Stephen Colbert is both pleased and stunned by Donald Trump’s latest poll numbers, expressing bewilderment during a March 31 monologue on CBS’s “The Late Show” that 22.4% of Americans still “strongly support” Trump, despite soaring gas prices due to the Iran war. But first, Colbert praised that “the fact that Trump is constantly ruining everything hasn’t helped his popularity.”
“According to the new Massachusetts YouGov ‘You’re Turning Me Right, Baby, You’re Turning Me Right’ poll, his approval rating has dropped to 33 percent,” Colbert announced to cheers from the audience. “That’s only one in three people. To put that in perspective, turn right. Now turn left. Both of these people are more popular than Donald Trump.”
However, Colbert also noted that other polling numbers for President Trump are “pretty rough,” given that while 47.2% of Americans “strongly disapprove” of the president, “there are still 22.4% who strongly support Trump.”
“Who are you?” Colbert shouted into the camera, addressing Americans who still supported Trump. Then he mocks them with an impersonation, saying, “Well, I want gas to be expensive! I want the Kennedy Center to blow up! And I know this is a pipe dream, but is there a way that maybe Denmark will hate me? Because I’d just be happy if the price of licorice went up too.”
Colbert isn’t the only late-night host to mock Trump this week. John Oliver lambasted the president over his decision to put his face on America’s Beautiful Path in National Parks on the latest episode of HBO’s “Last Week Tonight.” Oliver criticized Trump’s hypocrisy in cutting funding to parks and countered the choice by launching a website where visitors could hide Trump’s face by putting stickers on their passes.
Watch Colbert’s full March 31 monologue in the video below.
