Trevor Noah didn’t shrink back from politics whereas internet hosting this yr’s Grammy Awards.
The previous host of “The Daily Show” weighed in on a number of of President Donald Trump’s most controversial new insurance policies on the occasion, the place he riffed on immigration, tariff wars and extra throughout his opening monologue.
“There’s been a few changes in Washington. So I’m gonna enjoy tonight because this may be my last time I get to host anything in this country,” the South African comedian smirked.
Taking a swipe at one of many president’s favourite election conspiracies, Noah joked that the Grammy’s voting physique, the Recording Academy, was made up of 13,000 trade professionals and “20 million illegal immigrants.”
(Although the quip seemed to be mocking Trump, the entertainer earned heaps of on-line criticism for making immigrants the butt of the joke.)
As Noah’s commentary continued, he talked about famous person Beyoncé’s newest tour information and puzzled if the president’s threats of a commerce warfare may make life too costly for anybody to afford live performance tickets.
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“There’s tariffs,” he reminded the viewers. “We can’t afford a new tour, right? Maple syrup is about to be $50.”
Whereas Noah was kidding, hovering costs for Canadian items could quickly be a actuality for People.
Sooner or later after Trump adopted by on his threats to levy 25% tariffs on merchandise coming into the U.S. from its northern neighbor, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau retaliated by declaring the identical import tax on an array of American commodities.
Trudeau’s resolution was a coordinated effort with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, whose personal nation was additionally focused by Trump’s Saturday government order.
Trump defended his actions in a Sunday morning submit on Reality Social, through which he accused Canada, Mexico and China of participating in a “decades long ripoff of America.”
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“Both with regard to TRADE, CRIME, AND POISONOUS DRUGS,” the president’s submit went on, earlier than later copping to the actual fact folks could need to endure “some pain” to “Make America Great Again.”
