Late-night hosts covered the latest rumours coming from the White House and Trump’s fears over the increasingly powerful blue wave.
Seth Meyers
On Late Night with Seth Meyers, the host spoke about the next potential firings after Jeff Sessions was forced out last week. “Damn, is there anyone left?” he asked. “Trump is slowly turning the White House into the Overlook Hotel.”
Despite the Democrats winning back the house, Trump is insistent that the result was good for the Republicans. Meyers said he “talks himself into bragging about something that he knows is a failure”.
As Hillary Clinton’s lawyer is being linked to a Democratic recount in Florida, rightwing pundits have been panicking. “They talk about Hillary Clinton like the crypt-keeper teeing up the next horror movie,” he said.
There are also concerns from the Republicans as Robert Mueller has been quiet of late. “This guy is a marine,” Meyers said. “He’s probably spent the last six months sneaking closer and closer. At this point he’s probably in camouflage that matches the Oval Office drapes.”
Stephen Colbert
On The Late Show, Stephen Colbert remarked that the “blue wave keeps crashing on the beach” as he spoke about the many races that are finally being won by Democratic candidates.
“You know who’s not enjoying last Tuesday’s election? The guy who lost,” he said of Trump.
The president’s anger over his loss has reportedly seen him retreat into a cocoon of bitterness and resentment. “Trump is ending his larval stage and in a few weeks will emerge as a hideous race-baiting butterfly,” Colbert joked.
He’s also been trying to place the blame, unsure of who was the reason for the Republican loss. “Really? Does he not own a mirror?” Colbert said.
Trevor Noah
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On The Daily Show, Trevor Noah also spoke about the fact that Democratic candidates have been continuing to win a week after the election. “They won the election so hard last week that they’re still picking up seats,” he said. “Basically the elections have turned from a one-day event to the credits of a Marvel movie.”
He also mentioned the unusual diversity of the Democrats who will become part of the House. “It looks like a stock photo in a college brochure,” he said.
With control of the House, he said that “Democrats need to be strategic about what they investigate” with rumours flying around about what they will target first.
It has also led Trump and his cronies to complain about “presidential harassment”.
“How can the most powerful man in the world be the victim? This is like God complaining about being bullied,” Noah said.
