Tuesday, June 2, 2026

Stewart, Meyers, and Kimmel take closer looks at Freedom 250 concert falling apart and other news

I concluded John Oliver examines Trump's pardons on 'Last Week Tonight' by asking my readers, "Stay tuned for another topical post tomorrow. Talk show hosts, minus the recently canceled Stephen Colbert, anyone?" Not reading a no, that's what I'm doing, beginning with Trump Can’t Negotiate for S**t, and the Iran Peace Talks Prove It | The Daily Show.

Trump claims a peace deal with Iran is coming any second, but he's been saying that for months. Jon Stewart takes a look at Trump's unimpressive track record as a negotiator, despite being the self-proclaimed best negotiator in the world, and pulls back the curtain on the president's "Art of the Deal" as merely the art of trolling. Plus, the Freedom 250 concert is falling apart as more and more headliners pull out, and TDS News Team alum Olivia Munn stops by to offer Jon Stewart a heartfelt tribute that was definitely not meant for Stephen Colbert.
The first of Kimmel's video descriptions in said "they’re also lining up entertainment for the “Great American State Fair” and the lineup is shaping up to be a real dud," but it's even more of a dud now that acts are pulling out. I'm surprised by Bret Michaels pulling out, as he was a winner on Celebrity Apprentice. Nope, that wasn't enough. On the other hand, Vanilla Ice staying is on brand. I'm not sure what to make of Freedom Williams other than he just wants to perform and doesn't care who for. Oh, and the agent being Jeff Epstein, but not that Jeffrey Epstein — HA! You can't make this stuff up!

Speaking of making stuff up, Donald "Pervert Hoover" Trump repeatedly asserting that the U.S. and Iran are close to making a deal is an example of, among other things, his belief in the power of positive thinking, which I wrote about in CBS canceling 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' is enough to drive one to drink on National Daiquiri Day and repeated in 'SNL' examines Tom Homan replacing Greg Bovino in its cold open and Weekend Update.
The problem is that Hoover Cleveland was a follower of Norman Vincent Peale, who wrote The Power of Positive Thinking. Politico expanded on this.
Donald Trump is a self-help apostle. He always has tried to create his own reality by saying what he wants to be true. Where many see failure, Trump sees only success, and expresses it out loud, again and again.
His wish might just come true. This works on the social environment, but not the physical and biological environment; it failed to work on the virus during the pandemic. He couldn't bully a virus.
He's also finding out that he can't bully the Iranians and he doesn't know what to do about it except keep hoping for a good outcome.

Colbert being cancelled is not a good outcome, but at least The Daily Show's audience was treated to the funniest thing I've seen Olivia Munn do in response to it (no, I never watched her when she was a correspondent, and her SAG nominations announcement comes close). I guess her new husband Jon Mulaney is rubbing off on her, pun intended.

It wouldn't be a closer look without Seth Meyers, so here is Trump’s Online Meltdown After Jan. 6 Slush Fund Blocked, Artists Bail on Freedom 250: A Closer Look.

Seth takes a closer look at Trump lashing out with social media posts including attacks on judges, political rivals and the pope.
Yes, it's bad when the surviving member of Milli Vanilli quits. I guess Pervert Hoover didn't know or care that they were fakes. After all, his pardons make him look like he's O.K. with (some) fraudsters.

As for the January 6th "Anti-weaponization" fund being blocked, yay! That's good news right up there with Kennedy Center will remain open and have Trump's name removed.

I close with Jimmy Kimmel's monologue, Trump's Concert Turns Into Total Disaster, He Brags About Health Exam & Spencer Pratt's Mayoral Ads.

Today is the first day of June and our nation's newscasters can’t believe it, almost every artist who was announced for Trump’s Great American State Fair has dropped out or said they never agreed to be part of it, a federal judge ruled that Trump’s name had to be removed from The Kennedy Center, Trump granted his daughter-in-law Lara an interview that included a tour of the construction site/UFC arena he’s living in right now, he is still very proud of the word “Dumocrat” that he made up, he took some time to brag about his “extremely good” health report, the primary elections here in California are tomorrow and while Spencer Pratt is a ridiculous choice for Mayor of LA, you have to admit - he makes some pretty good ads!
I don't recall hearing people saying "June" that much on The Handmaid's Tale and it's the lead character's name!

As for Pervert Hoover bragging about acing a cognitive test, again, it isn't the flex he thinks it is. Both Seth and Jimmy pointed out that it's a sign that his behavior is concerning his doctors. It's also not an IQ test, even if Pervert Hoover thinks it is.

Today's primary election in California looks interesting. If this blog hadn't passed its page view goals for June early this morning, I would have covered them for a topical post tomorrow. Instead, I'll wait until I start writing about the general election, which won't be until August.

On the topic of topical posts, the next time I write one of a summary of monologues should be Tuesday, June 30th, so I can share it in July. I have a couple of social media shares of posts featuring late-night talk show hosts I haven't included in a retrospective, so follow over the jump for those.


Colbert, Meyers, and Stewart take closer looks at sending troops to Portland and medbeds earned 1 comment (tied for most during year) on 23 views, 19 viewers/reach, 4 interactions, including 2 likes/reactions and 1 share, and 1 link click on Facebook.


'The Daily Show' on Trump talking about canceling elections plus Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl and GRAMMYs earned 3 reposts (tied for most during month of February), 2 likes, 1 reply, and 1 save (most during month of February and year) on Bluesky. One of the reposts earned 2 likes, 1 repost (tiebreaker), and 2 replies in 1 thread.

That's a wrap for today. Stay tuned for an evergreen educational entry tomorrow.

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