{"id":35042,"date":"2019-09-30T02:06:03","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T02:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/?p=35042"},"modified":"2019-09-30T02:06:03","modified_gmt":"2019-09-30T02:06:03","slug":"colbert-roasts-trumps-increasingly-disturbing-comments-on-the-ukraine-whistleblower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/?p=35042","title":{"rendered":"Colbert roasts Trump&#8217;s increasingly disturbing comments on the Ukraine whistleblower"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/mondrian.mashable.com\/uploads%252Fstory%252Fthumbnail%252F103743%252F9e52d941-0b34-40d6-a4b8-ed7855fd862d.png%252F575x323__filters%253Aquality%252880%2529.png?signature=tGOOkm5X2fSVD5BP_i-eDjhTLm8=&#038;source=https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&#038;text=Colbert+roasts+Trump%27s+increasingly+disturbing+comments+on+the+Ukraine+whistleblower&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2Fvideo%2Fcolbert-roasts-trump-handling-ukraine-whistleblower%2F\" style=\"margin: 10px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Twitter\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-e71baf64f2ec58d01cd28f4e9ef6b2ce0370b42fbd965068e9e7b58be198fb13.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2Fvideo%2Fcolbert-roasts-trump-handling-ukraine-whistleblower%2F&#038;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-8e3bd31e201ea65385a524ef67519d031e6851071807055648790d6a4ca77139.jpg\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-template=\"viralvideo - YT\" data-ytchannel=\"The Late Show with Stephen Colbert\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Plbllx8aD8A?enablejsapi=1&#038;\" width=\"640\"> <\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The Trump-Ukraine-call-pressure-whistleblower scandal-saga &#8212; which is still sprawling out in so many bonkers guidances that nobody&#8217;s committed it a catchy -gate nickname yet &#8212; continues to grow, and with it, the president&#8217;s genuinely impressive list of ways to look incredibly not-innocent.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday night&#8217;s Late Show, Stephen Colbert passed through some of the more unhinged lowlights from the past   24   hours, from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/09\/26\/us\/politics\/trump-whistle-blower-spy.html\">recording where Trump implies the whistleblower is a &#8220;spy&#8221;<\/a> who should be executed, to the revelation that the whistleblower&#8217;s concerns were rebuffed because they might not &#8220;support&#8221; Trump&#8217;s re-election. <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/video\/colbert-roasts-trump-handling-ukraine-whistleblower\/\">Read more &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More about <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/ukraine\/\">Ukraine<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/late-show-with-stephen-colbert\/\">Late Show With Stephen Colbert<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/entertainment\/\">Entertainment<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/politics\/\">Politics<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/video\/colbert-roasts-trump-handling-ukraine-whistleblower\/\">mashable.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Trump-Ukraine-call-pressure-whistleblower scandal-saga &#8212; which is still sprawling out in so many bonkers guidances that nobody&#8217;s committed it a catchy -gate nickname yet &#8212; continues to grow, and with it, the president&#8217;s genuinely impressive list of ways to look incredibly not-innocent. 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