Late-night hosts took aim at Donald Trump’s continuing problems with his healthcare bill, referring to it as “insane, cruel and reckless”.
On The Daily Show, Trevor Noah spoke about the staggering number of headlines the president is able to be involved with in such a short space of time. “He’s like a Kardashian robbery inside a white Bronco chase inside a missing Malaysian airlines flight,” he said.
He brought up Trump’s much-discussed interview with Time magazine, calling it “a fresh rambling monologue straight from the slam poet-in-chief”.
Noah continued: “I know that Trump stays away from alcohol, but every time I read his quotes, it makes me think I’m drunk.”
Trump’s cabinet was also forced to deal with the latest revelations about Paul Manafort, “former campaign manager and Sylvester Stallone lookalike” who was reportedly paid $10m to help promote the agenda of Vladimir Putin in the US.
Noah then showed the viral picture of the Russian president riding a horse while shirtless. “Manafort directed that photoshoot,” he said.
On Late Night with Seth Meyers, the host also discussed the Manafort controversy. “So Trump’s campaign chairman’s previous job was working to advance Vladimir Putin’s agenda,” he said. “That’s like finding out your babysitter’s previous job was baking children into pies.”
He discussed the extreme cuts that the proposed healthcare reform would bring. “Republicans think that your insurance plan shouldn’t be required to cover hospitals,” he said. “But don’t worry, every American gets one free ride on the cart that picks up your dead.”
Meyers shared a picture of the meeting room of men who were discussing the major cuts to women’s healthcare. “Look how many middle-aged white dudes there are,” he said. “Get those guys some guitars and a drum set, and that’s a Cialis commercial.”
Finally, he referred to the bill as “insane, cruel and reckless”.
On Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the comic called the last 24 hours “one of the most dramatic episodes of The Celebrity Ap-president yet”.
He also referred to the problems that Trump has encountered in getting the healthcare bill to pass. “It’s back to the drawing board, but unfortunately Trump’s budget for education cut funding for drawing boards,” he said.
Kimmel played footage of Trump in a truck, honking and showing off. “The guy told him to honk if he was horny and he was like: ‘Melania doesn’t even live in my house anymore,’” he said.
He also doubted that Trump had even read the healthcare proposal. “Unless that bill is hot-glued to the back of a Victoria’s Secret catalogue, there’s no way Donald Trump read that thing,” he said.
During Trump’s interview with Time magazine, he bragged that he couldn’t be doing that badly because he was still president. “Let’s check back in a week or two and see if that’s still the case,” Kimmel said.
On The Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon spoke about Trump’s manic attempts to get party members on board with the healthcare bill. “Trump was up all night calling Republicans,” he said. “He said he would have called Democrats but figured they were already on the line spying on him.”
Fallon also referred to Trump’s bragging line about being president in his interview. “Then the reporter was like: ‘True, but you’re being investigated by the FBI and I’m not,’” he joked.
