Stephen Colbert opened Monday’s (November 18) episode of The Late Present by specializing in that picture of Donald Trump and his associates on his non-public jet, describing the group as “a Jeffrey Epstein tribute band.”
The picture sees the president-elect alongside his son Donald Trump Jr., tech billionaire Elon Musk, well being and human providers nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Home Speaker Mike Johnson. The group poses for the digicam whereas consuming McDonald’s.
“That is no shock,” Colbert stated. “As commander-in-beef, Trump ordered the biggest of all of the meal offers with a Massive Mac, fries, a Fanta, and a Filet-O-Fish.” It was that final merchandise that the late-night host discovered significantly egregious.
“Look, I do know Trump has been accused and located responsible of many crimes. However actually none worse than ‘brings Filet-O-Fish on a aircraft,’” he quipped. “Why don’t you simply microwave it?”
Elon Musk, Donald Trump and RFK Jr. having fun with McDonald’s on the aircraft. pic.twitter.com/ua5H09uu1F
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Colbert then turned his consideration to 1 shock member of “the mile excessive fry membership,” RFK Jr., whom he described as “an Everest climber who ate his fellow climbers earlier than the storm hit.”
The comic stated the McDonald’s feast was a “not so glad meal” for RFK Jr., pointing to feedback the Environmental lawyer made about Trump’s consuming habits in a current podcast interview.
“The stuff that he eats is de facto… unhealthy,” RFK Jr. stated in a clip from The Joe Polish Present. “Marketing campaign meals is all the time unhealthy, however the stuff that goes on that airplane is like, simply poison.”
“With that in thoughts, let’s take one other take a look at RFK Jr’s face holding that burger,” Colbert responded because the digicam zoomed in on RFK Jr’s distressed expression. “You may inform it’s McDonald’s as a result of that may be a grimace.”
Colbert then made an impression of the well-known McDonald’s jingle, saying, “Ba-da-ba-ba-bah, you requested for this,” and throwing up his center finger.
The host additionally touched on the pace of Trump’s cupboard picks, referring to a HuffPost article that described how the president-elect “reportedly swipes by potential picks on large screens,” which some are calling “White Home Tinder.”
“Tinder, actually?” Colbert replied. “I might have gone with UnHinged or… OkStupid.”
You may watch Colbert’s full opening monologue within the video above.
The Late Present With Stephen Colbert, Weeknights, 11:35/10:35 c, CBS