Colbert calls for the "deep state" to step in and stop Trump enacting his tariff policy, pleading with "the cabal of financial and governmental elites who pull all the strings" to "jump in here cuz we’re f*cking dying.” They're not even hiding it anymore.
https://modernity.news/2025/04/05/watch-colbert-begs-the-deep-state-to-stop-trump/
Trump Commerce Sec. on tariffs being imposed on other countries: “These people have all been living in our house. They have been driving our car. They come by and visit, open our fridge and eat our food whenever they want. They have taken advantage of us.”
https://modernity.news/2025/04/05/you-cant-just-live-for-free-off-us-trump-commerce-secretary/
President Trump has demanded freedom for French populist leader Marine Le Pen, charging that she has become the latest opposition politician to be subject to leftist witch hunts and weaponised lawfare.