As Donald Trump prepares to return to the White House, CBS’s Stephen Colbert welcomed Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to the Wednesday edition of The Late Show, where he lobbed a softball her way when he asked, “Could you have been a better cheerleader for the economy?” Also on the subject of Trump’s return, Colbert hailed former First Lady Michelle Obama’s decision to skip the inauguration, claiming she “came down with an incurable case of integrity.”
During the Yellen interview, Colbert wondered, “Why do you think – this past election made it clear that 49.9 percent of American voters don't agree with you or don't agree with The Economist and that the economy was, according to polling, one of the biggest reasons why people put Donald Trump back into office? Why do you think that message about the good economy, as you say, the best economy in the world right now, especially of the advanced nations, came out of COVID in the best shape, regardless of our inflation? Could you have been a better cheerleader for the economy?”
Voters do not compare the U.S. economy to other economies; they compare it with what it was under the last guy. Additionally, “Regardless of our inflation” is the sort of unintentional comedy that the late night comedy shows occasionally provide.
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