Late-night host Stephen Colbert has lampooned Donald Trump over newly released emails revealing the president's close ties with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. On The Late Show, Colbert joked that the revelation was as unsurprising as 'that moment in The Sixth Sense when Bruce Willis appears on screen and you’re like I get it, he’s the guy on the poster'.
Colbert noted that the emails, which suggest Trump knew of Epstein's conduct, were 'not the only damning' correspondence. One showed Epstein offering to help Trump draft responses to questions about their friendship during his 2015 presidential campaign. 'It’s never a good sign when Jeffrey Epstein is trying to help you draft a response,' Colbert quipped, comparing him to a 'perverted Clippy'.
The host also mocked Trump's recent interview with Fox News's Laura Ingraham, where the president stumbled over details of his White House renovations. Colbert described Trump as 'turning the White House into a pharaoh’s tomb' with decor 'you see in a restaurant where they have a fish tank in the waiting area'.
Meanwhile, Seth Meyers on Late Night questioned the framing of the Epstein emails as raising 'new questions' about Trump's friendship. 'To me it sounds like they answer old questions,' he said.
