Late Night Celebrates Donald Trump’s History-Making Arrest
“It is a great day to be in New York City — well, unless you’re one person,” Jimmy Fallon joked on Tuesday.
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Jimmy Fallon stands on stage in front of a blue curtain.
“Trump made history,” Jimmy Fallon said. “The only good news for Trump: In Florida, all the history books have been thrown out, so it’s all right.”Credit…NBC
Trish Bendix
By Trish Bendix
April 5, 2023, 1:51 a.m. ET
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Trump Makes History
“It is a great day to be in New York City — well, unless you’re one person,” Jimmy Fallon joked on Tuesday night. Stephen Colbert said the day was “70 degrees and sunny with a chance of jail.”
Former President Donald Trump’s arraignment was the talk of late night, with hosts noting he was the first U.S. president ever to be arrested and face criminal charges.
“Trump made history. The only good news for Trump: In Florida, all the history books have been thrown out, so it’s all right.” — JIMMY FALLON
“That guy was the president of the country. If you asked for the manager at Best Buy and that guy came over, you’d say, ‘No, the manager.’” — SETH MEYERS
“That’s right, former President Trump was arraigned today in Manhattan. And, like anyone else, Trump is presumed innocent until he outright confesses on Truth Social.” — SETH MEYERS
“At that point, of course, he was read his Miranda rights. Then he claimed Miranda wasn’t even his type, asked her to sign an N.D.A. and got indicted again.” — STEPHEN COLBERT
“Once he got inside the courtroom, Trump was formally charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree, which are class E felonies. Yep, Trump was like, [imitating Trump] ‘Of course they were very classy felonies. Some would say the classiest of felonies.’” — JIMMY FALLON
“And he alone. Ain’t none of your boys around no more — you gave them all pardons. And everybody know you don’t pardon all of your partners — you got to leave one in jail so you have somebody to talk to.” — ROY WOOD JR., guest host of ‘The Daily Show”
The Punchiest Punchlines (Trump in Court Edition)
“That’s him in court. Look at his face. This is the first time in his life anything’s ever dawned on him.” — SETH MEYERS, on a photo of Trump in the courtroom
“Look at how sad Trump looks. My man look like somebody told him his dog died or that Mike Pence is still alive.” — ROY WOOD JR.
“He looks like he’s watching another table at Applebee’s get their food first.” — JIMMY FALLON
“Looks like he had to sit through two unskippable ads on YouTube.” — JIMMY FALLON
“He looks like Ben Affleck at the Grammys.” — JIMMY FALLON
The Bits Worth Watching
The former host Jon Stewart popped by “The Daily Show” to talk about Trump’s arrest.
