Comics, including Trevor Noah and Stephen Colbert, discuss how little the president has achieved in his first three months in the White House

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Late-night hosts took apart Donald Trump’s first 100 days in the White House, questioning what the president had actually achieved.

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On The Daily Show, Trevor Noah started by saying: “It’s 100 days in Trump time. For us, it’s 15 years.”

He ran through the president’s many promises during the campaign trail. “I bet Trump is one of those people who makes too many new year’s resolutions,” he said.



He continued: “It’s starting to become clear that President Trump has accomplished very little of what he promised. Travel ban? Blocked. Healthcare plan? Blocked. And surprise, surprise, no one wants to pay for his wall.”

Despite Trump constantly referring to the important 100-day landmark throughout the pre-election rallies, he said in an AP interview that it was an “artificial barrier” that people shouldn’t pay much attention to. “Wow, an artificial barrier that shouldn’t apply to him,” he said. “He’s probably used that same line to get out of wearing a condom.”

Noah added: “You don’t get to just disregard the number because you don’t like the current results. Because if most voters got to choose the number they preferred, well, you wouldn’t be in the White House, Donald.”

On The Late Show, Stephen Colbert also started by running through the president’s failings. “He still hasn’t filled his cabinet, he didn’t repeal Obamacare, there are still Muslims,” he joked.

Trump has also failed to make progress on building a wall between the US and Mexico. He sent a two-part tweet about it last week – and reportedly it took him hours to finish it. “How is he going to #buildawall when it takes him three hours to #buildasentence?” Colbert asked.

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Trump has also been bragging about his TV ratings, claiming them to be the biggest since the World Trade Center was attacked. “Mr President, I know you’re proud of your ratings, but, um, how do I say this: it’s not generally a good thing to compare yourself to 9/11,” he said.

Trump has also defended his press secretary, Sean Spicer, on the grounds that he gets good ratings. “It’s true, you can’t tear your eyes away from Sean Spicer,” Noah said. “It’s like watching a car crash that knows nothing about the Holocaust.”

On Late Night with Seth Meyers, the host said: “If this were a movie, it would be called 100 Dayz and Confused.”

Trump has expressed surprise about factions within the Republican party. “Trump is so ignorant that he’s ignorant of his own ignorance,” he said.

Amid concern over a possible government shutdown to coincide with Trump’s 100th day as president, Meyers said: “Under Trump, our federal government is staffed as well as a Duane Reade on a Sunday morning,” he said.

Meyers also brought up Trump’s flip-flop tweets on the border wall. “Trump’s tweets are starting to sound like the fine print on a contest to win a free cruise,” he said.