Play of the Day: Putin Weighs In On The Trump Rumors
The Russian leader had a weird explanation for this whole mess.
As he completes his senior year-type last month of his presidency, Barack Obama designated a slew of national monuments last week. One of those included Gold Butte National Monument in Nevada, prompting The Daily Show's Trevor Noah to joke that "gold" and a word that has "butt" in it would mean incoming president Donald Trump would never take the designation away.
A bombshell unverified report released last week by Buzzfeed included salacious details about the president-elect and Russian prostitutes. This week, Russian president Vladimir Putin tried to knock down the rumors by saying Trump is "somebody who for many years has been organizing beauty contests, interacted with the most beautiful women in the world," adding "it is difficult for me to imagine that he ran to a hotel to meet with our young women with lowered social responsibility." Late Show's Stephen Colbert joked that it would be hard to "imagine," but Putin has "surely seen the tapes." Putin also said during the press conference that Russian prostitutes "are undoubtedly the best in the world," prompting Jimmy Kimmel to joke "I can see why these guys get along" and Colbert to crack that Russia's new tourism slogan should be "Come for the prostitutes, stay because we filmed you with prostitutes."