Comics, including Stephen Colbert and Trevor Noah, discussed the latest troubling news from the White House and a strange Legally Blonde connection

Late-night hosts discussed the latest reports that Donald Trump had shared classified information with Russian diplomats.

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On The Late Show, Stephen Colbert joked that we now have some good news: “Trump found the leaker.”

The news came in just as many of the late shows started to tape, so there was also a strong focus still on the firing of James Comey, a situation that Colbert commented on: “Every day we learn more and understand less.”

He referenced a report that Trump and Comey reportedly went out for dinner, at which the president allegedly asked the FBI director for his loyalty. The dinner, Colbert said, ended with “two scoops of undermining the FBI”.

Trump has since threatened Comey on Twitter, claiming that there might be tapes of their meetings together. During a press briefing, Sean Spicer remained tight-lipped about what it actually meant. “It’s a good thing that the tweet speaks for itself because Sean Spicer certainly doesn’t,” Colbert said.

Spicer repeatedly said that the president’s position was very clear. “No, we know he’s screwing the country but he hasn’t made it clear what his position is – is it missionary? Is it doggy style?” Colbert joked. He added that it “sounds like he’s pulling a reverse constitutional”.

After another embarrassing week, there are rumors that Trump is planning a reboot of his team. “It’s yet another 70s reboot: Watergate 2: Resign Harder,” he said. “This summer, he is a crook.”

He added: “Although, to be fair, Nixon at least attempted a cover-up.”

On The Daily Show, Trevor Noah spoke briefly about the Russia reports. “I knew something was up when we saw President Trump with the Russians and they were smiling,” he said. “There’s only two times a Russian man smiles: the day he dies, and this.”

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He also said that it “sounds like a story we would invent”.

“What’s really sad about this is that Donald Trump is trying to impress the Russians with the fact that he’s president,” he said. “They know!”

During the campaign. Trump repeatedly attacked Hillary Clinton for potential information leaks as a result of her email server. “Right now, it feels like Trump is doing everything he criticized Hillary for during the campaign,” Noah said.

He went on to lambast the president’s inability to keep a secret. “At least now we know there are no aliens, because if there were, Donald Trump would have told us by now,” he said. “He would have leaked it immediately.”

He added: “The good news is Trump listens during intel briefings, and the bad news is Trump listens during intel briefings.”



On Late Night with Seth Meyers, the host referred to Trump as “an increasingly authoritarian president”.

He then explored the awkward disparity between the statements that Trump’s team have given in the past week and what Trump has then been saying himself. “CNN, why do you keep putting Kellyanne Conway on the air?” he said. “Her statements are like milk that you leave out over night. They go bad real quick.”

Meyers continued: “In a way, it’s actually disorienting how blatant Trump is about all the shady stuff he does.”

On The Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon spoke about Trump’s commencement speech at Liberty University.

“He said always have the courage to be yourself and chase your dreams – and then he stopped talking because he ran out of fortune cookies,” he said.

Trump also claimed that there were more job openings than ever before. “The students said, yeah, because you keep firing everyone,” Fallon said.

He then showed footage comparing Trump’s speech to that made by Reese Witherspoon’s character. Elle Woods. in Legally Blonde, noting the large number of similarities.

There’s also news that Melania is reportedly opening up the White House movie theater to tours for the first time. Fallon joked that the films being shown would include Rocky 4 Months and Fantastic Tweets and Where to Fav Them.