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Late-Night Comedians Mock Trump’s Abrupt Cancellation of Stimulus Package Talks and Wine Tariff
This article in the New York Times discusses how television hosts on late-night talk shows, including Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, and Stephen Colbert, made jokes and criticisms regarding President Trump’s abrupt cancellation of stimulus package talks and wine tariff. The article highlights statements from Fallon who called the wine tariff “terrible news for dinner parties,” and from Colbert who suggested that the tariff was an attempt to get back at California for the state’s recent attempt to regulate soft drink sizes. The article also notes that the hosts’ latest episodes went to air after Congress signaled that it would not go along with the president’s payroll tax cut proposal for COVID relief. The subtext of the article suggests that President Trump’s sudden actions may disrupt the United States’ economic recovery from COVID and have wider implications for the international wine industry.
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