On July 7, Donald Trump [1] and Vladimir Putin officially met for the first time [2] at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany. Following the leaders' highly publicized meeting, it was reported that they met another time for an undisclosed, hour-long conversation [3]. Though the second meeting has been downplayed by the White House, Stephen Colbert [4] explained why he's having a hard time believing what he's hearing.
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert spoke about the meeting in a recent on-air monologue. At the top of the segment, Colbert presented an analogy to illustrate the president's poor decision. He said, "People think you colluded with the president of a hostile foreign power, then you're going to go out of your way to meet with him again and you don't tell anybody?" He added, "That's like if O.J. [Simpson] does get out on parole and immediately goes glove shopping."
In addition to disputing the length of the meeting, the White House also addressed the belief [6] that Trump and Putin were attempting to hide the meeting's existence. The statement read, "The insinuation that the White House has tried to 'hide' a second meeting is false, malicious, and absurd." Upon hearing that, Colbert gave Trump his reelection campaign slogan: "Trump 2020: False, Malicious, and Absurd."
Ultimately, Colbert explained why he just can't believe Trump and the White House on this one: "Here's why it's hard to believe him: he lies about everything. He lies about crowd size, voter fraud, till death do us part. He's the boy who cried, 'Wolf Blitzer is fake news.'" Watch his snide takedown above.