Donald Trump's Tariffs Plan Has Officially such as Into Play, and Late-Night TV Hosts Responded to the Economic Chaos with an Equal Measure of Comedy and Horror.
On The Late ShowStephen Colbert Noted “I Hope You Have Finished Your Christmas Shopping Because Today was officious The Last Shopping Day Before Tariffs on Imported Good as Into Force At Midnight Tonight. So Don't Forget On Amazon to Click '23 Minute Shipping. '”
He explained that the tariffs includes 104 percent markup on Imports from China. “104 percent chinese gariffs are going to make Everything More Expensive,” Colbert Said. “IPhones, Laptops, Those Wonderful Knockoff Toys You Can Find Only at Gas Station.”
The Late Show Also Unveiled a short parody clip advertising of Turner Classic Movies' “Trade War Movies,” Which includes “Apocalypse Dow.”
On The Daily ShowHost Desi Lydic Continued The Late-Night Show's Segment “Trade Wars” (A Play On Star Wars) to Look at the Tariffs. “It's Been One Week Since Donald Trump Annunded His Bold Vision for Destroying The Economy and Guess What? His Plan Is Working,” Lydic Said.
She Continued, “So the Economy is Incredibly Unstable Right Now. The Only Upside is That this crash is much Easier to Undersand Than the 2008 One. Remember The Big Short Where they Had to Have Margot Robbie Explain It in A Bathtub? Here's How That would go TODAY. ” She then played an edited clip of robbie proclaiming, “Trump did it!”
On Jimmy Kimmel LiveJimmy Kimmel Opened the Show by Affirming, “I have to say, What a crazy country we live in. It's hard to remember whats we use to be world about.” He explained that the dow and the nasdaq were plummeting, adding, “Somehow donald trump has manged to transform the stock market into Kanye west.”
During His Monologue On The Tonight ShowJimmy Fallon Quipped That Because The Tariffs Were About To Go Into Effect “You have 20 Minutes To Buy Everything You'll need for the rest of your life.”
Of the china tariffs, Fallon Noted, “Trump Isn'T Messing Around With China. Now He's Threatening to Not Invite Them to His Birthday Party.” Headed, “As a result of the tariffs, americans are now racing to buy iPhores Because prices incaits. Yep, iPhones and toilet paper are the two mons essential bagroom items.”
