Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel have mixed feelings about Trump meeting with Kim Jong Un
The Late Show was already taping Thursday evening when South Korea announced that President Trump has agreed to meet with North Korea's Kim Jong Un by May, and Jimmy Kimmel was about to go live, but big news like that can't wait, so their joke writers went into overdrive. "This can only mean one thing: Dennis Rodman is going to get the Nobel Peace Prize," Stephen Colbert said. "We don't know all the details yet, but because North Korea is an economically starved country, the invitation is BYO everything."
While Washington and Pyongyang work out the details, Kim has pledged to refrain from missile tests, and "that's great," Colbert said. "They've gone from 'We'll blow up Guam' to 'We pinky-swear not to blow up Guam for a few days." He was willing to give Trump credit if he pulls this off, but punchily stumbled over the punch line: "How about bringing peace to your own country first?"
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