Remembering Stephen Colbert's 2006 White House Correspondents' Dinner roast of George W Bush

‘I believe the government that governs best is the government that governs least, and by these standards we have set up a fabulous government in Iraq’

As Donald Trump hints at making an appearance at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner next year, it’s a good opportunity to remember when Stephen Colbert stepped up to the plate to host the evening in 2006.

The former host of the Colbert Report performed his satirical character of a right-wing political commentator.

Taking a pop at the then commander in chief George W. Bush’s approval ratings, he joked: “Now I know there are some polls out there saying this man has a 32 per cent approval rating. But guys like us, we don’t pay attention to the polls. We know that polls are just a collection of statistics that reflect what people are thinking in ‘reality’. And reality has a well-known liberal bias.”

"I believe the government that governs best is the government that governs least, and by these standards we have set up a fabulous government in Iraq," added Colbert.

Pulitzer prize winning-author and historian Ron Chernow is hosting the event in 2019. Mr. Trump expressed an interest in attending, saying: “Good first step in comeback of a dying evening and tradition! Maybe I will go?”

The president refused to go to the two events which have occurred during his tenure, and is the first president not to attend since Ronald Reagan in 1981.

Comedian Michelle Wolf hosted the evening last year. Watch some of her best insults from the night here.