Kimmel, Colbert Laugh at Trump Tariffs: World’s Dumbest Trade War
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Kimmel, Colbert Laugh at Trump Tariffs: World’s Dumbest Trade War

Who knew that customs could be so fun.

President Donald Trump’s use of the bullying school to bully US allies with threats of customs mocked by late night hosts on Monday.

Trump has BackedAt least temporarily, but Jimmy’s Kimmel and Fallon, Stephen Colbert and Seth Meyers wondered if the president was ever really serious. Or, according to Kimmel’s words, he was just “pretending to issue tariffs so that Canada and Mexico can pretend to be bent for him, and then it will look like he is the big hero.”

Colbert noted that the Wall Street Journal, not known for progressive hot tag, thought Trump’s tariffs were a bad idea. “So now we have a monthly weapon in what any liberal cloth called the Wall Street Journal as described as” the stupidest trade war in history. “As Dallas Mavericks said: ‘Keep my Luka Dončić. “”

Kimmel also quoted WSJ’s characterization of Trump’s customs plan. “Starting” the world’s stupidest trade war “is an achievement to add a very long list: first and foremost the world’s stupidest trade war, the world’s stupid Covid response, the world’s stupid climate policy, the world’s stupidest ork map, the world’s stupid election reference, the world’s dumbest wildlife response, the world’s stupid response Comparison of audience size, the world’s stupidest rebellion and the world’s stupidest Eric.

“He is like Michael Phelps of the world’s stupidest stuff,” said Kimmel, who shared a unique theory as to why Trump did not currently decided to introduce a rigid tariff for Mexico.

“I guess he must have seen Guacamole Bill for his Super Bowl party,” Kimmel said.

Even Fallon, whose monologues tend to be less political than his comrades, could not resist Monday. “People wonder why Trump would start a war with our closest allies, and he was like,” I said nothing about Russia and North Korea, “said the value” Tonight Show “.

Seth MeyersWhose show follows Fallon at NBC, was ready with some jokes.

“President Trump introduced a 25 percent tariff during the weekend of goods coming from Canada, including honey, whiskey and peanut butter. Or, as Rudy Giuliani calls it, “My morning smoothie.”


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