politics
April 17, 2026
Stephen Colbert on Trump’s Vatican feud: ‘Damn, the pope just read you for filth’
Late-night hosts reacted to Trump’s plans for a triumphal arch, high gas prices and RFK Jr’s odd interest in roadkill
TL;DR
- Stephen Colbert compared Mike Johnson correcting the pope on theology to telling a bear where to poop.
- Colbert highlighted the pope's tweet condemning the manipulation of religion for personal gain, directing it at Trump.
- Colbert questioned Trump's claim that gas prices are 'not very high'.
- Jimmy Kimmel joked that Trump's proposed triumphal arch would be engraved with the name of a 'draft dodger'.
- Kimmel discussed RFK Jr.'s biography, which claims he carved a dead raccoon's penis from its body.
- Kimmel noted the hypocrisy of RFK Jr. warning about microplastics while drinking from a plastic bottle.
- Kimmel questioned RFK Jr.'s claims about children being put on medication that induces violence and his lack of recollection of making such statements.