Late-night hosts discuss Pete Hegseth’s bizarre speech to US generals and the impending government shutdown
Late-night hosts recap Pete Hegseth’s precedent-shattering mandatory meeting for US generals in Virginia, where he railed against “fat troops”.
Stephen Colbert opened Tuesday’s Late Show with a countdown to a government shutdown, which would cut numerous essential services and leave many out of work. But not everyone – Colbert noted that people deemed essential workers, such as air traffic controllers or TSA agents, must stay on the job, even if it means working without pay. “Which is perfect for anyone who’s ever said ‘I just wish this TSA worker groping my junk was also angry,’” Colbert quipped.
He then turned to “the darker” story of the evening: Pete Hegseth gathering top generals at Quantico for an unusual speech in which Colbert described the defense secretary as a “five-star douche”.
Hegseth proclaimed “liberation day” for America’s “warriors” who “kill people and break things for a living”.
