Colbert on Trump’s shifting tone on Iran: ‘It’s a military strategy known as starting a 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle’

Late-night hosts discussed Trump’s refusal to clean up his mess in Iran and gas prices soaring to over $4 a gallon Late-night hosts touched on soaring oil prices from Donald Trump’s war in Iran as he backs down from solving the crisis in the strait of Hormuz. Stephen Colbert opened Tuesday’s monologue with an acknowledgment that for the first time since 2022, gas prices have soared to more than $4 a gallon. “I mean, who could’ve seen this coming? Just two days ago gas was a reasonable $3.98,” the Late Show host quipped. “Yesterday it was $3.99. And suddenly out of nowhere it’s $4! There’s no knowing what the price could be tomorrow!” Still, jokes aside, “this is a big change for consumers”, Colbert said, as the price for a gallon of gas was $3 just a month ago. “Now obviously we know what happened in the past month to raise prices: ABC cancelled The Bachelorette,” Colbert joked. “And in response, Trump attacked Iran. I think that’s why? And the fact that Trump is ruining everything all the time has not helped his popularity.” Colbert cited a new University of Massachusetts Amherst poll which found that Trump’s approval rating had sunk to a dismal