--- title: Colbert Mocks Trump Cabinet Meeting on Late Show VIDEO description: Stephen Colbert called Trump's cabinet meeting an unprecedented stroke fest. canonical: https://time.com/4816094/colbert-trump-cabinet-meeting/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-13T12:24:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:44:25.909Z og:title: Stephen Colbert Mocks Trump's 'Next-Level Weird' Cabinet Meeting og:description: 'Unprecedented public stroke-fest for an emotionally frail man.' og:url: https://time.com/4816094/colbert-trump-cabinet-meeting/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta17c6d6d66eba840/6988cd10cf40a8522dc47a86/stephen-colbert-cbs-late-night-show-trump1.png?branch=production&width=839&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 839 og:image:height: 472 og:image:alt: stephen-colbert-cbs-late-night-show-trump og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Stephen Colbert Mocks Trump's 'Next-Level Weird' Cabinet Meeting twitter:description: 'Unprecedented public stroke-fest for an emotionally frail man.' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta17c6d6d66eba840/6988cd10cf40a8522dc47a86/stephen-colbert-cbs-late-night-show-trump1.png?branch=production&width=839&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'Unprecedented Public Stroke-Fest for an Emotionally Frail Man.' 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On [Monday night’s the _Late Show_](http://time.com/4011585/stephen-colbert-interview-transcripts/), the host gleefully tackled Trump’s first full cabinet meeting and its many members getting down to their thank you’s for the opportunity and the blessing to serve the President’s agenda. “I can’t get over these fawning cabinet members. These are adults, some of them are billionaires, and they’re just happy to have their leashes yanked as a cameras roll for the dear leader,” he said at the top of his opening monologue. Colbert called the praising in the meeting “next-level weird” and he did not hold back. “This is an unprecedented public stroke-fest for an emotionally frail man,” he said. When he got to the clip of Trump admitting that FDR had more challenges to face with Great Depression, Colbert couldn’t have been happier. “Mr. President don’t sell yourself short. 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