--- title: Donald Trump Impersonator Anthony Atamanuik Joins Colbert description: Everyone has a Donald Trump impression, but no one has the President's number like Trump's most dedicated satirist, Anthony Atamanuik. canonical: https://time.com/4750131/stephen-colbert-donald-trump-impersonator/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-21T12:57:31.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-08T08:46:56.308Z og:title: Stephen Colbert Made a Trump Impersonator Say Things Trump Would Never Say og:description: "My support Bill O'Reilly was wrong. 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Here's a look at 17 celebrities impersonating nine different celebrities in a two-minute impression chain video_ by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Apr 21, 2017 12:57 PM UTC by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Apr 21, 2017 12:57 PM UTC Everyone has a [Donald Trump impression](http://time.com/4451557/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-impressions/), but no one has the President’s number like Trump’s most dedicated satirist, [Anthony Atamanuik](http://time.com/4527860/trump-machine-fortune-teller/). So when Stephen Colbert had the comedian on Thursday’s _Late Show_, the host seized the opportunity to feed him phrases that “Trump will never say, but we would like to hear.” “I was hoping you could say a few things that we would like to hear Trump to say, but he will never actually say,” Colbert said, and the game was on. “My support of Bill O’Reilly was wrong. Insensitive and totally stupid,” [Atamanuik](http://time.com/4746226/presidents-show-trump-university/) said with the appropriate combination of gestures, adding “I would like to officially announce that I will no longer be seeking a third term.” Big applause on that one. Atamanuik has been nailing his darkly funny Trump character that comes with the comedian’s activist bent since August 2015. Watch the full clip below. ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] Rolling down the streets smoking indoors. Sipping on jin and juice. [ LAUGH ] Damn, we're allowed to all pass. What a great movie. Jason Sudeikis, what a funny character. Magic Mike, Magic Mike, Magic Mike. America's Got Talent, it should be America Has Talent. You know what America don't got? Grammar. I can not do this. Why do we have to do this? I, I beg you. So there's this lion. [ LAUGH ] He's the king of the jungle. Got a big mane out to here. [ LAUGH ] There's no. Punctuation. [ LAUGH ] Anything that comes out of my mouth. I like going to the petting zoo. [ LAUGH ] I'm inside you. [ LAUGH ] Okay, thank you, yes, thank you, yes. [ INAUDIBLE ] [ LAUGH ] [ INAUDIBLE ] guy with the hair going on there, yes. [ INAUDIBLE ] kick, and ball, and chain, and kick, and yes. [ LAUGH ] [ INAUDIBLE ] Until next time, this is Mork from Ork signing off. Nanu nanu! [ LAUGH ] Okay. Okay. Let it go. Okay. [ LAUGH ] Yeah [ LAUGH ] that is definitely him. [ APPLAUSE ] That's a new one, that's a into the- The new, yeah it's a more subtle one. [ LAUGH ] I can't remember. Why are you changing it? No, no, no. How do I do? [ LAUGH ] I don't know. [ LAUGH ] l Whatever they're serving, I'll take whatever they've got. [ LAUGH ] [ LAUGH ] Come on Hudson, let's go baby. [ LAUGH ] Mr. Soderbergh, today's scene would be a good opportunity to take my shirt off. [ LAUGH ] Kevin how are you, nice to see you. Shut up. Pave [ LAUGH ]. They like it. [ LAUGH ] They like it . >> I worked on something just for this moment. [ LAUGH ] Okay. 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