The Hamilton Spectator

Bob Woodward’s book on Trump White House a gift to late-night hosts

- TRAVIS M. ANDREWS

Eye-opening disclosure­s from Bob Woodward’s new book “Fear,” about the Trump presidency were revealed in The Washington Post on Tuesday.

In today’s climate, that means at least one thing in the pop culture world: The comedic weaponry of network television’s latenight hosts was loaded with fresh ammunition. And boy, did they use it. Here’s what some of them had to say.

“The Late Show With Stephen Colbert”

A (somewhat) bearded Colbert talked about his (kind of ) beard for a moment before diving in by saying, “It seems like an explosive book about the White House comes out every few minutes at this point.”

The one he wanted to talk about, though, was Woodward’s “Fear,” which he said is “a book named after the emotion Trump feels whenever he sees a book.”

Of all the late-night hosts, Colbert dug the deepest into the recently published revelation­s, milking them for about five full minutes of jokes.

First, he took issue with White House Chief of Staff John Kelly claiming his current position is the worst job he’s ever had by saying the worst job Kelly will really ever have “will be explaining to your grandkids why you worked for the big, orange baby cager.”

“Jimmy Kimmel Live!”

Kimmel, meanwhile, simply repeated excerpts from the book and laughed, before saying, “It’s a good thing Donald Trump doesn’t read books, because I think this one would make him very upset.”

“Of course, these guys are all denying they said any of this stuff,” Kimmel added, referring to the immediate backlash the book has received from the White House. “White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Whatever said that the book is ‘nothing more than fabricated stories made by former, disgruntle­d employees told to make the president look bad,’” Kimmel continued before adding his own commentary. “Right, otherwise he’d look great if it wasn’t for this.”

“Late Night with Seth Meyers”

Meyers wasted no time getting to the book, merely asking his studio audience how they were before jumping in.

“I don’t think Trump’s going to like it, because it’s a book,” he joked.

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