00:17 Crosstalk How are you, my man? 00:18 Good to see you. 00:18 Good to see you. 00:19 Thanks, everybody. 00:37 THANKS. 00:41 Stephen Colbert WELCOME TO LATE SHOW. 00:42 WELCOME TO LATE SHOW. 00:42 I'M YOUR HOST, STEPHEN COLBERT. 00:43 I'M NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE DOOR JUST NOW. 00:46 I THINK I MAY HAVE LESS MY PASS KEY, MY LITTLE SWIPEY THING BACKSTAGE. 00:50 EVERYBODY HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND? 00:52 YEAH, THAT'S NICE. 00:55 YOU KNOW WHO DIDN'T? 00:56 DONALD TRUMP. 00:58 A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT DONALD TRUMP IN RUSSIA RIGHT NOW, AND NOT JUST BECAUSE OF HOW MUCH HE RESEMBLES A BOWL OF RUSSIAN DRESSING. 01:07 Rumor is that Trump is soft on Putin because Trump is hundreds of millions of dollars in debt to Putin's billionaire cronies. 01:15 Something Trump's campaign manager Paul Manafort strongly denied on CBS This Morning last week. 01:21 So to be clear, Mr. Trump has no financial relationships with any Russian oligarchs? 01:27 Paul Manafort That's what he said. 01:29 That's what I said. 01:30 That's obviously what our position is. 01:31 Crosstalk Yeah, okay, yeah, yeah, so that's, um, that's clear, he said it and I said it, so it's, uh, it's, uh, it's ridiculous, and, uh, there are no bodies buried in the backyard, and there's no need to check, don't dig around back there, and, uh, Mr. Trump has certainly not made a face out of human skin from his victims, and that's our position, and that's, uh, that's it. 01:48 Okay, next question. 01:51 Stephen Colbert Then, yesterday, Donald Trump attempted to show how tough he would be with Putin if Putin ever tried to invade Ukraine. 01:59 Paul Manafort He's not going into Ukraine, okay? 02:00 Just so you understand. 02:01 He's not going to go into Ukraine. 02:03 All right, you can mark it down, you can put it down, you can take it anywhere. 02:06 Stephen Colbert Yeah, yeah, you can put it in your pocket, you can take it to the bank, you can wrap it in a burrito, you can stick it under your chair if the flavor's gone, you can display it on a nice mirrored tray. 02:13 Some lemon wedges, summer salad, really fresh. 02:15 What were we talking about again? 02:17 What was that? 02:18 Just mark it, just mark it down, put it away. 02:20 Throw it away, put an airplane, throw it out the window. 02:23 Tattooed on the back of your neck, anything you want. 02:26 It was a pretty good answer, except for this. 02:28 Paul Manafort He's not going to go into Ukraine. 02:31 You can mark it down, you can put it down, you can take it anywhere you want. 02:33 Well, he's already there, isn't he? 02:35 Well, he's there in a certain way. 02:39 Stephen Colbert Oh, my God. 02:42 Damn it, Donald. 02:44 You got to warn a guy before you pop your mouth into reverse like that. 02:49 And Stepanopoulos must have a neck made of steel. 02:53 Because then Trump told him in no uncertain terms that he doesn't know Putin. 02:58 Paul Manafort I have no relationship with Putin. 03:00 I have no relationship. 03:02 Stephen Colbert Okay, no relationship. 03:03 But just for schnicks, what did Trump of three years ago say about Putin? 03:08 Paul Manafort I do have a relationship, and I can tell you that he's very interested in what we're doing here today. 03:14 I do have a relationship with him. 03:16 Stephen Colbert Okay, okay. 03:26 Okay, well, this relationship, did you meet him in Moscow? 03:31 Paul Manafort I didn't meet him in Moscow. 03:33 Stephen Colbert Okay, you didn't meet him in Moscow, and how about Trump of two years ago? 03:39 Paul Manafort I was in Moscow recently, and I spoke indirectly and directly with President Putin, who could not have been nicer. 03:47 Stephen Colbert Okay. 04:02 Crosstalk DOCTOR SAYS I'VE GOT TO WEAR THIS UNTIL THE ELECTION'S OVER SO I DON'T CLAW MY EYES OUT. 04:16 Stephen Colbert THANKFULLY, GEORGE STEFANOPOULOS JUST ASKED TRUMP FLAT OUT IF HE AND PUTIN HAVE A RELATIONSHIP. 04:22 Paul Manafort You did say on three different occasions you had a relationship with him. 04:25 Now you say there's none. 04:26 Well, I don't know what it means by having a relationship. 04:29 I mean, he was saying very good things about me, but I don't have a relationship with him. 04:33 I didn't meet him. 04:34 I haven't spent time with him. 04:36 I didn't have dinner with him. 04:37 I didn't go hiking with him. 04:40 Stephen Colbert Yeah. 04:41 I didn't have dinner with him. 04:42 I didn't go hiking with him. 04:43 We certainly didn't sit on a hilltop gazing at a starry sky. 04:46 And Putin didn't point out a shooting star. 04:49 And I definitely didn't say, my wish already came true. 04:52 Didn't do that. 04:53 None of that happened. 04:55 No relationship. 04:57 Now, just this afternoon, I think CNN's Fareed Zakaria really summed up Trump's flip-flopping in a remarkable live analysis. 05:06 Paul Manafort There's a term for this kind of thing. 05:07 This is the mode of a bullshit artist. 05:14 Stephen Colbert Mm-hmm. 05:16 I WANT TO POINT OUT, I WANT TO POINT OUT, I WANT TO POINT OUT, CBS JUST BLEEPED THAT WORD. 05:22 CNN DID NOT BLEEP THAT WORD. 05:25 THEY DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS COMING, BUT FAREED COULD NOT CONTROL HIMSELF. 05:30 AND I AGREE, IT IS B.S. 05:32 AND TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN IS LIKE ART. 05:34 IT'S HARD TO UNDERSTAND, AND WHEN YOU SEE IT, YOU THINK, MY 7-YEAR-OLD COULD DO THAT.