Stephen Colbert and Pete Buttigieg both mock Trump over his new old nickname for Mayor Pete

Jimmy Fallon and Pete Buttigieg, and Stephen Colbert, mock Trump
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"You've been busy this past week — you got insulted by the president of the United States," Jimmy Fallon reminded 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg on Monday's Tonight Show. Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, laughed. "Yeah, that's how you know you've made it."

"He called you Alfred E. Neuman — the president of the United States called you that," Fallon said, pulling out an illustration of the Mad magazine mascot. "What goes through your mind when that happens?" Buttigieg was ready: "You know, we talk a lot about elevating the dialogue, so I guess the fact that I inspired him to make a literary reference, maybe for the first time, is something." He went on to recount tricking Jerry Seinfeld into taking the key to South Bend and make some predictions about Game of Thrones.

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.