On Wednesday, an explosive op-ed about President Donald Trump was published in
'The New York Times' and you had better believe the late-night hosts had plenty to say
on the subject. The piece was written by an anonymous senior Trump administration
official who claims to be part of the "resistance" to Trump but not from the left and said,
in part, "Many Trump appointees have vowed to do what we can to preserve
our democratic institutions while thwarting Mr. Trump's more misguided impulses
until he is out of office." On CBS's 'Late Show' Stephen Colbert addressed the
mystery surrounding the author of the opinion piece, and took the opportunity to
poke fun at the revolving door of employees the White House has seen since
Trump stepped into office. Referring to the vague revelation that the writer was "a
senior official in the Trump administration whose identity is known to us and
whose job would be jeopardized by its disclosure," Colbert quipped:
Pondering just how many people there could be in the current administration who
believe in its policies and goals yet still think the president is a dangerous idiot,
Colbert came up with this simple equation.
Colbert's guest, former Secretary of State and onetime Democratic presidential
candidate John Kerry, also shared his thoughts on the 'Times' piece, saying that it
"scared the hell out of him," before offering some sobering words. "You know what
it really means, Stephen, is that we don't really have a president," Kerry said.
"We have a president who is there but he's not capable of doing the job or living up to
the responsibilities." Over on Comedy Central's 'Daily Show,' Trevor Noah expressed
shock at what the news could potentially mean. The host exclaimed, "Holy shit.
There's a secret group of people within the White House actively working to
curb President Trump, which is wild, because this means this whole time we've
been dealing with the watered-down version of Trump!"
Noah also said the op-ed and its author's admission that "it may be cold comfort in
this chaotic era, but Americans should know that there are adults in the room,"
did not make him feel any better. "Before this, I knew there was turbulence," Noah began.
He then concluded his comparison by joking about this potential solution to
the hypothetical scenario.
On ABC's 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!,' Kimmel joked that he had cracked the case of
the authors hidden identity.
The late night host also pointed out that some Internet users have picked up on the use
of the word "lodestar" in the piece. "That's not a common word, lodestar. Not a lot of
people use that word," Kimmel explained before offering video evidence of Vice
President Mike Pence using the word…..like, a lot.
"Wouldn't that be something if it was Mike Pence?" Kimmel asked. "This is gonna drive
Trump absolutely nuts. Can you imagine what it must be like to have a job at
which almost everyone who works for you thinks you're a complete idiot?"
On NBC's 'Late Night' Seth Meyers also addressed the op-ed piece, paying homage
to the best-selling board game "Clue."
Also on NBC, 'The Tonight Show' host Jimmy Fallon joked about the situation saying,
He then pulled out his best Trump impression to imagine how the Commander-in-Chief
might have reacted to the news of the op-ed being published.
Trump's actual reaction, came via his favorite social media platform on Wednesday night
with the president tweeting, "Does the so-called "Senior Administration Official" really
exist, or is it just the Failing New York Times with another phony source?
If the GUTLESS anonymous person does indeed exist, the Times must,
for National Security purposes, turn him/her over to government at once!"
On Thursday morning, POTUS took to Twitter once more to write, "The Deep State
and the Left, and their vehicle, the Fake News Media, are going Crazy -
& they don't know what to do."
To read more on this story and to watch full clips of the late-night hosts reacting to the
mysterious op-ed about Trump, head to THR.com.
For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Lyndsey Rodrigues.
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