If youre one of those people who value Western alliances that have safeguarded democracy for 70 years, it was tough weekend for you, Stephen Colbert acknowledged tonight.
Canada hosted the G7 meeting over the weekend, and it did not go well.
G7 members are this countrys trading partners, and right before he showed up late for the confab, President Donald Trump declared protectionist trade tariffs against all of them. “Thats like showing up to an AA meeting with Captain Morgan,” Colbert explained.
The spirit of the entire summit the tension of entire weekend summed up by a photo of members that looked like a Renaissance painting, and went viral. “I believe its entitled Still Life with Douchebag,” Colbert said.
These meeting always end with a joint end with a joint communique thats an agreement of intention among the nations. Trump agreed to signed it. But after POTUS left town to head to his summit with Kim Jong-un, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said at a news conference that he will impose his own tariffs against the U.S. because, while Canadians are polite and reasonable, “they will not be pushed around.”
Trump retaliated, announcing he would not sign the communique, which German Chancellor Angela Merkel called “sobering” and “depressing.” Colbert said hed play along with “depressing” but, so long as Trump is president, shes on her own with “sober.”
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