Stephen Colbert also thinks Trump's national emergency lacks a little, er, emergency

"I'm sorry Mr. President. You were in the middle of telling us we were all going to die?"
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Stephen Colbert also thinks Trump's national emergency lacks a little, er, emergency
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Trump's state of emergency seems a bit, well, not much of an emergency.

You might've figured that one out already, but Stephen Colbert was just as perplexed at Trump's casual demeanour during his press conference on Friday, announcing the national emergency.

"I'm sorry Mr. President. You were in the middle of telling us we were all going to die? C'mon man, you gotta sell it. All you have to do is tell us you had no option, to save our nation. Tell us you needed to do this," Colbert said on Monday night.

Well, as we already know, Trump said he didn't need to do this, but here we still are.

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Mashable Australia's Web Culture Reporter.Reach out to me on Twitter at @Johnny_Lieu or via email at jlieu [at] mashable.com


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