Stephen Colbert shoots down Donald Trump with fake viagra advert: 'Do we all have to die because your penis is small?'
'I don’t know if he knows this, traditionally buttons are kind of a lady part'
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Your support makes all the difference.Just days into the New Year and the President of the United States — Donald Trump — was already gloating on Twitter about having a “much bigger and more powerful” nuclear button than North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
The former Celebrity Apprentice host wrote on the social media platform: “North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un just stated that the ‘Nuclear Button is on his desk at all times.’
“Will someone from his depleted and food starved regime please inform him that I too have a Nuclear Button, but it is a much bigger and more powerful one than his, and my Button works!”
Of course, America’s late-night comedians were quick to mock Trump over the Tweet, Stephen Colbert having perhaps the funniest response.
Rather than merely talk about the incident, the Late Show host decided to create an advert specifically for Trump’s needs.
“So guys, it’s just you and your button, and the mood is right for total annihilation,” a woman lounging on a beach says.
“But then, Button Dysfunction gets in the way. You know what? Plenty of world leaders have this problem. Thankfully, there’s Viagrageddon.
“Viagrageddon helps leaders with BD increase the size of their buttons so they can feel big and important.”
A voiceover then explains that people who are “sane or cherish life” should not take the medication, adding that “side effects may include nuclear winter, subterranean mole people and using human teeth as currency in the after-scape.”
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Then, the final tagline: “Viagrageddon: Do we all have to die because your penis is small?” Watch below.
Colbert then joked about the Tweet following the clip, saying: “I don’t know if he knows this, traditionally buttons are kind of a lady part. As in, I don’t think the president knows where to find the button.”
Yesterday, the host mocked Trump over various other New Year Tweets, including those about Hilary Clinton’s aide and describing the Justice Department as ‘Deep State’.
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