Late-night hosts dug into the chaos at Newark airport resulting in a cascade of cancellations, Donald Trump’s alleged Hollywood tariffs and the go to of the Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, to the White Home.
Stephen Colbert
On Tuesday’s Late Present, Stephen Colbert seemed into the cascade of delays at Newark airport this week, inflicting the cancellation of tons of of flights. The perpetrator was a terrifying 90-second blackout throughout which air site visitors controllers quickly misplaced radar and communications with the plane underneath their management, making them unable to see, hear or discuss to them. “These are three pretty vital issues,” Colbert deadpanned.
The blackout was attributable to a fried piece of copper wire. “Not like the opposite blackouts at Newark, that are attributable to the grand coconut margarita at terminal A Chili’s Too,” Colbert joked.
In response to the disaster, Trump’s transportation secretary, Sean Duffy, went on Fox Information to, as Colbert put it, “take full duty and dump it on any person else”.
Duffy criticized previous infrastructure within the US that hasn’t been up to date in “30 or 40 years”, however stated “this could’ve been handled within the final administration. They did nothing.”
“Sure, this downside has been happening for years,” Colbert agreed. “Biden ought to’ve finished one thing about it. Or actually, the man earlier than him ought to’ve finished one thing about it.”
In reality, Biden did do one thing about it; within the 2021 infrastructure invoice, he accepted $25bn to enhance airports. The upgrades started, however have been partially derailed by Trump’s “division of presidency effectivity” (Doge) shedding greater than 400 staffers on the Federal Aviation Administration shortly after taking workplace, together with upkeep mechanics and staff who work on electrical points. “These are the individuals who do the stuff!” Colbert exclaimed. “There are many ineffective folks you can’ve fired, just like the TSA agent who says you may’t usher in a snow globe. I hate having to chug my snow globe proper earlier than safety.”
Duffy claimed that he was going to spend the cash on a brand new system, however warned that it will take three to 4 years. “Not precisely what you need to hear in a disaster,” Colbert famous.
And it’s a disaster that in all probability gained’t get higher quickly, as many air site visitors controllers at the moment are out on a 45-day trauma depart following the blackout. “Wait a second, there’s such a factor as trauma depart?” Colbert puzzled. “Bye! I’m off to the tropics.”
Jimmy Kimmel
In Los Angeles, Jimmy Kimmel recapped the go to of the brand new Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, to the White Home, the place Donald Trump insisted that “no matter something, we’re going to be pals with Canada”.
“Poor Mark Carney had a helluva job at present,” stated Kimmel, noting that Trump retains referring to Canada because the “51st state”. “It was like an Ewok going to a gathering on the Dying Star.”
However Carney “dealt with it effectively”, in response to Kimmel. “In a pleasant approach, he made certain Trump is aware of they haven’t any intention of changing into our 51st state.” Carney diplomatically advised Trump that Canada is “not on the market, gained’t be on the market”, to which Trump interjected: “However by no means say by no means!”
“He doesn’t take no for a solution – in reality, he was discovered responsible for it in a court docket of legislation,” Kimmel stated, referring to a Might 2023 verdict wherein a New York court docket discovered Trump responsible for sexual abuse and defamation of the author E Jean Carroll, and ordered him to pay $5m.
Kimmel additionally addressed Trump’s risk to (someway) slap a 100% tariff on any film made exterior the US, “which triggered each studio govt in Hollywood to double up on their Ativan yesterday,” he quipped. “Nobody appears to know what’s happening with these tariffs, together with our personal secretary of the treasury.
“Keep in mind how everybody stated the primary requirement to get a spot in his cupboard was to be good on TV? Nicely, right here is our treasury secretary, Scott Bessent,” Kimmel continued earlier than a clip of Bessent struggling to reply the fundamental query “who pays tariffs?” earlier than Congress.
“Strive unplugging him and plugging him again in,” Kimmel laughed. “Scott Bessent has the demeanor of a headmaster at an all-boys faculty that’s underneath investigation.”
Seth Meyers
And on Late Night time, Seth Meyers opened with Trump’s Reality Social put up on Monday wherein he claimed that he would order the federal government to reclaim and reopen the notorious Alcatraz jail. “I like you can inform from his social media put up what film he watched on the aircraft,” stated Meyers, referring to Clint Eastwood’s 1979 movie Escape from Alcatraz, which performed on public tv in Florida whereas he was at Mar-a-Lago.
Trump additionally joked with reporters about the opportunity of changing into pope and stated: “I’d not be capable to be married, although.”
“And it appears to be like like Melania has voted,” Meyers quipped subsequent to a photograph of white smoke.
The Vatican’s conclave to elect a brand new pope is about to start on Wednesday. “So simply keep in mind, black smoke means no choice, white smoke means a brand new pope and pink smoke means it’s a lady!” Meyers joked.
The Late Night time host additionally touched on reviews that the US military is planning a parade to honor its 250th anniversary in addition to Trump’s 79th birthday, together with navy automobiles, plane and practically 7,000 troopers. “And to honor Trump’s navy service, he gained’t be there,” Meyers quipped.
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