It's only Tuesday, and President Trump's already had a full week, Stephen Colbert grimaced on Tuesday's Late Show. "Monday, the Trump administration finalized plans to weaken the Endangered Species Act" and announced that "starting in October, poor immigrants will be denied permanent legal status if they are deemed likely to use government benefit programs. Really? Because I know of at least one immigrant lady who lives in really nice public housing and pretty much only works on Christmas."
Trump defended that policy Tuesday at his golf club in New Jersey, yelling in front of Marine One that he doesn't think it's fair for U.S. taxpayers to "pay for people to come into the United States." Yes, "American taxpayers should only cover the important stuff, like my helicopter rides to and from the golf," Colbert added in Trump voice.
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If Trump loves trucks — and he genuinely appears to — he's sure hurting truckers, Seth Meyers said at Late Night. Trump "promised that America's truckers would prosper under his administration," but he's "actually made things worse for many truckers." Trump sold his tax law "as a huge tax break specifically for truck drivers," for example, but it actually hit them hard financially, he said. "It's so bad, a lot of them can't even afford clothing for the women on their mud flaps."
"Truckers are also hurting because of Trump's trade wars and tariffs," Meyers said, and "one of the few policies Trump enacted that trucking industry lobbyists actually pushed for is one that arguably puts everyone else on the road in danger." Watch below. Peter Weber
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