Jan. 16, 2025

Trump's Drama, Gaza Peace, and Stephen A.'s Political Hot Takes | Late Night Comedy Roundup

A comedic take on Trump's late-night Twitter rage against Seth Meyers, the historic Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal starring Steve 'Who?' Witkoff, Biden's 'Is that a joke?' moment, and ESPN's Stephen A. Smith regretting his Harris vote. Plus, Trump's...

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Caalaroga Shark media from Washington, DC, where Joe Biden has

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going out swinging. This is vallot. That's right, peace in

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the Mideast with one day left in his turn. That's

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what we call a reverse Jimmy Carter, let's hit this.

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A ceasefire deal has been reached in Gaza, and Wow,

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who had Steve Whitcoff on their Middle East Piece bingo card.

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The guy sounds like he should be selling condos in Boca,

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but here he is negotiating peace deals. So we've got

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this forty two day ceasefire coming up, which is great

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news unless you're one of those people who thinks Piece

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is overrated. Biden's basically handing Trump the keys to the

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Middle East, Like, here you go, try not to scratch it.

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They're starting with releasing thirty three hostages, which is a

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fantastic news, though I have to point out the irony

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of Trump's team helping negotiate the release of hostages when

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he's still holding democracy hostage back home. The deal starts Sunday,

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which feels very Middle Eastern like, oh, you want peace, sure,

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but can we start after the weekend? I mean, I

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get it. Nobody likes starting big projects on a Friday.

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Biden made the announcement from the White House, probably because

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making it from Dave and Busters would have seemed a

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bit casual. He's basically doing the diplomatic equivalent of cleaning

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the apartment before the new tenant moves in. Biden got

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asked if Trump deserves credit for the cease fire deal,

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and he responded like someone just asked if the Earth

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was shaped like a pizza? Is that a joke? Which,

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let's be honest, is the most polite possible response when

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someone suggests your replacement deserves credit for your work. Trump's

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involvement basically consisted of posting that there would be all

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hell to pay if the hostages weren't released by his inauguration,

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because nothing says skilled diplomacy like threatening the entire Middle

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East on social media at three in the morning, speaking

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of which, Trump's beIN up late watching TV again and

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hey he's mad. I know, shocking development. The man who

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could be our next president is spending his time at

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one twenty four in the morning writing angry posts about

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Seth Myers. Now, most people at that hour are either

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asleep or making questionable decisions on Amazon but Trump's out

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there rage posting about late night comedy. He called Seth

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Myers marble mouth, which coming from a guy whose speeches

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sound like if GPS directions had a stroke, is pretty rich.

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And he's demanding Comcast pay a big price for these shows.

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I mean, have you seen cable bills lately? I think

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we're all paying a big price for Comcast. Trump says

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he got stuck watching Seth Myers. Got stuck? What happened?

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Did someone hide the remote? Was this like a clockwork

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orange situation? Where they propped his eyes open? Because last

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time I checked, there's this amazing invention called the off button.

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And he's going after all the late night hosts now.

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He called Colbet very boring, Fallin weak and pathetic, and

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Kimmel one of the dumbest human beings ever. You know

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you're dealing with a stable genius when his critique of

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comedy show sounds like a middle school burn book. But

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my favorite part is him watching Late Night while it's

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still on the air just to get mad about it.

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That's like ordering food you hate just so you can

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leave a bad YELP review. Actually, that sounds exactly like

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something Trump would do. Add Stephen A. Smith to the

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list of celebrities who see which way the wind is blowing.

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The ESPN commentator who's made a career of screaming about

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sports is now screaming about politics. In an interview with

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Dave Rubin, Smith says he regrets voting for Kamala Harris

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in twenty twenty four, claiming he was misinformed and felt

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guilted into it. He even took a swing at Barack

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Obama for suggesting that black men who didn't support Harris

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were being misogynistic. This from the guy who usually saves

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his hottest takes for debating whether Lebron is better than Jordan. Hey, look, Steven,

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I get it. The previous host of this show goofed

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on Trump for a year and then mysteriously disappeared off

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the face of the earth. Has anyone heard from Mac Davies.

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It's like he never existed. That's why I like to

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remind everyone this is a pro Trump show, mainly because

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I don't want to disappear too. This is a cushy job.

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What would AI write in the jokes and stuff? And

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that's today's news. Five stars