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No Wokesters, Please
President Trump, who’s taken over the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, said on Wednesday that he’d “turned down plenty” of candidates for its annual honors because “they were too woke. I had a couple of wokesters.”
“I’m sorry, did he say ‘wokesters'?” Seth Meyers said during his “Closer Look” segment on Thursday. “A ‘wokester’ sounds like a car your great-grandfather drove after the war.”
“Also, shout-out to the free-speech warriors going radio silent while the president just fully admits he’s punishing artists for their politics. You keep doing you, but only when it fits your worldview, you [expletive] hypocrites.” — SETH MEYERS
Trump also remarked that he’d always hoped to receive a Kennedy Center award himself, but somehow never got the call.
“Oh, you were waiting by the phone for a Kennedy Center award? What did you think you were going to get it for? I mean, I know he thought he should have won an Emmy for ‘The Apprentice,’ but the Kennedy Center honor is for performing artists who have contributed a lifetime to the culture. Did you put out an album we don’t know about? Were you in a band called Trumpawampa?” — SETH MEYERS
“You haven’t done anything for the arts, and you still sat by the phone saying, ‘I think this might be my year.’" — SETH MEYERS
“They don’t give these things out for dressing up as a garbage man and dancing to ‘Y.M.C.A.’” — SETH MEYERS
The Punchiest Punchlines (The Summer I Turned Putin Edition)
“Well, guys, tomorrow President Trump is meeting with Vladimir Putin in Alaska, and Trump is confident that he can get Putin to make a deal. Yeah, Trump thinks he can change Putin’s mind about the war. That’s why he’s already calling it ‘The Summer I Turned Putin.’” — JIMMY FALLON
“That’s right, President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are set to meet one-on-one with only their translators. And based on Trump’s negotiating skills, I have a feeling Putin is going to leave the meeting with both translators.” — SETH MEYERS
“Yeah, Trump and Putin have only met one-on-one twice before — one in 2017 at the G20 summit, and then again on Season 3 of ‘Love Island.’” — JIMMY FALLON
“Donald, quick tip: if he says, ‘It’s a bit stuffy in here,’ don’t open a window.” — SETH MEYERS
“Russian President Vladimir Putin today praised President Trump’s efforts to end the war in Ukraine as ‘energetic’ and ‘sincere.’ Yes, those are two adjectives that come to mind when I think about Trump. You might as well have called him ‘Asian’ and ‘a strong swimmer.’” — SETH MEYERS
“But today Trump said whether we make a deal or not, the important thing is to distract from Jeffrey Epstein.” — JIMMY FALLON
“Yeah, the meeting will just be Trump, Putin and two translators who will never be heard from again.” — JIMMY FALLON
“Trump and Putin are meeting at a military base in Alaska. That’s after they were turned down to meet on the Kelce brothers’ podcast.” — JIMMY FALLON
The Bits Worth Watching
Tracee Ellis Ross talked about a recent date gone wrong on Thursday’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (guest-hosted by Nicole Byer).
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