Overview
- The president’s 19-minute prime-time speech Wednesday set a two-to-three-week window for “hitting them extremely hard” and said “core strategic objectives are nearing completion.”
- He also vowed to “bring them back to the Stone Ages,” signaling more intensive operations in Iran in the near term.
- On The Late Show, Stephen Colbert opened with apparent praise for the speech before revealing an “April Fools” gag, saying he had not watched it because the show tapes earlier and joking about Passover.
- Colbert criticized the president’s visit to a Supreme Court hearing on birthright citizenship, calling it “mob boss level intimidation,” and said a “humiliated Trump stormed out,” presenting the claim as part of his monologue.
- Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone, and Mediaite amplified the bit on Thursday and revisited the pair’s long-running feud, including Trump celebrating CBS ending The Late Show and Colbert’s profane rejoinder.