Late night hosts recap Biden's papal conclave and COP26 summit, mock the Trumps' 'tomahawk chop' game night

published 2 November 2021

President Biden is abroad on a European tour, and his "first stop was the Vatican, where he met with Supreme Pontiff Pope Francis," Stephen Colbert said on Monday's Late Show. "Biden has gotten flak from right-wing Catholic bishops for being pro-choice, but during the meeting, the pope said he could keep receiving communion and called Biden a 'good Catholic,'" a legitimizing compliment he put on par with "a bear telling you you're good at pooping in the woods."

"From Italy," Colbert said, "Biden flew to Glasgow for the U.N. climate conference known as COP26, in honor of the 26th year they cop out of doing anything about climate change."

"COP26 sounds like a Bruce Willis movie that never actually got made," Trevor Noah said at The Daily Show, but "it's actually the most important annual climate change conference in the world. Although that doesn't mean that it's the most exciting conference in the world." He showed Biden appearing to doze off: "Look, I know that the haters are going to say that Biden was falling asleep during the climate conference, but think about it: How are we going to save the climate? Not using energy, that's how. What the one time you're not using as much energy? When you're sleeping. So Joe Biden was just doing his part."

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Jimmy Kimmel had another climate change solution, but it took a long setup to get there, starting with Halloween jokes. "Speaking of outdated pumpkins, Donald Trump was in Atlanta on Saturday night, he was at Game 4 of the World Series," after threatening to boycott baseball, Atlanta, and Coke last April. "Six months later, he's guzzling Diet Coke and doing the 'tomahawk chop' at a Braves game in Atlanta," Kimmel said. "Trump has a lot of resentment toward Native Americans, because they know how to run successful casinos."

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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.