Stephen Colbert has made a decent living by skewering famous people in his Late Show monologues. One of his favorite targets since the last election is Donald Trump.
In a recent monologue, Stephen invoked Trump’s fondness for former U.K. Prime Minister Winston Churchill, one of his professed heroes. Taking advantage of Trump’s admiration for the World War II leader, Stephen contrasted the pair’s leadership styles.
The Late Show writers were in peak form as they took a slice from the U.S. President’s handling of the Iran war. They perfectly contrasted it, in a comedic way, with Churchill’s skill in bringing his country together in time of conflict.
President Trump is accused of enabling an “improv” war
The segment kicked off with a clip of Trump speaking to a Miami investors forum. He described watching classified footage of a bombing attack in somewhat simplistic terms.
“But what happened is – you have to see it. It’s very cool,” Trump enthused. “Missiles launched, missiles launched, missiles launching. They’re launching. Okay, we’re ready. Then at 7 seconds, uh, fire, fire, fire. This is the most unbelievable thing. Fire, poom, fire, poom!”
Looking straight into the camera, Stephen deadpanned his response: “Stirring, stirring wartime leadership.”
“It reminds me of Winston Churchill,” he added, keeping a straight face as his audience erupted into laughter.
Next, the Peabody winner invoked Churchill’s most iconic wartime speech in Trump’s vernacular. “We should fight them on the beaches, like, pew pew pew, ka-chow, blammo! So cool.”
Trump’s well-known admiration for Churchill made the bit more humorous. Trump even reinstalled a bust of the wartime leader in the Oval Office when he returned for his second term.
From Churchill, Stephen went on to criticize Trump’s inconsistent messaging on the “war,” which really isn’t a war since Congress never declared one.
“We have no sense of whether the war is ending anytime soon,” the 10-time Emmy winner said. He added that the conflict has taken on an “erratic and make-it-up-as-it goes feel.”
“Yes,” he decided. “This is officially America’s first improv war.”
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