Chatting with New York Instances reporter Maggie Haberman in March 2021 ― a 12 months after the primary pandemic-related shutdowns in the US ― the ex-president lamented that the virus left his Mar-a-Lago membership empty on the time.
“COVID,” he advised her in an interview for her new ebook. “Seems, not good.”
Colbert was left flabbergasted.
“March of 2021, a 12 months in, half one million People useless,” he mentioned. “However what actually offered this dingus on a pandemic not being ‘good’ was that he needed to shut down his particular clubhouse the place well-to-do orthodontists clap for him as he eats chocolate cake.”
See extra in his Monday night time monologue: