Stephen Colbert puts Omarosa in context, likens the Trump White House to 'The Last Supper' with 'all Judases'

Stephen Colbert on Omarosa tell-all
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"Yet another close adviser to President Trump has betrayed him," Stephen Colbert said on Monday's Late Show. "The White House is basically a reboot of The Last Supper: Oops! All Judases!" The latest betrayal is by Omarosa Manigault Newman, whose "salacious new book" is "filled with shocking details that you already knew," he said. Still, he feigned surprise that the book's title, Unhinged, refers to Trump, not "what Stephen Miller does with his jaw to eat his breakfast gazelle." There's a photo with that joke.

Omarosa's biggest charge is her discovery that Trump uses the N-word. "This is huge," Colbert deadpanned. "Finally we have proof that the guy who refused to rent to black tenants, said that a Nazi Klan rally had some 'fine people,' and called Africa a 's--thole' is a racist." But the allegations get much weirder, like her claims Trump wanted to be sworn in on The Art of the Deal rather than the Bible and she saw the "germaphobe" president swallowing a document in the Oval Office. "Well, the hunt for Trump's tax returns just got way grosser," he joked.

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Peter Weber, The Week US

Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.