Stephen Colbert Mocks Trump with Side-by-Side Comparison to Obama’s “Scandals”

“One of the ugliest suits in the history of America.”


As bombshell allegations continue to hit the Trump White House, Stephen Colbert on Monday offered viewers a look back at what the country used to consider scandalous during Barack Obama’s two terms in office. Remember the outrage over the former president wearing a tan suit? The flak he received for ordering Chipotle over the sneeze guard?

The Late Show host spliced those “scandals” with President Donald Trump’s near-daily constitutional crises to create the montage “White House Scandals: Then & Now.” The stark difference, in its depressing hilarity, below:

 

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