Late Night hosts mock Trump’s response to the LA fires
Thursday night’s late night shows focused on the devastating fires in Los Angeles, as well as incoming President Trump’s bizarre response to them.
Daily Show host Desi Lydic played a clip of Trump rambling about smelt, and remained a conspiracy theory debunked on the state’s water supply.
“I was trying to get Gavin Newsom to bring in water – you’d have a ton of water out there – they’re sending it to the Pacific Ocean because they’re trying to protect a little fish – that’s in other areas, by the way – called the smelt. For the sake of the smelt, they don’t have water,” Trump said.
Lydic offered a rebuttal, saying: “And for the record, no, the LA fires have nothing to do with smelt. But in Trump’s defense, words are difficult. And smoke only has one syllable, while climate change has three.”
Watch the “Daily Show” segment below.
Seth Meyers also addressed Trump’s conspiracy theories on “Late Night,” in response to a Truth Social Post who said: “Governor Gavin Newscum refused to sign the water recovery declaration presented to him that would have allowed millions of gallons of water from excess rain and snowmelt from the north to flow daily to many parts of California, including the areas they are currently burning in an almost apocalyptic manner. He wanted to protect an essentially worthless fish called a smelt by giving it less water (it didn’t work!), but he didn’t care about the people of California. Now the ultimate price is being paid. I will demand that this incompetent governor keep nice, clean, fresh water flowing to CALIFORNIA! He is to blame for this. Moreover, there is no water for fire hydrants and no fire-fighting aircraft. A real disaster!”
Meyers responded by saying, “You heard Trump, Newsom refused to sign the Water Restoration Declaration, a very real document that certainly exists, right?” He then went on an MSNBC segment in which he confirmed that no such document exists.
“But I trusted the expertise of the man who said water that comes from heaven is called rain,” Meyers said in response.
Watch the “Late Night” segment below.
