In his opening monologue for “The Late Show” on Wednesday, host Stephen Colbert had a robust, relatable response to Donald Trump profitable the 2024 election.
“Well, fuck! It happened again,” he said. “After a bizarre and vicious campaign, fueled by a desperate need not to go to jail, Donald Trump has won the 2024 election.”
“As we’re all about to plunge back into the Trump hole, here’s what occurs to me,” Colbert adds. “The first time Donald Trump was elected, he started as a joke and ended as a tragedy. This time, he starts as a tragedy. Who knows what he’ll end as. A limerick?”
Colbert proceeded together with his monologue however made certain to pepper it with cute footage of a duck driving a pet to lighten the darkish actuality.
Colbert joins fellow late-night hosts—and Trump-antagonists—like Jimmy Kimmel and Jon Stewart in messaging to an viewers that’s justifiably frightened for the following chapter in American historical past.
