COLBERT: A lot of people say not promising to accept the results disqualifies him from the presidency, so today Trump assured voters that he believes in the peaceful transfer of power.

TRUMP: Ladies and gentlemen, I want to make a major announcement today: I would like to promise and pledge to all of my voters and supporters and to all of the people of the United States that I will totally accept the results of this great and historic presidential election — if I win.

COLBERT: (Laughing) Ah, come on. Ah, come on. You gotta give it to him. You gotta give it to him. You know, you really got me for a second there. I actually believed you had a shred of integrity, you know? What an amazing psych out, you know? A national psych out. It's like that classic joke where you offer to shake somebody's hand; when they go to shake it, you undermine our system of government. How did we get to the point — how did we get to the point where the fate of the American experiment rests in Donald Trump's tiny, whining, loser hands? Truly — truly the p---y has grabbed us.”