Stephen Colbert mocked President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, whom he called the “leader of the preppy camp across the lake” following reports that he was tapped to lead a new White House innovation office.

"Washington is a mess right now, but that’s going to end soon because the White House just announced Trump’s son-in-law and the leader of the preppy camp across the lake Jared Kushner will 'oversee a broad effort to overhaul the government,' " Colbert began on Monday's episode of CBS's "The Late Show."

"And the government desperately needs overhaul. I mean somebody keeps putting totally unqualified people in charge of really important stuff. That’s gotta stop.”

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The Washington Post first reported Sunday that Kushner would lead the new office to help with some of Trump's campaign promises, such as working to improve veteran care and fight opioid addiction. It was described in the Post report as a “SWAT team” to fix the federal bureaucracy.

Colbert called the newly established “White House Office of American Innovation” “vague but still better than the original title: The Bureau of Obvious Nepotism.”

“Kushner’s job will be to lead a team to ‘fix government with business ideas,’ ” Colbert said. “And you know he’s got great business ideas, like being born into a wealthy real estate family, or marrying into a wealthy real estate family. Why hasn’t the government tried that?”

“We should have excellence in government,” Kushner told the Post regarding his new role. “The government should be run like a great American company. Our hope is that we can achieve successes and efficiencies for our customers, who are the citizens.”

Colbert, responding to Kushner's "vision" for the office, said: “And if they can’t do that, run it like a Trump company.”