David Letterman said in a new interview that if he were still hosting CBS’s “Late Show,” his priority would be having President Trump on just so he could unbraid him on TV.
Speaking with New York magazine, Letterman said his first pick for a big interview, if he were still a late-night host, would be Trump.
“I would just start with a list: ‘You did this. You did that. Don’t you feel stupid for having done that, Don? And who’s this goon Steve Bannon, and why do you want a white supremacist as one of your advisers? Come on, Don, we both know you’re lying. Now, stop it,'” Letterman said. “I think I would be in the position to give him a bit of a scolding and he would have to sit there and take it. Yeah, I would like an hour with Donald Trump; an hour and a half.”
Letterman, known for his dry humor, retired from the “Late Show” in 2015 and was succeeded by Stephen Colbert.
In the interview, which will publish in the March 5 edition of the e-magazine, Letterman reflected on his long-time association with Trump.
“I always regarded him as, if you’re going to have New York City, you gotta have a Donald Trump,” he said. “He was a joke of a wealthy guy. We didn’t take him seriously. He’d sit down, and I would just start making fun of him. He never had any retort. He was big and doughy, and you could beat him up. He seemed to have a good time, and the audience loved it, and that was Donald Trump.”
