Late night hosts are bemused at Trump spending 9/11 doing live commentary at a Florida boxing match

published 9 September 2021

"Tomorrow, President Biden is giving a major speech on the next phase of his pandemic response," Jimmy Fallon said on Wednesday's Tonight Show. "Americans said they can't wait to hear the speech and then crowded into a bar for tomorrow's NFL kickoff." Yes, "Biden will lay out a six-prong strategy to fight COVID," he said, "and apparently one prong is building a border wall between the U.S. and Florida."

On the 20th anniversary of 9/11, "former President Trump is going to do ringside commentary for a boxing match in Florida," Fallon said. "Even Rudy Giuliani took a break from Cameo to say, 'This is kind of sad.'"

Even as the Delta strain runs rampant, "there's a new variant in town, and it's called Mu — named after the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet and not, as I thought, for the Pokemon Mu," Stephen Colbert said on The Late Show. "Either way, gotta get vaccinated — or you'll catch 'em all." The Delta variant's spread has rattled Americans so much, 75 percent of adults have now gotten at least one jab, he added, "meaning this life-saving vaccine is just slightly more popular than me shaving off my mustache."

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"I think maybe we should put the 'Free Britney' people in charge of climate change — apparently they're the only ones who can get anything done," Jimmy Kimmel joked on Kimmel Live. On Saturday, the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, "President Bush will visit a memorial to 9/11 in Pennsylvania, President Obama will visit the 9/11 memorial in New York, President Biden plans to visit all three crash sites. Donald Trump will be at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida — this is not a joke — doing live in-person commentary for a boxing match."

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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.