND TODAY, THE TRANSFER OF POWER 0:48BEGAN WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA HOSTED TRUMP AT THE WHITE HOUSE 0:51FOR THE MOST SURPRISING REMAKE OF 'GUESS WHO'S COMING TO 0:54DINNER.' 0:57( LAUGHTER ) DIDN'T SEE THAT ONE. 1:02I DIDN'T SEE THAT ONE COMING. 1:03>> Jon: I DIDN'T SEE THAT ONE COMING, EITHER. 1:11( LAUGHTER ) CAN YOU IMAGINE HOW AWKWARD THAT 1:13MEETING WAS? 1:15PUT YOURSELF IN THAT PRIVATE ROOM WHEN THEY WERE TOGETHER. 1:18CAN YOU IMAGINE? 1:19AWKWARD! 1:20( LAUGHTER ) THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN 1:22PRESIDENT SITTING DOWN WITH A PRESIDENT-ELECT WHO WAS 1:24ENDORSED BY THE KLAN? 1:26A GUY WHO SPENT FIVE YEARS , CREATED HIS POLITICAL CAREER, 1:32DEMANDING OBAMA PROVE WHERE HE WAS BORN, THEN DENYING HE DID 1:34IT. 1:35WHAT DID THEY TALK ABOUT? 1:37WHAT WAS THE TOUR LIKE? 1:39( AS OBAMA ) 'ALL RIGHT, DONALD, THIS IS THE 1:41BLUE ROOM, THIS IS THE RED ROOM, AND DOWN THE HALL IS THE OFFICE 1:43I SAID YOU WERE FUNDAMENTALLY UNFIT FOR. 1:46LIBRARY'S DOWNSTAIRS.' 1:50( LAUGHTER ) NOW, GETTING TRUMP UP TO SPEED 1:55FOR THE NEW JOB MIGHT BE A CHALLENGE BECAUSE HE 1:58WILL BE THE FIRST U.S. PRESIDENT TO HAVE NEVER HELD ELECTED 1:59OFFICE OR SERVED IN THE MILITARY. 2:04IN FACT, DONALD TRUMP IS SO PRIVILEGED 2:09THAT THE FIRST JOB HE EVER HAD TO APPLY FOR WAS PRESIDENT. 2:12( LAUGHTER ) HAVE YOU WATCHED OBAMA? 2:14HAVE YOU HEARD HIM YESTERDAY AND SEEN HIM TODAY? 2:17>> Jon: YEAH. 2:19>> Stephen: YOU'VE GOT TO GIVE IT UP FOR THE GUY. 2:22HE'S AMAZING. 2:25HE'S BEING SO GOOD! 2:27( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) IT'S THE MOST AMAZING THING HE'S 2:30EVER DONE. 2:30HE'S BEING SO GOOD ABOUT THIS TRANSITION THAT HIS TEAM 2:34EVEN MADE A SPECIAL MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION JUST FOR TRUMP ON 2:36THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH AND THE 2:38LEGISLATIVE. 2:39♪ I'M JUST A BILL. 2:40♪ YES, I'M ONLY A BILL. 2:42♪ AND I'M SITTING HERE ON CAPITOL HILL. 2:47>> Stephen: ♪ ♪ OH, IT'S A LONG, LONG WAY -- 2:53THEY LET HIM TAKE IT HOME. 2:54HE'S GOING TO NEED SOME REPEAT VIEWINGS. 2:55THEY ALSO TAUGHT HIM WHAT A CONJUNCTION WAS. 3:01( LAUGHTER ) ♪ INTERJECTION!♪ 3:08I'VE GOT TO BREATHE EVERY SO OFTEN OR I'LL PASS OUT. 3:17( LAUGHTER ) OF COURSE, TRUMP WASN'T ALONE. 3:19MELANIA WAS THERE FOR A PRIVATE MEETING WITH MICHELLE OBAMA, TO 3:21ENSURE THE PEACEFUL TRANSITION OF SPEECHES. 3:24( APPLAUSE ) AMERICA IS THE ENVY OF THE WORLD 3:30IN THAT REGARD. 3:32SO THOSE ARE LIKE THE HEADLINERS. 3:35THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE YOU FOE ABOUT, THE CANDIDATES, THE 3:37INCOMING PRESIDENT. 3:40BUT TO BE HONEST, MY HEART GOES OUT TO EVERYONE AT THE WHITE 3:45HOUSE. 3:46I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW HARD THAT IS-- AND I DON'T HAVE TO BECAUSE 3:48THERE'S THIS PICTURE OF THE WHITE HOUSE STAFF AS OBAMA 3:53CONGRATULATED TRUMP YESTERDAY. 3:58A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS, NONE OF WHICH I'M ALLOWED 4:01TO SAY ON CBS. 4:07( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) AFTER THE MEETING, TRUMP AND 4:16OBAMA SPOKE FROM THE OVAL OFFICE WHERE TRUMP WAS SEATED WITH A 4:20BUST OF M.L.K. LOOMING OVER HIS SHOULDER. 4:27OKAY, OBAMA PUT THAT THERE. 4:31WHEN HE GOT IN THERE, THE BUSH PEOPLE -- WHO DID THEY HAVE? 4:35THEY HAD A BUST OF CHURCHILL. 4:37WHEN OBAMA CAME IN, HE REPLACED IT WITH A BUST OF MARTIN LUTHER 4:46KING. 4:47WHEN TRUMP COMES IN, HE'LL REPLACE IT WITH A PICTURE OF THE 4:52BURGER KING. 4:53( LAUGHTER ) PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP THOUGHT 4:54THE MEETING WENT VERY WELL. 4:55>> WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PRESIDENT OBAMA. 4:57THIS WAS A MEETING THAT WAS GOING TO LAST FOR MAYBE TEN OR 4:5815 MINUTES, AND WE WERE JUST GOING TO GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER. 4:59THE MEETING LASTED FOR ALMOST AN HOUR AND A HALF. 5:01>> STEPHEN: THAT'S RIGHT. 5:02IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE JUST TEN MINUTES, BUT TRUMP DEMANDED THE 5:03'LONG FORM.' 5:05( LAUGHTER ) OH, OKAY. 5:15AFTER THE MEETING, PRESS SECRETARY JOSH EARNEST WENT INTO 5:17MORE DETAIL. 5:21>> I THINK THE PRESIDENT CAME AWAY WITH... RENEWED CONFIDENCE. 5:35( APPLAUSE ) >> STEPHEN: I'VE GOT TO SAY, HIS 5:37ANSWER DOES NOT GIVE ME... 5:41RENEWED CONFIDENCE. 5:44( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 5:54BUT WE DID GET SOME REASSURANCE FROM R.N.C. CHAIR AND TRUMP 5:57POCKET ELF, REINCE PRIEBUS. 6:05PRIEBUS TOLD REPORTERS, 'DONALD TRUMP IS TAKING THIS 6:10VERY SERIOUSLY.' 6:12WELL, THE FACT THAT REINCE PRIEBUS FOUND IT NECESSARY TO 6:13SAY THAT OUT LOUD GIVES ME... 6:14RENEWED CONFIDENCE. 6:16( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 6:27JUST LIKE I'D HAVE IF I WAS ON A PLANE AND, RIGHT BEFORE TAKEOFF, 6:30THE PILOT HOPPED ON THE INTERCOM AND SAID, 'AH, THIS IS YOUR 6:33CAPTAIN SPEAKING. 6:35I PROMISE YOU GUYS I'M GOING TO TAKE FLYING THIS PLANE VERY 6:36SERIOUSLY.' 6:40( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 6:48AND THERE'S PROOF TRUMP'S TAKING IT SERIOUSLY BECAUSE HE HAS 6:50ALREADY HAS A NEW TRANSITION WEB SITE WITH THE NAME: 6:53WWW.GREATAGAIN.GOV. 6:57HE'S GOT A DOT.GOV. 6:59THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST DISTURBING THING I'VE EVER SEEN 7:03ON THE INTERNET, AND I'VE BEEN ON THE INTERNET. 7:07( LAUGHTER ) AND 'GREATAGAIN.GOV' SHOWS JUST 7:09HOW SERIOUSLY TRUMP IS TAKING HIS NEW GIG, STARTING WITH A 7:13PAGE THAT SAYS 'HELP WANTED,' WHICH IS HOW A LOT OF PEOPLE 7:16FEEL RIGHT NOW. 7:19( LAUGHTER ) AND IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO WORK, 7:22THEY ARE READY TO HIRE. 7:23THE SITE SAYS THEY NEED '4,000 PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTEES, 7:25INCLUDING POSITIONS WITH AND WITHOUT SENATE CONFIRMATIONS.' 7:29THEY ALSO PUT OUT THIS FLYER: 'GOVERNMENT WANTED: NO 7:31EXPERIENCE NEEDED. 7:32NO FATTIES.' 7:34( LAUGHTER ) AND, JUST TEAR THAT OFF -- 7:43AND THE SITE ALSO SHOWS HOW SERIOUS TRUMP IS ABOUT 7:45FULFILLING THE CENTRAL CAMPAIGN PROMISE OF HIS HAT BECAUSE 7:48THERE'S A FORM YOU CAN FILL OUT TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, 'HOW DO 7:51YOU WANT TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT?' OH, OH, OH, AH -- MAYBE ELECT 8:02SOMEONE WHO ALREADY KNOWS HOW TO DO THAT! 8:05( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) IS THAT -- 8:08>> Jon: YEAH, YEAH. 8:12>> Stephen: NOW -- NOW, WHEN IT COMES TO FILLING 8:15CABINET POSITIONS, TRUMP HAS CAST A WIDE NET, STARTING WITH 8:18DONALD TRUMP, JR. HEY, DON, SR.? 8:23IF YOU'RE TRYING TO TONE DOWN THE WHOLE 'DICTATOR' THING, 8:25MAYBE DON'T GIVE A CABINET POSITION TO YOUR SON, KIM JONG 8:28TRUMP. 8:30IT'S A LITTLE ON THE NOSE. 8:33AND THERE'S MORE. 8:34THE LEADING CANDIDATE FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL IS RUDY 8:36GIULIANI. 8:42( AUDIENCE REACTS ) EXCUSE ME. 8:43I HAVE SOMETHING I NEED TO DO HERE. 8:45EXCUSE ME ONE SECOND. 8:48ATTENTION, BLACK PEOPLE. 8:49ATTENTION, BLACK PEOPLE. 8:50STARTING JANUARY 20, PLEASE BUILD AN EXTRA 30 MINUTES INTO 8:52YOUR DAILY SCHEDULE FOR THE NATIONWIDE STOP-AND-FRISK. 8:58( LAUGHTER ) I DON'T KNOW HOW TO TRANSLATE 9:06VOMITING OVER A MICROPHONE. 9:09( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE ) 9:15GUYS, IT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE THIS IS JUST A 9:20PROP. 9:21IT'S NOT CONNECTED TO ANYTHING. 9:22( LAUGHTER ) AND FOR SECRETARY OF STATE, 9:23TRUMP IS CONSIDERING FORMER SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE AND ANGRY 9:25SACK OF RICOTTA CHEESE, NEWT GINGRICH. 9:28( LAUGHTER ) ( AUDIENCE REACTS ) 9:30THAT'S NOT BAD. 9:31I COULD SUPPORT SENDING GINGRICH OUT OF THE COUNTRY. 9:35AND FOR SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE, TRUMP IS 9:38CONSIDERING TEXAS' SID MILLER, WHO CAUSED A FIRESTORM JUST DAYS 9:41AGO AFTER HIS CAMPAIGN'S OFFICIAL TWITTER ACCOUNT 9:44REFERRED TO HILLARY CLINTON AS A 'C WORD.' 9:52( AUDIENCE REACTS ) THAT KIND OF LANGUAGE HAS NO 9:53PLACE IN OUR POLITICAL DISCOURSE... IS SOMETHING I 9:56WOULD HAVE SAID 48 HOURS AGO. 9:59( APPLAUSE ) FOR EDUCATION SECRETARY, 10:01INSIDERS ARE SPECULATING THAT AMONG THOSE WHO MAY BE ON THE 10:03SHORT LIST IS CREATIONIST SURGEON DR. BEN CARSON. 10:11( AUDIENCE BOOING ) SO GET READY FOR THE NEW HISTORY 10:16TEXTBOOKS, '( BLEEP ) I MADE UP ABOUT EGYPT.' 10:20( APPLAUSE ) ( PIANO RIFF ) 10:30BUT HEY, DON'T WORRY, LADIES. 10:32YOU'LL BE REPRESENTED IN TRUMP'S CABINET BECAUSE HIS TOP PICK FOR 10:35INTERIOR SECRETARY IS SARAH PALIN. 10:38( AUDIENCE REACTS ) ( AS PALIN ) 10:43'YEP, HOW'S THAT HOPEY CHANGEY STUFF GOIN'? 10:45DRILL, BABY, DRILL. 10:45FORGET ABOUT YOSEMITE PARK, YOSEMITE SAM NOW UNCLE SAM. 10:47SAM I AM. 10:49DON'T GO BUGGING, TREE HUGGING BLOGGERS BECAUSE I'M CALLING THE 10:50LOGGERS. 10:51WE'RE FRACKIN' OLD FAITHFUL, YOU'RE GOING BE GRATEFUL, 10:53EXECUTIONS IN THE SPORTS STADIUMS. 10:55ARREST YOUR ENEMIES. 10:56TIE A TYPEWRITER AROUND HIS NECK, WHAT THE HECK, SHOOT HIM, 10:57HE'S GETTING AWAY. 10:59TAG, TRIG, TRIP, TRAP, KNICK KNACK, PADDYWHACK, TICK TOCK OUT 11:02OF WEDLOCK, GIVE YOUR DOG A BONE, E.T., PHONE HOME, SNOW 11:05MACHINE.' 11:09( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) GOD, SHE'S EXHAUSTING! 11:20( LAUGHTER ) AND I'M BEING TOLD THE GRAND 11:22CANYON HAS COMMITTED SUICIDE. 11:24IT JUMPED INTO ITSELF. 11:26( LAUGHTER ) THAT'S RIGHT. 11:30TRUMP'S PLAN TO DRAIN THE SWAMP OF CORRUPTION MEANS BRINGING 11:37BACK GIULIANI, GINGRICH, CHRISTIE, AND PALIN. 11:43MAKES SENSE. 11:44THEY'RE EXACTLY WHAT I'D EXPECT TO FIND AT THE BOTTOM OF A 11:45DRAINED SWAMP. 11:47( APPLAUSE ) NOW, IF YOU'RE ONE OF THE SMALL 11:54MINORITY OF THE MAJORITY OF VOTERS WHO DIDN'T VOTE FOR 11:57TRUMP, JUST REMEMBER -- ALL THROUGH THE CAMPAIGN, HE ASSURED 12:00US THAT HE WAS GOING TO SURROUND HIMSELF WITH THE BEST AND THE 12:02BRIGHTEST. 12:04>> I'M GOING TO GET THE BEST PEOPLE FOR THE JOB. 12:07I WOULD USE THE GREATEST MINDS. 12:09WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE SMARTEST, THE BEST NEGOTIATORS 12:13IN THE WORLD, AND I KNOW MOST OF THEM AND, BELIEVE ME, I KNOW 12:16PEOPLE YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD OF WHO ARE BETTER THAN THE ONES 12:17THAT YOU DID HEAR OF. 12:19>> STEPHEN: OH, GOOD, BECAUSE THE ONES I DID HEAR OF ARE A 12:22PILE OF GARBAGE. 12:25( LAUGHTER ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) 12:29AND WE'RE NOT DONE! 12:31THEN THERE'S TRUMP'S WHITE HOUSE STAFF. 12:32I KNOW I AM SUPER EXCITED TO FIND OUT WHAT ROLE THERE IS FOR 12:35OMAROSA. 12:37SHE WAS THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN'S DIRECTOR OF AFRICAN AMERICAN 12:39OUTREACH. 12:42OH, NEWSFLASH -- THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN WAS DOING AFRICAN 12:45AMERICAN OUTREACH. 12:49HIRING OMAROSA WAS IT. 12:51WELL, ON ELECTION NIGHT, WE GOT A GLIMPSE OF THE FUTURE WHEN, 12:53AFTER HEARING THAT FORMER REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE LINDSAY 12:55GRAHAM DIDN'T VOTE FOR TRUMP, OMAROSA TOLD A REPORTER, 'IT'S 12:59SO GREAT OUR ENEMIES ARE MAKING THEMSELVES CLEAR SO THAT, WHEN 13:02WE GET IN TO THE WHITE HOUSE, WE KNOW WHERE WE STAND. 13:04I WOULD NEVER JUDGE ANYBODY FOR EXERCISING THEIR RIGHT TO AND 13:08THE FREEDOM TO CHOOSE WHO THEY WANT. 13:09BUT LET ME JUST TELL YOU, MR. TRUMP HAS A LONG MEMORY, AND 13:11WE'RE KEEPING A LIST.' 13:16( AUDIENCE REACTS ) ENEMIES LIST. 13:17WOW. 13:17THEY WENT FROM ZERO TO NIXON IN NO TIME FLAT. 13:20( APPLAUSE ) NOW, THAT'S WORTH NOTING BECAUSE 13:27SOME PEOPLE IN LATE NIGHT HAVE SAID ONE OR TWO THINGS THAT WERE 13:29CRITICAL OF DONALD TRUMP. 13:33BUT THAT WAS JUST IN THE HEAT OF ELECTION NIGHT, RIGHT? 13:38SURELY IF OMAROSA DID MORE OF A SIT-DOWN INTERVIEW, SHE WOULDN'T 13:40PAINT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AS SOME VINDICTIVE PREDATOR 13:43SAVORING THEIR CHANCE TO USE THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT FOR 13:45PAYBACK. 13:48>> EVERY CRITIC, EVERY DETRACTOR WILL HAVE TO BOW DOWN TO 13:51PRESIDENT TRUMP. 13:55IT'S EVERYONE WHO'S EVER DOUBTED DONALD, WHO EVER DISAGREED, WHO 13:58EVER CHALLENGED HIM. 14:01IT IS THE ULTIMATE REVENGE TO BECOME THE MOST POWERFUL MAN IN 14:04THE UNIVERSE. 14:07>> STEPHEN: IT WAS SAM BEE AND SETH MYERS! 14:09THEY'RE THE ONES WHO SAID ALL THOSE HORRIBLE THINGS ABOUT YOU. 14:11I WAS JUST JOKING. 14:14ALL HAIL OUR GLORIOUS LEADER! 14:19GIANT HANDS! 14:20YOU'VE GOT GIANT HANDS! 14:21YOU'RE GOING TO BE GREAT! 14:24( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) IS WHAT A PUSSY WOULD SAY. 14:37( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( AUDIENCE CHANTING STEPHEN ) 15:01SIT DOWN, SIT DOWN, SIT DOWN! 15:03STICK AROUND, EVERYBODY.

Published on Nov 11, 2016

Now that Donald Trump becoming president is a real and actual thing, he's meeting with the current president, picking his cabinet, and plotting his revenge.

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