Stephen Colbert Accuses President of ‘Trump-splaining’ to Puerto Ricans

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President Trump’s visit to Puerto Rico on Tuesday was packed with awkward moments that seemingly begged for the late-night treatment.

Mr. Trump groused about having to address the fallout from Hurricane Maria, saying, “I hate to tell you, Puerto Rico, but you’ve thrown our budget a little out of whack.” Touring the storm’s wreckage, he told a hurricane victim to “have a good time.” He casually tossed emergency rolls of paper towels into a crowd, as if shooting a basketball.

Jim Jefferies, host of the new “Jim Jefferies Show” on Comedy Central, was particularly outraged by the comment about the budget.

Stephen Colbert was taken aback by the “have a good time” line.

And Mr. Colbert bristled at the way Mr. Trump described the storm during an address to Puerto Rican journalists: “Your weather is second to none, but every once in a while you get hit,” Mr. Trump said. “And you really got hit, there’s no question about it.”

Jimmy Fallon summed up the visit with a one-liner.

The more news we get about the man who killed 58 victims and himself in Las Vegas on Sunday, the less he sounds like any known mass gunman before him. He was reportedly a multimillionaire with no criminal record.

Trevor Noah said that some conservative commentators seem to be particularly bothered by this. For instance, the Fox News host Brian Kilmeade said Tuesday of the killer, Stephen Paddock: “Bin Laden, we knew who to hate. You know, you saw Sandy Hook, we knew that mutant living in his basement. We don’t even know enough about him to hate him yet.”

John Oliver’s awkward puberty photo was about to take the cake — then Neil deGrasse Tyson burst in.

“How would you describe the Trump presidency in three words?”

Hillary Clinton will appear on “The Tonight Show” on Wednesday. And over on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Robin Wright — who plays a first lady (and sometime president) on “House of Cards” — will sit down for an interview.

Lincoln Center was about to embark on a $500 million renovation of David Geffen Hall — what was to be one of the largest cultural infrastructure projects in the country. Then the plan got axed. Here’s why.