{"id":44069,"date":"2025-02-21T01:58:32","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T06:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/entertainment\/stephen-colbert-crowns-trump-the-troll-king\/21\/02\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-02-21T01:58:32","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T06:58:32","slug":"stephen-colbert-crowns-trump-the-troll-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/entertainment\/stephen-colbert-crowns-trump-the-troll-king\/21\/02\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Colbert Crowns Trump the Troll King"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night\u2019s highlights that lets you sleep \u2014 and lets us get paid to watch comedy. Here are the <\/em><a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2020\/arts\/television\/best-movies-on-netflix.html\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">50 best movies on Netflix right now<\/em><\/a><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-1u37br4 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-375e3848\">King of the Road<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On Wednesday, President Donald Trump pre-emptively <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/19\/nyregion\/trump-congestion-pricing.html\" title=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">announced<\/a> on social media that New York City\u2019s congestion pricing \u201cIS DEAD, Manhattan and all of New York is SAVED. LONG LIVE THE KING!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Referring to himself as a king \u201cis the thing presidents are not supposed to do,\u201d Stephen Colbert said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"css-1ggt3fz etf134l0\">\n<p class=\"css-12wzsk6 evys1bk0\">\u201cYes, the classic domain of an all-powerful king. Yes, it\u2019s what all kings do: regulate local toll roads. <em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">[imitating a king]<\/em> <em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">\u2018<\/em>Behold! Camelot has been saved, for I have pulled Excalibur from the median strip of the Cross Bronx Expressway.\u2019\u201d <em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">\u2014 STEPHEN COLBERT<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<blockquote class=\"css-1ggt3fz etf134l0\">\n<p class=\"css-12wzsk6 evys1bk0\">\u201cBut you know he\u2019s trolling us, and we shouldn\u2019t take the bait. But with this guy, every troll is a trial balloon. So, here we go. Mr. Trump, America will never bow before any king not named \u2018Burger,\u2019 for he hath made us all part of the royal family.\u201d <em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">\u2014 STEPHEN COLBERT<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Colbert remarked that even though Trump has been \u201cbusy cosplaying as the czar of the Lincoln Tunnel,\u201d congestion pricing has significantly reduced traffic and increased support for Broadway shows and local businesses.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"css-1ggt3fz etf134l0\">\n<p class=\"css-12wzsk6 evys1bk0\">\u201cNow, obviously, this seems like a good thing, so Donald Trump ruined it.\u201d <em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">\u2014 STEPHEN COLBERT<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-12wzsk6 evys1bk0\">\u201cGovernor Hochul immediately said congestion pricing wouldn\u2019t end, posting, \u2018The cameras are staying on.\u2019 Governor, I love your defiance, but you know Trump loves cameras. This just means he\u2019s going to do his next press conference strapped to the hood of a Camry.\u201d <em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">\u2014 STEPHEN COLBERT<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 class=\"css-1u37br4 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-237778d1\">The Punchiest Punchlines (DOGE Dollars Edition)<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<blockquote class=\"css-1ggt3fz etf134l0\">\n<p class=\"css-12wzsk6 evys1bk0\">\u201cDOGE-head Elon Musk says he\u2019s considering giving 78 million Americans $5,000 per household. Half of these households will be benefiting from a DOGE dividend; the other are just his child support.\u201d <em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">\u2014 GREG GUTFELD<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-12wzsk6 evys1bk0\">\u201cI mean, the Dems are already floundering against DOGE, but DOGE plus a dividend? It\u2019ll be more popular than that mall tour I did with Menudo.\u201d <em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">\u2014 GREG GUTFELD<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-12wzsk6 evys1bk0\">\u201cPerhaps it\u2019s not exactly right. \u2018Right\u2019 would be all the cuts go to preventing a full default on the debt; otherwise, we\u2019ll face an economic crisis that would make the Depression look like a trip to Sandals with Trace Gallagher.\u201d <em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">\u2014 GREG GUTFELD<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 class=\"css-1u37br4 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-3f07bc9e\">The Bits Worth Watching<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Taylor Tomlinson explored the social media trend of mostly shirtless men doing meal prep on Thursday\u2019s \u201cAfter Midnight.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/21\/arts\/television\/stephen-colbert-trump-doge.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night&rsquo;s highlights that lets you sleep &mdash; and lets us get<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/entertainment\/stephen-colbert-crowns-trump-the-troll-king\/21\/02\/2025\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44071,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44069"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44069\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}