Late-night hosts had to scramble to respond to President Trump’s press conference

USA Today

Words like “insane," "jaw-dropping" and “unhinged" were used to describe Trump's impromptu late-afternoon press conference. “I haven't seen anything that crazy since Tyson bit Holyfield,” Jimmy Kimmel tweeted as it was happening. As USA Today points out, “The giant ripping sound you may have heard Tuesday afternoon was the sound of a hundred pages of monologue jokes being torn up.” East Coast talk show host Stephen Colbert managed to have a fresh monologue tackling the press conference, while Seth Meyers had a “Breaking Crazy” news report. PLUS: Stunned cable TV news hosts reacted in real time to Trump's words.