Said he loved it, even though he couldnt see it. Until a young boy stepped forward and said, but, emperor, theres no wall there at all. And the emperor respected the boys honesty . No. He called him a loser and immediately had him deported. laughter the end. Announcer its the late show with Stephen Colbert. Tonight, stephen welcomes trumps alabama bus. Plus stephen welcomes nick kroll. Former new york city mayor michael bloomberg. And now live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, its Stephen Colbert applause stephen thank you. Well, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the late show. Im your host, Stephen Colbert. Today was a huge day for president trump. In an attempt to get everybody to forget about his recent big failures, he unveiled his next big failure tax reform. Okay. Weve been waiting for this one. And in his kickoff speech, he gave a shoutout to his favorite people the forgotten ones. First, we will cut taxes for the everyday, hardworking americans, the people t
Said he loved it, even though he couldnt see it. Until a young boy stepped forward and said, but, emperor, theres no wall there at all. Andhe ys honesty . No. He called him a loser and immediately had him deported. laughter the end. Announcer its the late show with Stephen Colbert. Tonight, stephen welcomes trumps alabama bus. Plus stephen welcomes nick kroll. Former new york city mayor michael bloomberg. And now live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, its Stephen Colbert applause stephen thank you. Well, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the late show. Im your host, Stephen Colbert. Today was a huge day for president trump. In an attempt to get everybody to forget about his recent big failures, he unveiled his next big failure tax reform. One. And in his kickoff speech, he gave a shoutout to his favorite people the forgotten ones. First, we will cut taxes for the everyday, hardworking americans, the people that work so long, so hard. And they have been forgotten. Bu
Ellen yes, we are saying he is less like mussolini than the berlusconi. David former Prime Minister of italy. Ellen yes. Over the last 10 years, democracy has waned all over the world after it being on the upswing. If you look at freedoms, freedom is on the downswing as well. More and more, you see leaders describe him as having a blow torch manner. But leaders like trump who are a little bit more in that mold coming to the fore. David using the media in the way that berlusconi did. Ellen right. Right. And we talk about thailand and turkey, where you have leaders that maybe have been elected but then really act like david like autocratic, yeah. Carol people say, democracy has not made the situation that much better, so maybe they will try something different. Ellen exactly. It is sort about economic growth. The connection between democracy and economic growth, it feels like it is breaking down, even if you look longterm at the numbers. You find that the economy in the long term do bett
You are taking that argument apart this week. Ellen yes, we are saying he is less like mussolini than the former Prime Minister of italy. Over the last 10 years, democracy has waned all over the world after it being on the upswing. If you look at freedoms, freedom is on the downswing as well. More and more, you see leaders describe him as having a blow torch manner. Leaders like trump who are a little bit in that mold coming to the fore. David using the media in the way that berlusconi did. Ellen right. We talk about thailand and turkey, where you have leaders who have been elected and act like david like autocratic, yeah. Carol people say, democracy has not made the situation that much better, so maybe they will try something different. Ellen exactly. The connection between democracy and economic growth, it feels like it is breaking down, even if you look longterm at the numbers. The economy, longterm do better in democracies than totalitarian states. In the short term, people are not
To fascists of old. Ellen yes, we are saying he is less like mussolini than the former Prime Minister of italy. Over the last 10 years, democracy has waned all over the world after it being on the upswing. If you look at freedoms, freedom is on the downswing as well. More and more, you see leaders describe him as having a blow torch manner. Leaders like trump, coming to the fore. David using the media in the way that berlusconi did. Ellen right. We talk about thailand and turkey, where you have leaders who have been elected and act like david mike autocratic, yeah. Say, democracy has not made the situation that much better, so maybe they will try something different. Ellen exactly. The connection between democracy and growth, it feels like it is breaking down, even if you look longterm at the numbers. The economy, longterm do better in democracies than totalitarian states. In the short term, people are not making that connection. They are saying to elected officials, you promised us a