TV’s late-night hosts had plenty of material for tonight’s episodes following President Trump’s decision to call off a strike against Iran.
Potus said Friday on Twitter the U.S. was “cocked & loaded” to use military force against Iran for downing a U.S. drone earlier in the week. But he told the nation he called off the strike roughly ten minutes before it was set to launch after learning 150 Iranians would have been killed.
Seth Meyers wasn’t buying Trump’s version of events, and suggested the commander in chief created the controversy only to claim credit for solving it.
“It’s been another roller coaster few days with our split-personality president creating a bunch of problems and then turning around and claiming that he solved those problems,” Meyers quipped Monday on Late Night. “One day he’s threatening war with Iran, the next day he’s...
Potus said Friday on Twitter the U.S. was “cocked & loaded” to use military force against Iran for downing a U.S. drone earlier in the week. But he told the nation he called off the strike roughly ten minutes before it was set to launch after learning 150 Iranians would have been killed.
Seth Meyers wasn’t buying Trump’s version of events, and suggested the commander in chief created the controversy only to claim credit for solving it.
“It’s been another roller coaster few days with our split-personality president creating a bunch of problems and then turning around and claiming that he solved those problems,” Meyers quipped Monday on Late Night. “One day he’s threatening war with Iran, the next day he’s...
- 6/25/2019
- by Anita Bennett
- Deadline Film + TV
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