Stephen Colbert is back at work and he’s picked up right where he left off: trolling President Donald Trump. Â
The “Late Show†host mocked Trump on Monday for signing a series of executive actions over the weekend, including one intended to extend unemployment benefits. Â
“I can understand why he’s in favor of providing that,†Colbert said. “Because come January, everyone in his family might need it.â€
Another executive order is intended to extend a moratorium on evictions.Â
“Of course he wants that: Come January, everyone in his family might need it,†Colbert cracked, then launched into a dance for making the same joke twice:Â
Colbert also discussed a moment when the president seemed to forget the word “virus†in the middle of a sentence. Watch his full monologue below: Â
Colbert just returned from a two-week vacation and he is no longer working from home. However, the “Late Show†isn’t back in its studio in the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York just yet; it’s recorded in an attached office building and there’s still no audience.
Colbert and a number of other late shows, including Jimmy Fallon’s “Tonight Show†and James Corden’s “Late Late Show,†have left their homes recently for something a little bit closer to their normal broadcasts. All of them departed from their studios in March as the pandemic spread across the United States.
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