Stephen Colbert Rips Trump Over Economy Concerns [Video]

Stephen Colbert on Monday compared President Donald Trump to the Covid-19 pandemic as economic indicators point to the worst downturn in years.

The U.S. stock market saw severe dips Monday amid growing concerns of a recession. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, for example, fell more than 1,000 points before settling at an 890-point loss at market close.

Trump’s ongoing trade wars with Canada and China — initiated by his announcement of steep tariffs on the countries — was widely recognized as a factor in market uncertainty and the ensuing downturn.

On Monday night’s episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Colbert cited multiple reports describing the extent of that uncertainty. In a piece from Time, a source from Wall Street claimed they were “exhausted” by Trump’s supposed tariff indecision.

“Do you know how hard it is to exhaust Wall Street?” Colbert said. “They wake up every morning to a hot cup of cocaine, and …