WELCOME EVERYBODY TO "THE LATE SHOW."
I'M YOUR SHOWS STEPHEN COLBERT.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) YOU KNOW, THE WORLD IS STILL
REELING FROM FRIDAY'S TERROR ATTACK IN NEW ZEALAND ON TWO
MOSQUES BY A WHITE SUPREMACIST IN WHICH 50 MUSLIM WORSHIPERS
WERE KILLED.
ALL OF OUR HEARTS GO OUT TO THOSE AT THE AL NOOR AND LINWOOD
MOSQUES AND THE GREAT PEOPLE OF NEW ZEALAND.
IT IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY I HAVE EVER SEEN, AND KIWIS ARE
THE KINDEST PEOPLE I HAVE EVER MET.
RIGHT AFTER THE ATTACK, NEW ZEALAND'S PRIME MINISTER,
JACINDA ARDERN, MADE IT CLEAR THAT HER COUNTRY WAS UNITED.
>> MANY OF THOSE WHO WILL HAVE BEEN DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THIS
SHOOTING MAY BE MIGRANTS TO NEW ZEALAND, THEY MAY EVEN BE
REFUGEES HERE.
THEY HAVE CHOSEN TO MAKE NEW ZEALAND THEIR HOME, AND IT IS
THEIR HOME.
THEY ARE US.
>> Stephen: MANY ARE QUESTIONING OUR PRESIDENT'S
REACTION.
NOW, TO HIS CREDIT, HE DID SEND A CONDOLENCE TWEET, AND CALLED
THE PRIME MINISTER, AND SHE HAD A SIMPLE REQUEST FOR HIM.
>> I SPOKE WITH DONALD TRUMP THIS MORNING.
HE SOUGHT TO CALL US DIRECTLY.
HE VERY MUCH WISHED FOR HIS CONDOLENCES TO BE PASSED ON TO
NEW ZEALAND.
HE ASKED WHAT OFFER OF SUPPORT THE UNITED STATES COULD PROVIDE.
MY MESSAGE WAS SYMPATHY AND LOVE FOR ALL MUSLIM COMMUNITIES.
>> STEPHEN: THAT'S NOT REALLY TRUMP'S BRAND.
( LAUGHTER ) TRUMP HAS TROUBLE SHOWING LOVE
FOR THINGS THAT ARE NOT HIM, AND HE HAS A PARTICULARLY BAD RECORD
WITH MUSLIMS.
SO HE'S IN A BIND.
ON THE ONE HAND, AFTER A TERROR ATTACK TO CONDEMN THE EXTREMIST
IDEOLOGY OF THE TERRORIST SHOULD BE A SLAM DUNK.
ON THE OTHER HAND, HE CAN'T JUMP.
( LAUGHTER ) ALSO, HE NEVER CONDEMNS THE
RACISTS.
AFTER CHARLOTTESVILLE, HE SAID "THERE WERE FINE PEOPLE ON BOTH
SIDES."
REMEMBER THE GUY WITH ALL THE GUNS IN THE COAST GUARD?
HE WAS A WHITE NATIONALIST, TRUMP NEVER MENTIONED THAT.
HIS VERY FIRST CAMPAIGN SPEECH CALLED MEXICANS "RAPISTS AND
MURDERERS."
HE CALLED AFRICA AND HAITI "( BLEEP ) HOLE COUNTRIES."
HE COMPLAINED THAT WE DON'T GET MORE IMMIGRANTS FROM NORWAY.
HE SAID A MEXICAN JUDGE COULDN'T BE FAIR IN A CASE AGAINST HIM.
HE REFUSED TO DISAVOW DAVID DUKE.
HE CALLS ELIZABETH WARREN "POCAHONTAS."
HE SAID THAT NIGERIANS WOULD NEVER WANT TO "GO BACK TO THEIR
HUTS" AFTER SEEING AMERICA.
HE CALLS HIMSELF A NATIONALIST.
I'M JUST SAYING, IF IT WALKS LIKE A DUCK, AND TALKS LIKE A
DUCK, THEN WHY DOES IT KEEP GOOSE-STEPPING?
( LAUGHTER ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
( PIANO RIFF ) SO, ON FRIDAY, A REPORTER ASKED
TRUMP ABOUT IT POINT BLANK.
>> DO YOU SEE TODAY WHITE NATIONALISM AS A RISING THREAT
AROUND THE WORLD?
>> I DON'T REALLY.
I THINK IT'S A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE VERY, VERY
SERIOUS PROBLEMS.
>> STEPHEN: YES, BUT OTHER THAN YOUR CABINET.
( LAUGHTER ) OVER THE WEEKEND, TRUMP GOT AN
ASSIST FROM ACTING CHIEF OF STAFF AND BEAVER UPSET NONE OF
THE OTHER FOREST CREATURES REMEMBERED HIS BIRTHDAY, MICK
MULVANEY.
MULVANEY MADE ROUNDS ON THE SUNDAY MORNING SHOWS, WHERE FOX
NEWS'S CHRIS WALLACE ASKED HIM DIRECTLY WHY TRUMP WON'T
SPECIFICALLY CONDEMN WHITE SUPREMACY.
>> TO THE DEGREE THAT THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH WHITE SUPREMACIST,
WHITE NATIONALIST, ANTI-MUSLIM BIGOTRY IN THIS COUNTRY, AND
THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THAT, WHY NOT DELIVER A SPEECH
CONDEMNING IT?
>> YOU SEE WHEN THE PRESIDENT STANDS UP FOR RELIGIOUS LIBERTY,
INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY.
THE PRESIDENT IS NOT A WHITE SUPREMACIST, AND I'M NOT SURE
HOW MANY TIMES WE HAVE TO SAY THAT.
>> Stephen: HAVING TO SAY IT ONCE IS A PROBLEM.
"HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO SAY IT, I'VE NEVER TASTED HUMAN
FLESH.
IT'S TOO SALTY!" ( LAUGHTER )
( PIANO RIFF ) BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT
HE DIDN'T ASK YOU IF THE PRESIDENT WAS A WHITE
NATIONALIST.
HE ASKED YOU WHY THE PRESIDENT WON'T DENOUNCE WHITE
NATIONALISTS.
"DO YOU PROMISE TO LOVE, HONOR, AND CHERISH THIS WOMAN?"
"HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU, I'M NOT BANGING MY
SECRETARY?!" ( LAUGHTER )
PLEASE!
AND HERE'S MULVANEY ON THE NATION-FACE WITH MARGARET
BRENNAN.
>> WHY NOT DIRECTLY ADDRESS WHITE SUPREMACY AND,
SPECIFICALLY, ISLAMOPHOBIA?
>> YEAH.
I-- I GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT--
>> BECAUSE A NUMBER OF WORLD LEADERS DID AND THE PRESIDENT
DIDN'T.
>> I GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS FROM PEOPLE SAYING WHY-- YOU
NEED TO TELL THE PRESIDENT TO DO X, YOU NEED TO TELL THE
PRESIDENT TO GO AND GIVE IT AN OVAL OFFICE ADDRESS ON THIS OR
ON THAT.
THAT'S NOT HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS.
THE PRESIDENT COMMUNICATES IN HIS WAY.
>> Stephen: MULVANEY ANSWERED LIKE THE WORST PARENT AT THE
LOCAL SCHOOL.
"WE DON'T LIKE TO TELL BRADEN WHAT TO DO.
HE COMMUNICATES IN HIS OWN WAY.
AND HE'S NOT BITING THE OTHER CHILDREN.
HE'S KISSING THEM WITH HIS TEETH."
( LAUGHTER ) THEN, MULVANEY ISSUED A
CHALLENGE.
>> I DON'T THINK ANYBODY COULD SAY THAT THE PRESIDENT IS
ANTI-MUSLIM.
>> STEPHEN: THE PRESIDENT IS ANTI-MUSLIM.
( LAUGHTER ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
WHAT DID I WIN?
DID I WIN SOMETHING?
>> Jon: YEAH, I THINK SO!
COME ON, NOW!
( PIANO RIFF ) ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: THAT WAS ACTUALLY KIND OF EASY.
THAT WASN'T HARD AT ALL.
TRUMP ALSO GOT AN ASSIST FROM KELLYANNE CONWAY, WHO RAGED AT
THE MEDIA FOR ASKING FOR PRESIDENTIAL ACCOUNTABILITY.
>> THE MEDIA IS PUTTING ALL THE BLAME ON THE RIGHT.
THEY INSERT THEMSELVES.
"I MUST SPEAK.
I MUST SAY SOMETHING."
NO, YOU DON'T.
YOU CAN SHUT UP AND PRAY FOR PEOPLE.
>> STEPHEN: YEAH, MEDIA, SHUT UP AND PRAY.
JUST LIKE JESUS SAID, "BLESSED ARE THE MEEK, WHO BETTER SHUT
THEIR PIE HOLES!" ( LAUGHTER )
I DON'T REMEMBER THAT QUOTE MYSELF, JON.
>> Jon: I DIDN'T READ THAT ONE EITHER?
>> DIFFERENT VERSION OF THE BIBLE THAN I'M USED TO.
>> Jon: YEAH, DEFINITELY.
>> Stephen: NOW, I'M NOT GOING TO QUOTE THE
SHOOTER'S MANIFESTO, BUT HE NAME-CHECKED TRUMP AS A SYMBOL
OF WHITE IDENTITY.
BUT KELLYANNE CONWAY SAYS IT'S MORE COMPLICATED THAN THAT.
>> UNLIKE MOST MASS SHOOTINGS, THIS MAN CAME WITH PRE-RECEIPTS,
IF YOU WILL.
HE PUT OUT A 70-PAGE MANIFESTO.
AND I GUESS EVERYBODY SCOURED, SEARCHED FOR DONALD TRUMP'S
NAME, AND THERE IT IS ONE TIME.
BUT HE ALSO SAID HE ALLIES CLOSELY WITH THE IDEOLOGY OF
CHINA.
HE SAID HE IS NOT A CONSERVATIVE.
HE IS NOT A NAZI.
I THINK HE REFERRED TO HIMSELF AS ECONATURALIST OR ECOFASCIST.
BUT PEOPLE SHOULD READ THE ENTIRE-- IN ITS ENTIRETY.
>> STEPHEN: WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT?
"YOU'VE GOT TO READ TO THE END, THERE'S AN AMAZING TWIST: TURNS
OUT, THE REAL RACIAL SUPERIORITY WERE THE FRIENDS WE MADE ALONG
THE WAY."