Late-night hosts discussed the Trump administration’s confusing messaging about the war in Iran and why fruit-flavoured vapes have suddenly become a Republican priority.

Jimmy Kimmel

On Jimmy Kimmel Live! the host spoke about the conflict in Iran and how the strait of Hormuz is still to be reopened.

While Trump claims that the US is close to a deal, Kimmel said it was “still very much in flux, as in what the flux are we doing over there?”

Trump has been issuing more threats this week, which led Kimmel to joke that “his list of threats is now longer than Kash Patel’s bar tab”.

It’s meant that gas prices are still sky high, with California experiencing the highest in the country.

This week will also see Marco Rubio being sent to “make nice” with the pope including asking him “why God didn’t answer his prayers for smaller ears”.

Kimmel also said “he’s hoping to get the pope down to five commandments”.

He then spoke about a pre-Mother’s Day event, where Melania Trump made comments about her husband’s empathy that led to both of them laughing at the same time. “I really feel like I brought those two back together,” he said.

This week Trump has also been in a “reported beef” with Marty Makary, the head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The president has been “angrily bullying” him over the approval of fruit-flavoured vapes which is important for “young Maga”.

Kimmel called it “as noble a cause as there is”.

Stephen Colbert

On the Late Show, Stephen Colbert spoke about the US “closing in on an end to the war” although reports suggested this week that an Iranian official called the terms an “American wishlist and not a reality”.

At a press briefing this week, Marco Rubio claimed that Operation Epic Fury is over and now it’s being transitioned to Project Freedom yet that was then halted after one day.

Colbert said it was all “living up to the Trump family motto: when the going gets tough, bye, bitch”.

He then spoke about the $1bn that will allegedly be going towards Trump’s ballroom from taxpayers.

Colbert called it all “bullshit” as despite Trump having “one unwavering promise” that the money would come from donors, this is now not the case.

“To lie that blatantly takes a lot of balls and he still hasn’t built the room to store them,” he joked.

This week has also seen RFK Jr try to change FDA rules to allow minors to use tanning beds. Colbert said it “comes as no surprise from someone who looks so hickory smoked”.

He also spoke about the push to approve fruit-flavoured vapes for adults and, like many, claimed that this would ultimately be used more by children.

“Those kids need something to take the edge off after a couple of hours in the tanning booth,” he said.

Seth Meyers

On Late Night, Seth Meyers called the situation with Iran “confusing and unclear” and also spoke about the problems with Trump and his cronies using the word war.

They have been “desperate to avoid” using the word as it would make the invasion illegal as it was not officially approved by Congress.

While Trump has often used the word war, he’s also been using “other dumber euphemisms”, such as excursion and skirmish.

But “sometimes he gets tripped up on his own bullshit” and goes back to saying war or mini-war, to which Meyers said there is “no such thing”.

The attempt to rebrand it as Project Freedom had Meyers joke that “they’re treating the war like it’s HBO”.

He also looked at Trump’s confusing social media posts this year and asked: “How can you expect to get an outcome when no one knows what outcome you want?”

Meyers said that “Trump can’t hold one position for even a day” and is “still trying to bullshit his way out of it”.