Later today, Donald Trump will be made the official presidential nominee of the Republican Party. To make sense of this momentous occasion, Late Show host Stephen Colbert paid a visit to his mentor Jon Stewart, who apparently is living in the woods sporting a beard and eating kale jerky.

The Stewart-Colbert reunion on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert was a sketch meant to show just how comically unprecedented a Trump candidacy is: Colbert brings Stewart the news that Trump, the brash New Yorker and former reality show star, is now the leading Republican ticket, a revelation that prompted a lightning round of Trump insults:

Stephen Colbert: It’s Donald Trump. Jon Stewart: The guy from The Apprentice? Colbert: Yup. Stewart: The guy who did the McDonald’s commercial with Grimace? Colbert: Same guy. Stewart: The guy who filed bankruptcy in 1991? Colbert: And '92. Stewart: And 2004. Colbert: And 2009. Stewart: That guy. Colbert: Yes. Stewart: Mike Tyson’s business advisor? That guy? Colbert: Indeed, the same guy. Stewart: The guy whose eyes look like tiny versions of his mouth? Colbert: Yes, the guy that looks like a decomposing Creamsicle. Stewart: Decomposing jack-o-lantern? Colbert: Human-toupee hybrid. Stewart: The guy who looks like he’s actually wearing a Donald Trump costume? Colbert: Yes, a loose-fitting one at that. Stewart: The guy who wrote, and I quote, "Oftentimes when I was sleeping with one of the top women in the world, I would say to myself, 'Can you believe what I am getting'"? Colbert: Yes, the same guy who said, "I have black guys counting my money, I hate it. The only guys I want counting my money are short guys who wear yarmulkes all day."

The jokes bring light to just how unorthodox a Trump candidacy is. The party that historically championed conservatism, modesty, and traditional values will have a nominee who, a decade ago, would never have made it in politics.

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