Stephen Colbert explains how we know the exact reason Trump fired Comey

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Stephen Colbert explains how we know the exact reason Trump fired Comey
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In the wild aftermath of James Comey's firing from the FBI, it might look like Trump just wanted to get rid of the man investigating his ties to Russia. And, according to Stephen Colbert, that's exactly right!

"I'm pretty confident," he said on Wednesday's Late Show. "One thing we've learned from the last two years of Donald Trump is that what it seems like he's doing is exactly what he's doing."

Wait, does this mean we can cut down on all the thinkpieces?

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Chloe was the shopping editor at Mashable. She was also previously a culture reporter. You can follow her on Twitter at @chloebryan.


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