Late-night hosts ridiculed Donald Trump for his latest Twitter meltdown and discussed the rift within the Democrats over the fight to impeach him.

Jimmy Kimmel

On Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the host referred to the president’s latest social media breakdown as a “category 5 tweetstorm” after he claimed that Russia did help him get elected before deleting the tweet.

“He knows we’re seeing his tweets, right?” Kimmel asked. “Is it possible all this time he thought he was texting with Eric? If you want everyone to stop talking about Russia then maybe don’t start a tweet with ‘Russia, Russia, Russia’.”

He then tried to explain the situation in terms everyone can understand. “Basically Russia is Lori Loughlin, Trump is her daughter and the election was a rowing scholarship to USC,” he said.

During a manic exchange with journalists, Trump said impeachment was a dirty, filthy and disgusting word. “And he knows dirty, filthy, disgusting words,” Kimmel said. “In fact he’s on tape using a lot of them on a bus.”

Kimmel also said that during Trump’s remarks, as he screamed over the sound of a helicopter, he was in “full supervillain mode”.

Trevor Noah

Impeachment: so dirty, so filthy, so…happening? pic.twitter.com/QB7zkNgwv2 — The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) May 31, 2019

On The Daily Show, Trevor Noah spoke about Robert Mueller’s press conference. “It was so big they even had a half-time show,” he joked. “Fun fact: the entire Mueller report is actually written on Adam Levine’s torso.”

The reaction from many 2020 candidates was to see Mueller’s comments as a sign that they should seek impeachment. “I can’t believe how much Mueller’s press conference has emboldened the Democrats,” he said. “You realise like a week ago they were considering impeachment, and now they’re fully in. It’s like if your granny was, like, finally ready to consider getting an email address and then a week later, she’s indicted for hacking into the Pentagon.”

He also joked about Trump referring to the word impeachment as dirty, filthy and disgusting. “I think Trump wants to bang that word,” he said.

While many Democrats want to push forward with impeaching Trump, Nancy Pelosi has argued for restraint. “She’s like that grizzled police chief who needs to calm down the rookie cops,” he said.

Noah continued by saying he understands her rationale. “You want people thinking about things other than impeachment: women’s rights, free colleges, universal healthcare, a Hemsworth in every house – all the major promises,” he said. “If the Democrats can keep everyone focused on the issues then they have a better chance of beating Trump.”