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Late-night hosts discussed the latest round of news within Trump’s government, focusing on the congressional hearing that saw his Obama wiretapping accusations debunked.

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On The Daily Show, Trevor Noah spoke about the FBI director, James Comey, stating that there was no wiretap used to record the ex-reality TV star. “Is there a thing for reverse-mind-blown?” he said.

Noah added: “I just feel bad for the FBI agent who has to go through Trump’s tweets. I assume Comey just used this whole thing to haze the new guy.”



He then spoke about Trump’s tweet during the hearing, which seemed to misinterpret the findings. “My favorite part of this long-ass hearing was even though the words coming out of Comey’s mouth were bad for Donald Trump, the president still managed to hear something totally different,” he said.

He joked: “There’s tweets in Congress now? Trump is so gangsta. He lied on Twitter during a hearing about him lying on Twitter. He was live-lying the hearing. I’m honestly flabbergasted by this whole thing.”

On The Late Show, Stephen Colbert spoke about Trump’s budget and his decision to propose cutting PBS funding. “Trump’s a real estate developer,” he said. “It was only a matter of time before he put up condos on Sesame Street.”

He then spoke about the decision to eliminate Meals on Wheels. “That isn’t just heartless, that’s bad marketing,” he said. “You always stick with things that rhyme: Meals on Wheels, crack is whack, hop on pop, two-buck chuck, avoid the noid, be kind, rewind.”

He detailed the important benefits of the service before asking: “What kind of heartless monster would be against that?”

Colbert then brought out his far-right alter ego to discuss his “misguided analysis of Trump’s budget”.

He asked: “It’s called Meals on Wheels, but how often do you see a hamburger drive down the highway?” before saying it was “literally throwing money down the toilet”.

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“Meals on Wheels started in 1972 and I haven’t checked the stats, but I’m pretty sure all those people are dead now,” he said.

He then noted that the budget secretary, Mick Mulvaney, wasn’t being cruel to old people as “he’s also being cruel to young people” and spoke about cuts to lunches for schoolchildren as well. “Take the food away and maybe they’ll be hungry for knowledge,” he said.

On Late Night with Seth Meyers, the host joked about Trump referring to Mar-a-Lago as a convenient meeting place for everyone involved. “It’s not convenient!” he said. “Everyone else works in Washington DC. You’re the only one with a private club in Florida that you can get to via Air Force One.”

He then noted that Trump no longer referred to his resort as the winter White House but now called it the southern White House. “He’s gonna be there year round, motherfuckers!” he said.



Meyers then played awkward footage of Trump refusing to shake Angela Merkel’s hand. “You know you’re ice cold when even the German chancellor wants to warm things up,” he said. “Look at him slumped next to her like a bean bag. He’s like a high school burnout that has to meet with the principal.”

It was then time to discuss the FBI hearing. “I’m not saying Comey cost Clinton the election, but his name is definitely on the list that Hillary mutters like Arya Stark when she’s walking in the woods,” he said.

There was an attempt during the hearing to blame leaks about Russia on Obama. But “have you seen what he’s been up to?” Meyers said. “That dude hasn’t even been near wifi for two months now.”

He also showed that Mike Rogers, head of the National Security Agency, disputed Trump’s claim that Britain’s GCHQ spy agency had been involved in the phantom wiretap. “There you have it, America. You can either trust the director of the National Security Agency or the guy who thinks tap is spelled with two Ps,” he said.