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Stephen Colbert's New Approach to Trump Is Working

The <em>Late Show</em> host has been much more direct in talking about the new administration, and it's translating to a ratings boost.
Source: CBS

Earlier in Stephen Colbert’s tenure on CBS’s Late Show, it might have been unusual to see the host deliver a resigned, almost angry assessment of Donald Trump’s political approach, but that was what happened .  “So many beanballs are coming over the plate that you’re not sure what to swing at, not sure what to pay attention to,” he told his guest and fellow alumnus John Oliver. “And I think that’s part of the plan of the Trump administration, to do so many things at once that everybody gets swamped.”

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