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Trump’s “Great and Unmatched Wisdom” Tweet Proves He’s Gone “Full God-Emperor,” Says Colbert

The Late Show host called the president’s decision to withdraw troops from northern Syria a “complete betrayal” of the U.S.’s Kurdish allies, who have been instrumental in the fight against ISIS—and there’s only one solution. “Kurds, you’ve got 24 hours to dig up dirt on Joe Biden.”

One would think that an impeachment inquiry would be tumultuous enough, but apparently Donald Trump needed a little more chaos. On Monday, the president announced his decision to withdraw U.S. troops from northern Syria—leaving our Kurdish allies to face Turkey alone. “This is a complete betrayal of the Kurdish fighters who helped the U.S. defeat ISIS,” Stephen Colbert said on The Late Show, “and there’s only one way out of this: Kurds, you’ve got 24 hours to dig up dirt on Joe Biden.”

The Kurds have, indeed, been an instrumental ally in the fight against ISIS, so this reversal has already sparked backlash—both from the Kurds and Republican officials, including Senator Lindsey Graham, who Colbert noted is typically a Trump “toadie.” The president reportedly blindsided national security leaders with his decision, and insisted on Twitter, “The endless and ridiculous wars are ENDING! We will be focused on the big picture, knowing we can always go back & BLAST!”

“We can go back and blast,” Colbert echoed in his best “Trump” voice. “We can also bring the boom booms, the blam-o, and if all else fails, multiple kablooey.”

But it was another tweet that inspired even more ire on Monday—both from the public and Colbert. “As I have stated strongly before, and just to reiterate, if Turkey does anything that I, in my great and unmatched wisdom, consider to be off limits, I will totally destroy and obliterate the Economy of Turkey (I’ve done before!),” the president wrote.

It was at this point that Colbert seemed truly flabbergasted. “Wow,” the comedian said. “He’s gone full god-emperor. ‘It is I, Donald the Great, of unmatched wisdom and infinite wives; destroyer of casinos; conqueror of 10-piece McNuggets, scourge of Chrissy Teigen, defeated only once in battle by my eternal nemesis, umbrella.”

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