{"id":134257,"date":"2015-09-28T03:25:19","date_gmt":"2015-09-28T03:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/09\/28\/however-colbert-did-something-different-he-had\/"},"modified":"2015-09-28T03:25:19","modified_gmt":"2015-09-28T03:25:19","slug":"however-colbert-did-something-different-he-had","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/09\/28\/however-colbert-did-something-different-he-had\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

However, Colbert did something different. He had already laid the groundwork for it in the other interviews I\u2019ve mentioned, but we still didn\u2019t expect it. He engaged Trump with civility. He still got his quips in, and they were biting, but they somehow didn\u2019t come across as mean. (When Trump for some reason brought up the Great Wall of China as a rationale\/justification for the border wall he\u2019s advocating, Colbert joked, \u201cYou know Jesus helped build that.\u201d Trump was so thrown off that all he could come up with is \u201cYou\u2019re right. You\u2019re right.\u201d\u2026before he continued to make his case.) Colbert was polite and hospitable\u2026to the point of being disarming. Trump wasn\u2019t able to play his normal cards or employ his normal bravado. While certainly not humbled, Trump seemed thrown off-balance to the point of being uncharacteristically cautious and reserved. He states most of his usual talking points, but without all the bluster. At times, it even seems to register at the edges of his own consciousness how silly some of it sounds when it isn\u2019t being yelled. He can\u2019t say he was ambushed. He can\u2019t say his words were twisted. He was disarmed by Colbert\u2019s civility, and his words and thoughts had to stand on their own. At one point, when Trump was making what he thought was a serious point, Colbert just couldn\u2019t contain himself anymore and started chuckling. The camera panned back and you could see it in the affable, good-natured smile on Colbert\u2019s face. It\u2019s not a mocking laugh. It doesn\u2019t appear to be staged. He\u2019s sincerely amused. That may be the most devastating thing that could have happened to Donald Trump. It was almost like having burning coals heaped upon his head.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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However, Colbert did something different. He had already laid the groundwork for it in the other interviews I\u2019ve mentioned, but we still didn\u2019t expect it. He engaged Trump with civility. He still got his quips in, and they were biting, but they somehow didn\u2019t come across as mean. (When Trump for some reason brought up … <\/p>\n

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