“Late Show” host Stephen Colbert said President Donald Trump spent part of his weekend pushing out memes of himself on social media.
“Some more offensive than others,” Colbert said, then showed an AI-generated image Trump posted of himself as the pope.
Colbert wasn’t having it.
“Now, as a Catholic, let me just say in the words of St. Peter: ‘Go fuck yourself,’” Colbert said.
He pointed out that Trump was only recently at the pope’s funeral ― and is now showing off an image of himself in the pope’s clothes.
Colbert showed how that might come across in another context.
“Hey I went to your grandmother’s funeral and look at me, I’m your grandma, look I’m wearing her clothes,” he said. “I love butterscotch and ‘Wheel of Fortune.’”
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