Late night hosts Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon reacted to President Trump's return to the White House on Monday, describing the oath of office as a “long national nightmare.”
“Go to the news. Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Just like Martin Luther King, I had a dream. I mean, it had to be a dream, right?” Myers said. said this at the beginning of NBC's “Late Night.” “It's too weird to be real,” he added.
After joking about other headlines, Myers said: “So, that's it, isn't it? News is over. Let's move on, shall we? Oh, yes, Donald Trump is now the President of the United States. Oh,” oh, yes, yes, it's me! ”
Meyers also opined about President Trump's speech, calling it “an unsettling, low-energy speech with a mixture of creepy fascism and bizarre atmosphere that no one but Donald Trump and his minions care about.” I haven't kept it in place,” he said.
Late night TV, SNL's boring anti-Trump scolding routine is ignored: “Oh my god, it happened again!”
Late night host Seth Meyers reacts to President Trump's return to the White House. (Screenshot/LateNightSethMeyers)
Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States on Monday. Although the late-night hosts primarily expressed support for former President Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris, they did not hesitate to mock the ceremony and the new president.
“Well, folks, it happened. Donald Trump is president again,” Colbert said on CBS' “The Late Show.”
“So how, how, where do we start? We're off, first of all. You know what we mean today? How did we get here?” Colbert added.
Appearing on NBC's “Tonight Show,” Fallon was booed when he declared, “Ladies and gentlemen, today, Donald Trump has been inaugurated as the 47th president of the United States.”
“We're all united. It's great to know that,” he said in response to the crowd's reaction.
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President Trump will deliver his second presidential inaugural address on January 20, 2024.
Kimmel spoke on ABC's “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” He described starting his day with his son peeing in his bed and his dog pooping in the hallway, but he said those were just “appetizers” before the inauguration.
“At noon Eastern today, our long national nightmare was officially sworn in. Once again, for the second time. Donald Trump became the first convicted felon to be sworn in as President of the United States.” said Kimmel, a frequent critic of the president. .
Kimmel said in an October interview that he was not “mentally prepared” for the possibility that Vice President Kamala Harris would lose the election to former President Trump.
“I told my wife I don't think I'm ready for the possibility of losing. I'm not ready yet. I've never gotten to the point where I'm ready for either scenario. We have to,” Kimmel said. MSNBC host Joe Scarborough wondered if he was longing for a time when Trump wasn't talked about every day.
Late night host Jimmy Kimmel took aim at President Donald Trump's return to the White House on Monday. (Screenshot/Kimmel)
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“We're going to have to wake up the next morning and talk about what happened, what didn't happen, and what message we want to send to the people who watch the show,” Kimmel continued. “Most of my shows don't matter. That show seems to be a little more important than the others because there are a lot of people asking me what I think or agreeing with what I think. “It's a big responsibility,” he added.
