Stephen Colbert applauded the U.Ok. justice system in Thursday night time’s “The Late Present” monologue as he cheered on the arrest of former Prince Andrew, joking, “Sure, lastly—somebody, anybody!” whereas referencing the long-standing lack of accountability for others concerned within the Epstein scandal.
“Let’s hear it for British justice, which is healthier than American justice as a result of it comes with frilly wigs,” he mentioned on Thursday night time’s episode of the CBS present. Colbert famous the arrest was for misconduct in public workplace, not pedophilia.
“Technically, this arrest isn’t about any costs of pedophilia,” he mentioned. “U.Ok. authorities busted Andrew for misconduct in public workplace, which is outlined as severe, willful abuse or neglect of the facility or obligations of the general public workplace held—which isn’t solely not unlawful in the US, it was Trump’s marketing campaign slogan.”
Colbert then turned his consideration stateside, lampooning Trump’s self-styled “Board of Peace,” saying it was “sort of just like the UN, besides as an alternative of passing binding resolutions, you cross a greasy bag of cash to Donald Trump as a result of a everlasting seat on the board is $1 billion in money—and Donald Trump is chairman for all times.”
“The Board of Peace works sort of like a strip membership. Money solely, and Donald Trump won’t ever depart,” Colbert joked. He highlighted the board’s membership, together with Bahrain, Belarus, Egypt, El Salvador, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the UAE, and Uzbekistan, and quipped, “It’s the Epcot of locations Goofy was jailed and not using a trial.”
Colbert mocked Trump’s interactions with world leaders on the occasion. Introducing Paraguay’s president, he famous, “Younger, good-looking man. It’s at all times good to be younger and good-looking. Doesn’t imply we’ve to love you. I don’t like younger, good-looking males.” Then Colbert requested, “Does he know we will hear him?”
Colbert additionally mocked Trump’s tendency to rename establishments, saying that the assembly passed off in D.C. on the U.S. Institute of Peace, “which he lately renamed the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace.”
“At a sure level, all this renaming goes to get complicated for everybody,” the late-night host joked. “‘Driver, take me to the Trump constructing.’ ‘Which one, Mac? The airport, the theater, the peace constructing, or the Home of Pancakes?’”
You may watch the complete “The Late Present” monologue within the video above.
