A number of late-night hosts berated President Trump after he was seen wearing a face mask in public at Walter Reed Hospital last weekend.
Trump, who often refuses to wear a mask in public, was the subject of many Monday night monologues mocking his timing and choice of mask.
Seth Meyers, host of Late Night with Seth Meyers, pointed to spikes in coronavirus cases across the globe and joked that Trump chose “perfect timing” to start wearing a mask. He also poked fun at the president for choosing a black mask.
“It looks like there’s about to be a shootout at the Golden Corral,” Meyers said. “Seriously, dude, get a different mask. That color combined with your mane makes you look like a muzzled horse.”
He also blasted Trump’s wearing of a mask four months after the coronavirus outbreak began.
“Who cares? You’re four months late! It’s like someone saying, ‘Should we not do a live-action Cats?’ now,” he said.
CBS’s Stephen Colbert also ridiculed Trump over wearing a mask, joking that everyone else had been wearing them just to make the president look foolish.
“Fell for it, sucker!” Colbert said. “This was all the long con! We’ve been wearing them just to get you to look stupid. You’ve been health’d!”
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— A Late Show (@colbertlateshow) July 14, 2020
Daily Show host Trevor Noah joked that the day Trump finally donned a mask was the day he became president. He also said the image of Trump in a mask could confuse his supporters.
“Look, I’m glad that Trump finally put a mask on, but it’s got to be confusing for his supporters, who have been mocking face masks this whole time,” Noah said. “I mean, to them, this must be like seeing Trump at a Black Lives Matter march with AOC.”
“I know that part of the reason Trump resisted wearing a mask for so long is because he is self-conscious about his image, all right? That is why he didn’t want to do it,” he added. “So let me go on record as saying: President Trump, don’t listen to any of the haters out there saying you look like a diabetic Bane or Shredder from The Ninja Turtles if all he shredded was cheese. You look great, so please keep wearing that mask.”
