Everyone whose job it is to make jokes about current events was handed a gift on the weekend: A photo of Donald Trump's famously ochre-hued face framed by a startlingly wide border of his actual skin colour, his hair blown back in the wind, as stark as his corrupt conduct. Seth Meyers took A Closer Look at the weekend's events on Monday night, but as any impeachment-weary late night talk show host worth putting in a fancy suit would, he took the opportunity to have a red-hot go at Trump's other hardline border policy before getting into the serious stuff.
"He looks just like he went to the beach wearing a dog cone," Meyers joked. "Trump only cares about the top 1 percent, even when he's applying sunscreen to his face. Looks like he stuck his face in an empty bag of Doritos and sucked up the dust."
Obviously Trump has done more egregious things this week than neglect to blend his base while beating his face. He also embarked on his post-Senate acquittal vengeance lap, firing impeachment witnesses including EU ambassador Gordon Sondland, NSC senior advisor Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, and Vindman's twin brother Yevgeny, who was not involved in the Ukraine scandal. Trump told reporters that he "wasn't happy with" Lt. Col. Vindman. At the end of the segment, Meyers unpacked the real, psychological reason why Trump was so furious with Vindman — but not before getting in one more dig at that absurd tan line.
"Nobody expects you to be happy with him because you're never happy, period, You've lived the most charmed life of any human being on the planet, yet you're constantly scowling. Your face only has two modes: angry scowl, or meatloaf that's been in the oven for too long."
