Stephen Colbert likens Donald Trump to “Frankenstein” but says the GOP front-runner is merely an extension of Colbert’s old conservative pundit on Comedy Central.

Donald Trump and Stephen Colbert on "The Late Show." Photo via Twitter
Donald Trump and Stephen Colbert on “The Late Show.” Photo via Twitter
“He’s my old character with $10 billion,” Colbert said Sunday on CBS News’ “Face the Nation.” “That’s one of the reasons I just can’t do that old character anymore because he’s doing it better than I ever could because he’s willing to drink his own Kool-Aid — and manufacture and distribute it because he’s got the cash.”

Speaking to host John Dickerson, Colbert called Trump a “Frankenstein of the idea that facts don’t matter, and only money does.”

But Colbert credits Trump for knowing his audience and how to appeal to it.

“The people get to make the call, especially now, because the parties are so beholden to big money that the party apparatus itself has been dismantled in favor of just cash,” Colbert said. “There aren’t wise old people who get to make the call, because that’s been farmed out to super PACs.”

Colbert said the Citizens United decision paved the way for Trump — and neutered the Republican Party establishment.

“In giving the power over to the super PACs, they’ve actually completely defanged the party themselves — that’s why you can’t stop a Trump,” Colbert said.

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