Late Present host Stephen Colbert has paid tribute to beloved New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern, who introduced her intention to step down in February. Ardern has mentioned she is leaving the position as a result of she “now not [has] sufficient within the tank to do [the job] justice.”
“Wait a second, she’s leaving as a result of it is the best factor to do?” requested Colbert. “She did not lose an election or steal categorized paperwork or have a Boris Johnson intercourse social gathering? Are you Kiwis certain you understand how democracy works? Do you’ve even one deranged pillow salesman?”
Colbert recapped a couple of of Ardern’s accomplishments throughout her spectacular six-year, together with main New Zealand in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, spearheading a ban on assault rifles after the Christchurch shootings, and constructing essentially the most numerous authorities within the nation’s historical past. He additionally fondly recalled Ardern choosing him up from the airport and taking him to a barbecue with Kiwi singer Lorde on his go to to New Zealand, and jokingly known as her choice to resign “egocentric.”
“You are the one world chief that I am associates with!” mentioned Colbert. “Do not make me begin hanging out with Justin Trudeau. Positive he is fairly to have a look at, however he smells like scorching yoga and poutine.”
