"America could be sliding toward a new government shutdown," Stephen Colbert said on Monday's Late Show. Lawmakers are in talks, "but Trump might not wait for Congress to get his wall," he said. "Remember the thousands of troops he sent down to the border because he couldn't get his wall? Well, now the White House is saying they might declare a national emergency because they need the wall to protect the troops near the southwestern border."
"Tonight, Trump took national security into his own hands by personally going to the border and yelling at it, giving a rally in El Paso," Colbert said. El Paso was safe before the wall and it's safe now, he added, suggesting Trump picked the city for his rally by "looking at his favorite taco products." But mostly, Trump has been spending his days in "Executive Time," tweeting, Colbert said. He defined "Executive Time" as "awake but not out of bed yet" but "also what Paul Manafort is serving."
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