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Colbert's April Fools Trump Jab

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Stephen Colbert pulled a hilarious April Fools prank on his Late Show, initially praising Trumps speech as concise and intelligent before revealing the joke. Trumps speech, his first primetime national address since the Iran conflict began, was about nineteen minutes long and outlined key goals in the Middle East. Colbert, who didnt watch the speech, joked about smearing lambs blood on his TV to make the speech pass over. Trumps speech included threats of military action against Iran, keeping tensions high.

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Colbert's April Fools Trump Jab

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Entertainment & Celebrity News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!Colbert's April Fools Trump Jab. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.

On April 2nd, Steven Colbert pulled off a slick April Fools prank on his late show, starting his monologue by hyping up President Trump's latest. Speech as concise and intelligent, only to hit him with a punchline right after. He taped the episode on April 1, playing its straight face at first before yelling April Fools and ripping into the address, joking it aired on. The first night of Passover, so everyone should down four glasses of wine first. Colbert's talk marked his first primetime national speech since the Iran War kicked off, clocking in at about 19 minutes where he claimed key. Goals in the Middle East fight were almost done. Colbert skipped watching in himself, saying his team wrapped taping before 6 o'clock. Then quipped, he smeared lambs blood around his TV to make the... Speech pass over, like in the Bible story. Trump ramped up the threats too, warning Iran the U.S. military which strike extremely hard over the next 2-3 weeks and dragged them back to the stone ages, keeping the tension high as ever.

That's your update from entertainment and celebrity news today, powered by AI. I'm Corey with The Story.

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