If he had nothing to hide, he could have declassified and released these files himself at any time, the Daily Show host explained. How do I know this? A legal expert named Donald Jurisprudence Trump said so. Stewart then played footage of Trump from 2022 in which he insisted that the president can declassify anything, at any time, just by saying so or even by thinking about it.
Trump took to Truth Social on Wednesday with a lengthy post alleging three very sinister events during his appearance at United Nations headquarters, and demanded an immediate investigation into malfunctions with an escalator, the teleprompter, and the sound system. Colbert replayed footage of Trump's stumble as the escalator suddenly stopped, adding that the president just will not let it go. In his post, Trump described the halted escalator as nearly catastrophic, later declaring: The people that did it should be arrested.