Stephen Colbert returned Monday night time to rejoice america’ gold medal wins on the Winter Olympics final week, together with Crew USA’s additional time victory over Crew Canada within the males’s hockey division.
“In your well mannered face, Canada! We beat you at hockey. That’s your entire factor!” Colbert joked throughout his Monday night time monologue. “That’d be such as you beating us at squandering our worldwide goodwill.” The “Late Present with Stephen Colbert” host additionally shouted out U.S. determine skater Alysa Liu, who turned the primary American to win a person gold medal in determine skating since 2002.
“The ladies’s hockey staff additionally crushed Canada in additional time and and, in determine skating, essentially the most joyful particular person we’ve ever seen, Alysa Liu, rocketed to gold with a jaw-dropping program,” Colbert recapped, earlier than rolling a clip of Liu joyfully exclaiming “that’s what I’m f—king speaking about” simply moments after her gold medal-winning program.
“Yeah! That’s what we’re all f—king speaking about! Come on!” Colbert mentioned, whereas pumping his fist. “I’m *this* near dyeing stripes in my hair and getting no matter that gum piercing is — except it hurts, through which case simply the stripes.” You’ll be able to watch the complete “Late Present” section your self beneath.
Within the again half of his Monday monologue, Colbert pivoted away from America’s Winter Olympics victories this yr. “That wasn’t the one victory for America,” Colbert added, after discussing Liu’s determine skating win. “On Friday, the Supreme Court docket struck down Donald Trump’s tariffs. Now that’s what I’m speaking about.”
In response to loud cheers from his studio viewers, Colbert introduced, “Justices, you’ve achieved one thing actually historic: You’ve made folks go ‘woo-hoo!’ about tariffs.” Afterward, the comic famous that President Trump was “not thrilled with the court docket’s determination” earlier than lampooning the president’s Fact Social put up about it, which Colbert joked was “longer than the Unabomber’s person settlement.”
“In his screed, Trump went after the bulk justices, calling them ‘fools and lapdogs for the RINOS and Radical Left Democrats’ who’ve been swayed by ‘overseas pursuits,’” Colbert mentioned. “Sure, and Trump has been very clear. He is not going to be swayed by overseas pursuits — solely by overseas golden aircraft, overseas golden crown and overseas golden FIFA peace prize.”
