Stephen Colbert brilliantly breaks down Trump's laugh-filled UN appearance

"They're not laughing at you. They're laughing with each other at you."
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Stephen Colbert brilliantly breaks down Trump's laugh-filled UN appearance
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When the president is literally laughed at during an appearance in front of the United Nations General Assembly, you know it's gonna be fodder for Stephen Colbert.

"Don't worry, Mr. President, they're not laughing at you," Colbert quipped. "They're laughing with each other at you."

Colbert delightedly ran through the rest of Trump's disastrous appearance at the UN on Tuesday, showing clips of the attacks the president made on other countries and proclaiming, “He's working the room like an insult comic."

Colbert also couldn't help pointing out the Kim Jong Un was the only world leader Trump praised -- spiking it with the punchline, "Putin is gonna be jealous!" He also compared Trump's speech to a marriage-hating wedding guest's toast.

Good on Colbert for finding a way to wring some laughs out of this situation because if he didn't, we'd all be crying.

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Marcus Gilmer

Marcus Gilmer is Mashable's Assistant Real-Times News Editor on the West Coast, reporting on breaking news from his location in San Francisco. An Alabama native, Marcus earned his BA from Birmingham-Southern College and his MFA in Communications from the University of New Orleans. Marcus has previously worked for Chicagoist, The A.V. Club, the Chicago Sun-Times and the San Francisco Chronicle.


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