“I think you were saying this is probably the biggest deal ever reached in any capacity, trade or beyond trade,” Trump said to von der Leyen.
“It is,” she assured him.
“Oh!” Colbert said. “She played him like a fiddle!”
The “Late Show” host then broke out his impression of the president accepting flattery from the European Commission chief.
“I believe you were saying it’s the biggest deal that only the smartest, most handsome man would have agreed to this deal,” Colbert said in his Trump voice. “I think you were also saying that anyone who signed this deal would never ever have been on Jeffrey Epstein’s sex island, sex plane, or yet-to-be-revealed sex zeppelin.”
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