Stephen Colbert's 4-word summary of 'Fire and Fury' saves you from reading the nightmare yourself

So even if you're, like, really smart, you don't have to read it.
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Stephen Colbert's 4-word summary of 'Fire and Fury' saves you from reading the nightmare yourself
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You don't actually need four words to describe the Trump administration -- four letters will do.

In his opening monologue Monday night, Stephen Colbert conveyed the gist of the the new tell-all Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, which he described as "packed with nuggets of 'oh my God'".

Caustic as ever, Colbert summarised the book thusly: "Trump dumb, staff worried." Pretty revealing, we know.


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