Stephen Colbert has a ball with Trump's early 2018 tweets

Stephen Colbert kicks of 2018 with Trump tweets
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Stephen Colbert kicked off his first Late Show of 2018 by talking about the weather, specifically the brutal cold tormenting New York City and much of the rest of the country. "And reports say 'the worst is yet to come,'" he added. He made a joke about the ball not dropping in Times Square, and how it's colder in Canada than on Mars. "Speaking of new lows, Donald Trump," Colbert said.

He read Trump's tweet about needing some "good old Global Warming," then tried to figure out its logic: "Because Donald Trump's cold right now, that's evidence that the Earth is not getting warmer — just like because Donald Trump is president right now, that's evidence we've never had a competent president." Trump really hit the Twitter on Tuesday morning, though, and Colbert poked fun at some of the punchier ones. "Trump took credit for no one dying in plane crashes this year?" he marveled. "That explains his new campaign slogan, 'Trump 2020: You Got to Tulsa, Didn't Ya?'"

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.