Trevor Noah Mocks President’s Plan For A Military Parade

Impressed by the Bastille Day parade during a visit to France last year, President Trump is urging the Pentagon to organize a grand military parade in the United States. But many lawmakers — including Republicans — have quickly raised objections, calling the event unnecessary.

For his part, Trevor Noah just wishes Trump had brought home a different lesson from France. He did his Trump impersonation, but added a Parisian accent.

“Why couldn’t Trump have gone to France and come back with a bit of their culture instead? Think about it: He could have developed a taste for French cuisine, or come back with a sophisticated opinion about art or life. Just imagine Trump all French-y: ‘I think the only way to survive the emotional massacre that is life, is to treat your heart like Hillary Clinton, and lock it up!’ ” — TREVOR NOAH

“The world knows America has a military. It’s in their countries right now. If you really want a parade, every time there’s a drone strike just fly another drone behind it playing marching music.” — TREVOR NOAH

Stephen Colbert’s commentary was more blunt: He simply called the parade idea “stupid.”

“No one comes up with dumber ideas. At this point, he’s really his own competition: He’s the Usain Bolt of stupid.” — STEPHEN COLBERT

“Trump told the Pentagon to plan a military parade. All right, check your cards — who has dictator bingo? I was close, I had ‘rallies’ and ‘attack the free press’; I didn’t have ‘military parade.’ ” — STEPHEN COLBERT