Colbert on MAGA Calling Trump ‘Daddy’ for Trump: ‘Sweet Mother of Oedipus’

COLBERT: “Well, it has been exactly one week since Trump took office and there have already —
(Audience boos)
I know. But there have already been some big surprises. For instance, I did not know a week could last 10 years. As far as all the terrible, awful stuff he has been doing, I don’t like it and you don’t like it. And that’s just what the MAGA folks really like about it. For instance, even though Trump is threatening to withhold disaster aid from California, his visit got a ringing endorsement from man-skunk hybrid Mel Gibson. On Friday, mentally ill Max went on the TV and he said this.”

[Clip starts]
GIBSON: “I am glad Trump is here at the moment. You know, it is like daddy arrived and he is taking his belt off.”
[Clip ends]

COLBERT: “Okay.
(Audience boos)
Pretty weird to get that excited about a physically abusive father, but at least now we know this about Mel Gibson and it explains this scene in ‘Braveheart.’”

[Clip plays from ‘Braveheart’]
William Wallace: “Sons of Scotland, I am William Wallace. Daddy’s home and he is taking off his belt.”
SCOTSMAN: “I am sorry, what?”
William Wallace: “Daddy’s gonna spank us so hard, he is going to be able to see his face in our swollen ass cheeks.”
SCOTSMAN: “Did HR read this speech?”
William Wallace: “All right, let’s do it then!”
SCOTSMAN: “All right, if it’ll make eggs cheaper.”
[Clip ends]

COLBERT: “The thing is — the thing is —
(Cheering and Applause)
A little something for the ladies. The thing is, Gibson isn’t the only right-wing personality calling Trump daddy. Lauren Boebert tweeted, ‘Daddy’s home!’ Charlie Kirk posted, ‘Dad is home.’ And on Fox News, Florida congressman Byron Donalds proclaimed, ‘Daddy’s back.’ Sweet mother of Oedipus. If Sigmund Freud were alive today, he’d say, ‘He cray cray.’ And, ‘Do you have some cocaine?’ It’s not just politicians. Earlier this month, a Trump-loving rapper put out a viral song called ‘Daddy’s Home.’ Now, eagle-eyed viewers may have also noticed that this video has a cameo from former television star Roseanne Barr. Yeah. ‘cause nothing says hip hop like a retired TV mom. Who can forget when Fl Rida released his collab with Flo Rence Henderson? Yeah.
(Cheering and Applause)
Low got low.”