After it emerged that the White House has reportedly created a "policy time" slot in Donald Trump's schedule to help the president focus on policy matters, late show host Stephen Colbert has taken a crack at imagining just what that might look like on Wednesday.
After airing video of news reports about Trump's new "policy time" schedule block, The Colbert Show launched into an animated video, turning policy time into a show clearly inspired by animated television series Adventure Time.
"Policy time, put down your phone, these are things your brain should know," the theme song for the Colbert show's imagined "Policy Time" series begins. "With Kelly the dog and Trump the president, we know you'd rather golf. Policy Time!"
On #LSSC tonight: Gather around boys and girls, it’s Policy Time! pic.twitter.com/DptVPv6NJm
— A Late Show (@colbertlateshow) November 15, 2018
Colbert's "Policy Time" then shows an animated cupcake explaining why NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, was created and how members are allies of the U.S. "Allies means friends," an animated version of Chief of Staff John Kelly says.
Trump's "policy time" is reminscent of the U.S. leader's "executive time," which was meant to be time blocked off for presidential matters.
On Tuesday, Politico White House reporter Annie Karni tweeted: "A new thing on Trump's private schedule that I haven't seen before: In addition to some 'executive time' today, he has two blocks of 'policy time.'"
It was installed earlier this year to help him focus on issues. A Kelly creation. It sometimes goes better than others. https://t.co/z5379rndip https://t.co/SZhoJm4pQR
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) November 13, 2018
Washington Post reporter Josh Dawsey further explained that "policy time" was something instituted by Kelly in a bid to get Trump to pay close attention to policy issues.
"It was installed earlier this year… A Kelly creation. It sometimes goes better than others," Dawsey said in a tweet, linking to an April report from the Post, which said "policy time" sessions included advisers providing Trump with their "competing views over a specific issue."
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