Stephen Colbert touched on a multiple hot button issues in his monologue on Wednesday’s “The Late Show,” first running down how Donald Trump is running the economy into the ground, and then touching on Trump’s unconstitutional attacks on free speech and free assembly.
We assume you’re familiar with how the economy is going, and about that that, Colbert said, “this toboggan ride to Skid Row is all courtesy of Trump’s on again, off, again, tariffs. But today, Trump implemented a plan to quell fear of tariffs with more tariffs Now, remember, you got to fight fire with setting our money on fire.”
Colbert noted the tarriffs that went into effect on foreign steel and aluminum, and the costs this will impose on Americans, joking “foiled again!” you know, because aluminum foil.
Later in the monologue, Colbert touched on the disturbing case of Mahmoud Khalil, a permanent U.S. resident married to an American who, as a Columbia University student protested against Israel. This is of course, constitutionally protected behavior, and to be clear he has not committed nor has he been accused of committing a crime.
Nevertheless, in the middle of the night on Saturday, ICE agents broke into his residence, arrested him and very quickly transported him from New York to Louisiana without notifying his family or attorneys. And just to remind you, he has not been accused of any crime.
“Another cool thing that is totally normal is arresting folks without any charges,” Colbert said about it. “This weekend here in New York, ICE agents arrested a Palestinian activist who had helped lead the Columbia University protests, detaining him without presenting a warrant or any filed charges, and whisking him to a detention facility in Louisiana without telling his wife, who is eight months pregnant. Yes, yes. If you don’t like that, you have a constitutional right to protest it.”
“Just by doing so you could win a free trip to Louisiana,” Colbert joked.
“Whether or not you agree with this protester and what he did, or if you disagree with this protester and what he did, if you think this kind of thing will end with students, I’ve got a wall in Berlin to sell you,” Colbert said shortly after.
Watch the whole monologue below:
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