Play of the Day: The President's New Rhyming Slogans
"Build the wall and crime will fall" is the president's foray into poetry.
President Donald Trump's State of the Union address will not be held on Tuesday night, as Speaker of the House Rep. Nancy Pelosi said in a letter that she would not hold a joint session of Congress for it until the government shutdown is over. In her letter, Pelosi suggested a different venue for the speech, prompting Late Show's Stephen Colbert to suggest some alternatives, including the ball pit at McDonald's, a sand trap or Red Square.
In a Wednesday morning tweet, Trump introduced a new slogan for the next two years: "BUILD A WALL & CRIME WILL FALL!" Late-night hosts came up with a bunch of different rhyming slogans for Trump, with Late Late Show's James Corden suggesting "I've been colludin' with Vladimir Putin," Late Night's Seth Meyers suggesting "Leave the fence for President Pence" and the Tonight Show's Jimmy Fallon giving out a new series of poetic slogans from