I love Stephen Colbert and hate Trump, but Stephen misses the point entirely throughout this monologue.
1. Trump owning the shutdown is exactly what his base wants to see. Owning a shutdown being “bad” is old school political thinking. In Trumpland, standing up for your convictions is seen as strength. Nancy and Chuck look like old fools.
2. Trump's tweet about the wall wasn’t pretending the wall both exists and doesn’t exist. He’s claiming he’s secured the border despite “Democrats” standing in his way to build the “proper” solution. He’s smart.
If liberals keep pretending he’s stupid and his base is stupid, they’re going to lose the next election too.