--- title: Stephen Colbert and Dana Carvey Roast 'Madman' John Bolton description: Stephen Colbert brought in Dana Carvey to help present his take on John Bolton's appointment as Trump's new National Security Adviser. canonical: https://time.com/5220369/stephen-colbert-dana-carvey-roast-john-bolton/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-03-29T15:07:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-12T09:04:32.324Z og:title: Dana Carvey Debuts 'Madman' John Bolton Impression on Colbert og:description: Bolton was recently appointed as Trump's new National Security Adviser og:url: https://time.com/5220369/stephen-colbert-dana-carvey-roast-john-bolton/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt61bee12c3aab0272/69892c5397cdff7a796b4d13/screen-shot-2018-03-29-at-10-26-36-am.png?branch=production&width=1193&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1193 og:image:height: 671 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2018-03-29 at 10.26.36 AM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Dana Carvey Debuts 'Madman' John Bolton Impression on Colbert twitter:description: Bolton was recently appointed as Trump's new National Security Adviser twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt61bee12c3aab0272/69892c5397cdff7a796b4d13/screen-shot-2018-03-29-at-10-26-36-am.png?branch=production&width=1193&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Dana Carvey Was Born to Argue With Stephen Colbert as 'Madman' John Bolton > Sponsored content. 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It explains the politics, personalities and power dynamics behind the headlines, twice a week. #### Where can I get analysis of Washington politics by email? D.C. Brief is TIME's free Washington politics newsletter, available at time.com/newsletters. It is written by a TIME senior correspondent who covers the capital full time. #### Who writes TIME's D.C. Brief? Philip Elliott, a senior correspondent at TIME, writes D.C. Brief. #### Is D.C. Brief free? Yes. D.C. Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3/newsletters?i=8fe92b91-1d89-4ed8-9e68-eb5f12242d8f&cr=time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3-v1) ## Video: H.R. McMaster Resigns. John Bolton Named Trump's New National Security Advisor [Watch (HLS stream): H.R. McMaster Resigns. John Bolton Named Trump's New National Security Advisor](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/kHSFMXl2.m3u8) (1:33)  _Published 2018-03-22. President Donald Trump is replacing national security adviser H.R. McMaster with the former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton, injecting a hawkish foreign policy voice into his administration ahead of key decisions on Iran and North Korea._  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 29, 2018 3:07 PM UTC President Donald Trump is replacing national security adviser H.R. McMaster with the former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton, injecting a hawkish foreign policy voice into his administration ahead of key decisions on Iran and North Korea.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 29, 2018 3:07 PM UTC In the wake of [John Bolton’s](http://time.com/5211927/john-bolton-trump-national-security-advisor-hr-mcmaster-resign/) appointment as [National Security Adviser](http://time.com/5220103/john-bolton-is-trumps-newest-hawk-how-tough-will-he-be/), [Stephen Colbert](http://time.com/5218617/stephen-colbert-on-donald-trumps-new-nickname-stormy-daniels/) brought in the big guns to to help present his take on President Donald Trump’s latest White House shakeup. During Wednesday’s episode of _The Late Show_, Colbert arranged for an interview with the former U.S. ambassador to the U.N.—except instead of Bolton, it was actually comedian Dana Carvey in a large mustache. “It’s very important to me that nobody thinks President Trump is handing the keys to the war machine to some sort of hair-trigger lunatic,” Carvey explained, referencing Bolton’s reputation as a war hawk. “Because if I heard someone say that, I’d blow them up quick.” The two went on to spar over Bolton’s intentions in the White House, with Carvey’s mustache growing bigger by the minute. “I’m not the madman the media and my words and behavior make me out to be,” he finally insisted. 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