--- title: Keegan-Michael Key Revives Anger Translator to Slam Trump description: Keegan-Michael Key brought Luther, his Obama anger translator character, out of retirement to share his feelings about Donald Trump. canonical: https://time.com/4864288/keegan-michael-key-luther-donald-trump/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-07-19T15:27:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:45:29.784Z og:title: Keegan-Michael Key Revives Obama Anger Translator to Slam Trump og:description: Luther is back and angrier than ever og:url: https://time.com/4864288/keegan-michael-key-luther-donald-trump/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5b6096457c9e5ccf/6988d64c0a4a22164e9cf19b/keegan.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1483 og:image:height: 834 og:image:alt: Keegan og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Keegan-Michael Key Revives Obama Anger Translator to Slam Trump twitter:description: Luther is back and angrier than ever twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5b6096457c9e5ccf/6988d64c0a4a22164e9cf19b/keegan.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Keegan-Michael Key Revives His Obama Anger Translator in Explosive Tirade: 'Trump Care? 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During an appearance on _The Late Show with Stephen Colbert_, Key revived Luther to translate Obama’s comments about the Trump administration, starting with [the Republican’s proposed healthcare plan](http://time.com/4864030/stephen-colbert-health-care-bill/). “C’mon, people! Trump care? More like Trump don’t care!” he said as Luther. “I would say you people make me sick, but I can’t afford that, because I wouldn’t have no damn insurance.” Luther also translated Obama’s assertion that “in this new world we live in we can’t isolate ourselves we can’t hide behind a wall” into “I spent eight years tearing down walls, and \[he\] wants to put them back up,” before closing with the sentiment that “Obama still needs me, so I am back!” It appears that Colbert’s audience needed Luther’s emotional catharsis as much as Obama does. 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