Stephen Colbert Mocks How Easily German Newspaper Was Able to Find Private Data of Trump Officials | Video
German newspaper Der Spiegel was reportedly able to find passwords and information belonging to various Trump administration officials this week — specifically those involved in accidentally giving an editor access to military plans via the Signal messaging app — and on Thursday night, Stephen Colbert wasn’t even a little surprised.
According to the paper’s investigation, data including mobile numbers, email addresses and passwords were able to be found online, belonging to Tulsi Gabbard, Pete Hegseth and Mike Waltz.
“Finding this stuff wasn’t even a challenge for Der Spiegel. You know their slogan, der-mocracy dies in der-kness,” Colbert joked.
“According to their report, ‘It was particularly easy for Der Spiegel reporters to discover Hegseth’s mobile number and email address,'” Colbert continued in a German accent. “‘Yes, it took so little time we were able to leave work and enjoy an invigorating hike to our favorite Berlin nightclub, which has a very cold room where you can be sat upon by a large man and several smaller men.'”
After making up a few more potential slogans for the newspaper, the CBS late night host let his exasperation show a bit more clearly.
“They had no trouble uncovering passwords belonging to Waltz and Hegseth. These are our highest-ranking security officials!” he bellowed. “I don’t think we should trust these people with anything top secret. Hell, I don’t think we should trust these people with anything pop secret!”
You can watch Stephen Colbert’s full monologue in the video above.
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