The late-night host reacted to Trump’s primetime address on the war and his firing of attorney general Pam Bondi
With most late-night hosts on holiday, Stephen Colbert recapped Donald Trump’s primetime national address on the war in Iran and his firing of the attorney general, Pam Bondi.
Stephen Colbert opened Thursday’s Late Show with a celebration of the new US moon mission – “I’ve got moon madness!” he exclaimed – but after a bit on reported toilet trouble onboard Artemis II, he turned to more pressing Earth-bound matters. “Speaking of human waste, just a few hours ago we learnt that President Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi,” he told the audience at the Ed Sullivan Theater.
“Now listen, in tribute to Pam Bondi, I offer this heartfelt farewell …” he added, pulling out a letter that began “Dear Pam”, followed by paragraphs of blacked-out text and the sign off: “Sincerely, Stephen Colbert” – a reference to the many, many redactions of the Epstein files that Bondi oversaw as attorney general.
Bondi lost her job because Trump was reportedly upset over her handling of the said files, a dark cloud which still hangs over his administration. But “saying that the villain of the Epstein files is Pam Bondi is like saying the lead in Die Hard is the dad from Family Matters,” Colbert joked.
