Late-night hosts covered Donald Trump’s reaction to Elizabeth Warren’s DNA test results and the president’s cowardice over the presumed killing of a journalist in Turkey.

Stephen Colbert

On The Late Show, Stephen Colbert returned after a week off and joked: “I had this one weird dream. I could have sworn that Kanye West went to the Oval Office and started talking about repealing the 13th amendment.”

He then spoke about the alleged murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. “The evidence is overwhelming that Saudi Arabia committed a horrific, violent act which can mean only one thing: we’re invading Iraq!”

After denying involvement, reports suggested yesterday that the Saudi government was set to release a statement claiming his death was the result of an interrogation gone wrong. “Let me ask an obvious question: any interrogation that involves 15 men and a bone saw, how does that go right?” Colbert asked.

Yet Trump refused to criticise Saudi Arabia and suggested the men involved were “rogue killers”. “This is one of the most disturbing human rights violations in recent memory and yet Donald Trump is bending over backwards to find excuses for Saudi Arabia, and keep in mind, he can barely bend forwards,” he said.

Colbert also spoke about the Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren, who has claimed her heritage is part Native American. “Some people don’t believe that, and his name is Donald Trump,” he said.

He then showed many clips of Trump calling her “Pocahontas” at rallies, one of which had him saying it was affectionate. “It may be racist but it’s affectionate because Trump has great affection for racism,” he joked.

Colbert also played a short film that showed Warren finding out the results. “You heard them right, this test accurately reveals with a high confidence that Elizabeth Warren is running for president,” he said.

When asked about it, Trump claimed that no one cares. “You care! You’re literally the only person who cares!” Colbert fired back.

Trevor Noah

TONIGHT: DNA plot twist in the Elizabeth Warren Native American heritage story! pic.twitter.com/db5xVvS3L3 — The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) October 16, 2018

On The Daily Show, Trevor Noah also spoke about the Warren test and Trump’s earlier claim that he would donate $1m if the results were accurate. “Because the president has spent the last two years calling Elizabeth Warren ‘Pocahontas’, today the press asked him if he would put his money where his cute butthole mouth is and pay up,” he said.

He also joked about his assertion that he now doesn’t care. “Trump can’t suddenly say he doesn’t care,” Noah said. “Who cares? You care! This is a thing you’ve been obsessed about for years. It’s like the Kool-Aid Man saying :‘I don’t actually care about Kool-Aid.’”

Noah continued: “Now he’s flipped. Even though Elizabeth Warren took the test, now he says he’s not going to pay the million dollars. So basically, this white man made a promise to Senator Warren and then went back on what he said, so I guess she really is Native American after all.”