Late-Night Hosts Question Emergency
FEBRUARY 18, 2019 7:54pm PT by Katie Kilkenny
... The Daily Show's Trevor Noah made light of the goal ... "Look, you can argue about it, but Trump clearly thinks that Mexicans coming over the border is a national emergency. And so in response, America has to build a wall, which is a very gradual response to an emergency," Noah joked. "Like, 'Sir, they're invading, should we mobilize our tanks and airstrikes?' 'No no no, bring me your finest brick layers. In 3-5 years they'll regret invading us'" ...
... Over on Late Night, host Seth Meyers poked fun ... "There's no clearer sign that there's not a real emergency than the fact that he is at an omelet bar. In a real emergency, no one goes to the omelet bar" ...
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