Brexit Reactions: Late-Night Comics And Pals Race To Keep Pace With Donald Trump
Donald Trump doesn’t have the corner on Brexit reactions that made people sit up and take notice today. Late-night TV hosts and other comics contributed energetically.
Trump set the bar pretty high when, flying to Scotland for the opening of Trump Turnberry, he forecast the vote would be great for his golf resort’s business:
“Look, if the pound goes down, they’re gonna do more business,” the presumptive GOP nominee enthused. “You know, when the pound goes down, more people are gonna come to Turnberry, frankly, and the pound has gone down.
“For traveling and for other things, I think it very well could turn out to be a positive,” he added happily.
And, of course, this tweet …
Just arrived in Scotland. Place is going wild over the vote. They took their country back, just like we will take America back. No games!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 24, 2016
….though Scotland had voted 62% to 38% to remain in the EU, and Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has reacted to the results by saying she probably will hold another vote on Scotland leaving the UK.
Running a close second to Trump’s reaction is this guy, who voted for Brexit, when interviewed by the BBC:
Anyway, here is how late-night comics and colleagues weighed in on the news Britain had voted to withdraw from the European Union, causing Prime Minister David Cameron to resign and global markets to plunge:
We ran out of paper towels. Guess we can just use these. #Brexit pic.twitter.com/ilQ9Ar0Gb2
— Full Frontal (@FullFrontalSamB) June 24, 2016
I know everyone is panicking about Brexit and Trump being President but there's no need to worry. Jesus will save us. Hope that helps :)
— Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) June 24, 2016
Terrible day for Britain. Great day for Twitter though. So, every cloud.
— Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) June 24, 2016
So who gets American statehood first? Puerto Rico or England? #Brexit
— W. Kamau Bell (@wkamaubell) June 24, 2016
And how about that Donald Trump in Scotland – he vowed to rebuild Hadrian's Wall, and make the Picts pay for it! #BobHope4HistoryMajors
— Bill Maher (@billmaher) June 24, 2016
Brexit just took us one step away from the United Federation Of Planets
— Seth MacFarlane (@SethMacFarlane) June 24, 2016
Xenophobia wins in Britain. But what did they win?
— Sarah Silverman (@SarahKSilverman) June 24, 2016
It's so funny that Britain is the same nation that spent all it's time convincing colonies not to leave because "strength in unity".
— Trevor Noah (@Trevornoah) June 24, 2016
Wouldn't it be interesting if now Scotland voted to leave the U.K. and then joined the EU. They've got the oil!
— Trevor Noah (@Trevornoah) June 24, 2016
& w/ one simple tweet @realDonaldTrump shows that he doesn't understand geography, history, or how to read the news. https://t.co/TIYwy9RxAc
— W. Kamau Bell (@wkamaubell) June 24, 2016
I can't get my head around what's happening in Britain.I'm so sorry to the youth of Britain. I fear you've been let down today x
— James Corden (@JKCorden) June 24, 2016
— James Corden (@JKCorden) June 24, 2016
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