Stephen Colbert opened his Wednesday monologue by blasting Donald Trump’s latest attacks on Chicago, flipping off the president with a barbed two-word message.

The president has proposed sending in the National Guard to restore order in the third-largest city in the United States by population. On The Late Show, Colbert said Trump “took a hard right onto the fascism freeway” with his announcement that “we’re going in” to the city he described as a “hellhole.”

“How dare you, sir! Chicago is not a hellhole right now,” Colbert said. “Chicago is not a hellhole until February. Then, then, it is subzero windswept vista of frozen Lake Michigan, trudging out of your affordable apartment to meet your improv friends at Twin Anchors for a craft beer and a double cheeseburger. Hellhole. Mmm. Hellho

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