WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW," EVERYBODY.
I'M YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT.
AMERICA IS STILL REELING FROM THE TROUBLING REMINDERS THAT
OMAROSA IS STILL OUT THERE.
( LAUGHTER ) HER NEW BOOK-- DO WE HAVE IS
HERE?
"UNHINGED" DROPPED TODAY.
IT'S HIGHLY ANTICIPATED, IT'S FILLED WITH SALACIOUS
BEHIND-THE-SCENES DETAILS, AND IT'S 30% OFF.
DAY ONE.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
IT'S THE LITERARY EQUIVALENT OF DAY-OLD SUSHI.
OF COURSE, THE BOMBSHELL EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT IS
THAT OMAROSA CLAIMS SHE HEARD THE TAPE OF DONALD TRUMP ON THE
SET OF "CELEBRITY APPRENTICE" SAYING THE "N" WORD.
>> Audience: OOOOH!
>> Stephen: I KNOW,IN, IT'S TERRIBLE.
IF THIS SHOCKING ALLEGATION IS TRUE, IT WOULD UNDENIABLY MAKE
SOME OF HIS FANS HAPPY.
( LAUGHTER ) OTHERS WOULD GO, "I DON'T LIKE
THAT HE'S A RACIST, BUT, YOU KNOW, TAXES."
( LAUGHTER ) >> Jon: WOW!
>> Stephen: LAST NIGHT, TRUMP FIRED BACK WITH A CHARACTER
WITNESS: "CELEBRITY APPRENTICE" PRODUCER
AND PADDINGTON HUMAN, MARK BURNETT.
LAST NIGHT, TRUMP TWEETED, "MARK BURNETT CALLED TO SAY THAT THERE
ARE NO TAPES OF THE 'APPRENTICE' WHERE I USED SUCH A TERRIBLE AND
DISGUSTING WORD."
WELL, THAT SETTLES IT.
( LAUGHTER ) A GUY CALLED HIM AND TOLD HIM
IT'S NOT ON TAPE.
( LAUGHTER ) YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY, "IF A
TREE FALLS IN THE FOREST AND THERE'S NO ONE THERE TO HEAR IT
SAY THE "N" WORD, IS IT RACIST?
BUT TO BE FAIR, HE GOES ON: "I DON'T HAVE THAT WORD IN MY
VOCABULARY, AND NEVER HAVE."
"YES, I'VE TAKEN IT OUT OF MY VOCABULARY AND HIDDEN IT WITH MY
TAXES.
YOU'LL NEVER FIND IT.
IT'S A BUSINESS EXPENSE.
IT'S JUST--"
( APPLAUSE ) AND THIS MORNING, HE LAID INTO
OMAROSA, TWEETING: "WHEN YOU GIVE A CRAZED, CRYING LOWLIFE A
BREAK, AND GIVE HER A JOB AT THE WHITE HOUSE, I GUESS IT JUST
DIDN'T WORK OUT.
GOOD WORK BY GENERAL KELLY FOR QUICKLY FIRING THAT DOG!"
THAT IS SO WEIRD.
THAT IS SO WEIRD THAT TRUMP USED "DOG" AS AN INSULT.
HE SHOULD LOVE DOGS.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY TO WATCH THEM PEE.
( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )
-- ALTHOUGH, ALTHOUGH-- WHO'S A GOOD BOY?
WHO'S A GOOD BOY?
ALTHOUGH, FIRING DOGS IS KIND OF A RECURRING THEME IN TRUMP'S
TWEETS.
HE'S USED THE PHRASE "FIRED LIKE A DOG" IN TWEETS ABOUT DAVID
GREGORY, CHUCK TODD, BILL MAHER, AND GLENN BECK.
HE'S PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT DOGS GETTING FIRED FOR A MAN WHO'S
AFRAID OF GETTING IMPOOCHED.
( LAUGHTER ) SO THAT'S IT.
THE PRESIDENT CATEGORICALLY DENIES SAYING THE "N" WORD AND
SAYS OMAROSA IS A LYING DOG FOR IMPLYING HE DID.
AND THIS AFTERNOON AT THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS BRIEFING, SARAH
HUCKA-SANDS CAME DOWN FIRMLY ON THE SIDE OF...
>> I CAN'T GUARANTEE ANYTHING.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE PRESIDENT ADDRESSED THIS
QUESTION DIRECTLY.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT I'VE NEVER HEARD IT.
>> JUST TO BE CLEAR, YOU CAN'T GUARANTEE IT.
>> LOOK, I HAVEN'T BEEN IN EVERY SINGLE ROOM.
>> Stephen: IS THERE A SPECIAL ROOM WHERE HE SAYS IT?
( LAUGHTER ) PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE TELL ME
IT'S NOT THE LINCOLN BEDROOM.
BUT HUCKA-SANDS INSISTED THAT, DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE
PRESIDENT HAS HAD A LONG STRING OF INSULTS FOR AFRICAN
AMERICANS, THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH RACE.
>> THIS HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH RACE AND EVERYTHING
TO DO WITH THE PRESIDENT CALLING OUT SOMEONE'S LACK OF INTEGRITY.
THE FACT IS THE PRESIDENT IS A EQUAL-OPPORTUNITY... UHH...
PERSON THAT CALLS THINGS LIKE HE SEES IT.
>> Stephen: YES, YES-- NO, FOLKS.
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH RACE.
HE'S AN EQUAL-OPPORTUNITY INSULTER.
( LAUGHTER ) IT'S LIKE MARTIN LUTHER KING
SO FAMOUSLY SAID, " "
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) PEOPLE FORGET THAT PART OF THE
SPEECH.
>> Jon: I FORGOT THAT PART.
>> Stephen: PEOPLE FORGET THAT PART, JON.
YEAH.
AND OMAROSA CONTINUED HER TRUMPAPALOOZA WORLD TOUR THIS
RANCH WHEN SHE WENT ON THE MSNBC TO DISCUSS DETAILS FROM
HER BOOK.
AND SHE SPILLED SOME TEA!
>> THERE IS A LOT OF CORRUPTION THAT WENT ON BOTH IN THE
CAMPAIGN AND IN THE WHITE HOUSE, AND I'M GOING TO BLOW THE
WHISTLE ON ALL OF IT.
>> Stephen: ALL OF IT?
ALL OF IT?
BE CAREFUL, OMAROSA, YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO DAMAGE YOUR
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PRESIDENT.
HE MIGHT NOT HIRE YOU FOUR MORE TIMES.
AND THEN SHE GOT TO THE GOOD STUFF.
>> YOU WERE INSTRUCTED, ACCORDING TO THE BOOK, TO BRING
UP THE EMAILS AT EVERY POINT YOU COULD AT THE END OF THE 2016
CAMPAIGN, HILLARY CLINTON'S EMAILS.
>> YES, THAT WAS OUR TALKER.
>> DID DONALD TRUMP KNOW ABOUT THE EMAILS BEFORE THEY CAME OUT?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> HE KNEW ABOUT THEM?
>> YES.
>> HE KNEW WHAT WAS COMING OUT BEFORE WIKILEAKS RELEASED THEM?
>> YES.
>> Stephen: THAT IS A MASSIVE REVELATION.
THE EMAILS THAT RUSSIA HACKED THAT WIKILEAKS LEAKED, DONALD
TRUMP SOMEHOW KNEW BEFORE THEY WERE ACTUALLY RELEASED.
SOMEWHERE ROBERT MUELLER IS YELLING, "UM, HOW ABOUT A
SPOILER ALERT?" COME ON!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) BUT OMAROSA DIDN'T JUST ACCUSE
THE PRESIDENT OF BEING A TRAITOR TO HIS COUNTRY.
SHE ALSO ACCUSED HIM OF BEING A BAD FRIEND.
>> HE TALKED ABOUT ALL OF THE PEOPLE AROUND HIM.
IF YOU WERE IN THE ROOM WITH HIM, AND YOU LEAVE THE ROOM--
FOR INSTANCE, HE WOULD CALL BETSY DEVOS "DITSY DEVOS."
WHEN GENERAL KELLY LEFT THE OFFICE, HE HAD A NICKNAME FOR
HIM.
ANYBODY THAT WAS IN HIS WORLD, BECAUSE OF HIS SMALL ABILITY TO
COMMUNICATE, HE WOULD GIVE THEM THESE DEROGATORY NICKNAMES.
>> Stephen: YES, HE HAD DEROGATORY NICKNAMES FOR
EVERYBODY.
SOME OF THEM WERE REALLY CRUEL.
I HEAR HE CALLED ONE GUY DONALD TRUMP JR.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) TERRIBLE.