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Stephen Colbert is still in Russia on assignment for The Late Show, but hes already making headlines from overseas. The host appeared on the Russian talk show Evening with Urgant on Friday night and may have made his first bid for President of the United States.
In this segment posted on Evening with Urgants official website, Colbert and Evening host Ivan Urgant sit down to play a game of Russian roulette with vodka shots rather than a gun with a nearly empty bullet chamber.
With his first shot, Colbert toasts to the Russian people and quips that he doesnt understand why no members of the Trump administration can remember meeting them, zing! The comedian may raise a few eyebrows with his second toast though.
Once Colbert confirmed that the show was only airing in Russia (and maybe at the White House), he declared, OK. I am here to announce that I am considering a run for president in 2020, and I thought it would be better to cut out the middle man and just tell the Russians myself.
Read more: http://www.cantonrep.com/entertainment/20170624/is-stephen-colbert-planning-run-for-office-in-2020
applegrove
(118,622 posts)highlighting the nonsense and lies of Trump.
angstlessk
(11,862 posts)Rhiannon12866
(205,237 posts)I usually watch and there are times it's obvious he misses the character from his previous show.
byronius
(7,394 posts)Not every entertainer could pull it off, but he could. That's a major intellect, there. Serious thinker, deeply moral, public service bent. I suspect he'd be amazingly competent.
Tiggeroshii
(11,088 posts)red dog 1
(27,792 posts)Colbert responded by posting a photo of himself in Russia & tweeting:
@realDonaldTrump - Don't worry Mr President..I'm in Russia..If the "tapes" exist, I'll bring you back a copy.
(From 6/24 WaPo article "Stephen Colbert went to Russia to 'announce' his 2020 run for president"