Late-night hosts discussed Trump’s speech at the FBI and looked back over a rocky year in politics.
On Late Night with Seth Meyers, the host started off with Trump’s words to the press before he gave his speech at the FBI. The president decided to criticize the law enforcement agency and claim that the rest of the country agreed. “I love how Trump drags everybody into his opinions,” Meyers said. “He’s like a teenager trying to bully someone”
During the event, Trump ripped into the press and said that just 30% of them can be trusted. Meyers then compared this to the 32% approval rating that the president now has. “Trump likes the press about as much as America likes Trump,” he said.
He then played the viral footage of Trump’s judicial nominee Matthew Petersen failing to answer any question during a hearing. “OK, let’s try some easier questions: can you point to the bailiff?” he joked.
Meyers said that Trump’s choice was picked with the “same ignorance” that was also being used to assemble the GOP’s latest tax bill, which provides cuts for single people earning over $500,000 and couples earning over $1m. “Oh great, singles earning more than $500,000 can finally afford Tinder Plus,” he joked.
Senator Bob Corker was initially opposed to the bill but changed his mind in the last week. It was then found that the latest iteration of the bill contained a lucrative tax break for commercial real estate investors that aids Corker.
When questioned about it, Republicans claimed that it was just one of many points in the bill and shouldn’t be focused on too much. “That’s like if you poisoned your husband and said, ‘My meatloaf has a lot of ingredients, anti-freeze was just one of them’,” he said.
Corker’s statement then claimed ignorance of the amendment. “So Corker’s argument is basically: this doesn’t benefit me, I haven’t read the bill, I don’t understand the bill, this is ridiculous and, if you’ll excuse me, I have to go vote for the bill,” he said.
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Trevor Noah hosted a special edition of the Daily Show looking back on the year. “It was a crazy year, 2017,” he said. “Sexual harassment, Russians, Russians sexually harassing the election, something like that.”
He then spoke about the importance of branding and how the Republican effort to eradicate Obamacare is more about the fact that Obama’s name is on it. Noah suggested that Obamacare is a misleading title. “Obamacare sounds like you’re gonna hurt your knee and Barack’s going to walk in the room and kiss it better,” he said.
Noah then told a story about interviewing Obama, who he referred to as America’s “first and last black president”, just before he gave his final rousing speech in Chicago, urging people to continue the fight.
“Then the next time we saw him he was kite-surfing with Richard Branson,” he joked. “I thought you said we gonna fight?”
