Trevor Noah on the brilliance of Michelle Obama’s ‘ice-cold’ speech | Cultures

Trevor Noah

In the air as the second night packed, The Daily Show took back the first night of the virtual Democratic national convention, in which numerous ordinary Americans, politicians and celebrities launched a celebration of the week and called for action for candidate Joe Biden .

One of the first and most moving speakers, said host Trevor Noah, was Kristin Urquiza of Arizona, whose father died of the coronavirus in June. “His only existing condition was to trust Donald Trump,” she said of her father, adding that at the end of his life he felt “betrayed” by the president.

“Wow, that was absolutely disgraceful,” Noah said of her remarks. “And she’s right, by believing that Donald Trump is really one of the most damaging things you can do.” That fact was true, even before Trump was president, he added – “just ask Atlantic City, his first two wives, if any graduate of Trump University.”

But the real highlight of the first night was the speech of former First Lady Michelle Obama, in which she calmly declared Donald Trump not to lead. Obama’s words were both “brilliant” and “ice-cold,” Noah said, “and what made it even more devastating was that Michelle Obama was not angry – she did not write, she just explained Trump’s complete failure as president as an obvious fact.”

Noah also appreciated that Obama “does not shame people. For the last few years, it has become the political standard to shame people who disagree with you and do not intend to vote like you. Much of it is driven by the toxicity of online culture and how divided the country is at the moment, but instead of doing so, Michelle acknowledges that there are people who do not want to hear what she has to say, and then respects them and has been seriously engaged with those who want to listen to them, and asked them to support Biden. “

Trump obviously did not respond well to Obama’s words; at an event celebrating the centenary of women’s suffrage, he criticized her speech because it was tapped instead of live. ‘Not only was it taped,’ he said, ‘but it was taped a long time ago because she had it wrong [coronavirus] deaden. ”

“Damn, that’s one of the biggest owners I’ve ever seen,” Noah replied, then imagining Trump’s logic: “One hundred and fifty thousand dead? I’ve killed 20,000 more since then, you idiot!”

Stephen Colbert

For the second night in a row, Stephen Colbert processed the DNC highlights live right after the virtual broadcast. The theme of the first night was “we the people”, while night two revolved around “leadership issues” – “which, of course, forced the GOP to repeat the second night of its convention ‘all qualities matter'”, joked Colbert .

The second night of the convention was a “magical evening” he went through, which included segments of women’s suffrage, the American health care crisis and a “wonderful travel story” by Joe Biden’s hairline – it’s apparently on a whole journey has been these last 50 years “.

The keynote speakers for the evening included former presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, who called the Oval Office under Trump a ‘storm center’ instead of a command center.

“That’s a good point, but I do not think Bill Clinton will read anyone about what should happen in the Oval Office,” Colbert replied. “Those in glass houses should not be allowed at the internship places.”

Several speakers on Tuesday referred to the 100th anniversary because women were constitutionally given the right to vote through the 19th Amendment. “Nice fact: my mother was born three days after women were able to vote for the first time,” Colbert said of the occasion. ‘That’s how recently [this was]. Another fun fact: women have been able to vote for 100 years – Joe Biden has been in office for half of that. “

Jimmy Fallon

And on the Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon took back Michelle Obama’s highly praised address Monday night, in which she used Trump’s words against him. Trump called Trump “the wrong president for our country,” and said Obama had “more than enough time to prove he can do the job, but he’s clearly over his head. He cannot fulfill this moment. He just may not be who we need him to be. It’s what it is. ”

“At that point, Donald Trump was pushing his Diet Coke so hard that it became a diamond,” Fallon said. “I’m serious, immediately a doctor took Trump’s blood pressure and the cuff exploded.”

Trump was asked about the remark of “an over his head” at Obama at an event celebrating the seventeenth of the 19th Amendment, and replied, “She’s in the head above.”

“Oh, yes, that’s a good comeback,” Fallon mocked. ‘That was her insult to you. You can not use their insult – every third grader who can not return to school the next day knows that. ‘