Two of the big lingering questions from 2017 are whether President Trump colluded with Russia and why the FBI started investigating that question, Trevor Noah said on Wednesday's Daily Show. Special Counsel Robert Mueller is looking into the first one, and The New York Times provided an answer to the second last week: "Alcohol" — specifically, drunken gossip from Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos. "Man, Donald Trump's people are such amateurs," Noah said. "Everyone knows the first rule of keeping a secret is you don't drink with Australians. Like, their smallest beer can size is 'bucket.'"
On Wednesday afternoon, Stephen Bannon had an unexpected answer for the first question. "This is huge," Noah said. "Steve Bannon, Trump's dude, not only accused Trump's second-dumbest son of collusion, but he's also accusing the president of being in on it and then lying to the American people about it." Trump did not react calmly. "I didn't even know presidents could release dis tracks," Noah said. "But I do feel bad for President Trump because today he found out that some Nazis aren't very fine people."
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