Evening Personalities Target Trump's Latest 'Gold Card' Residency Plan

TV's top entertainers spent the evening mocking President Donald Trump's recently announced visa initiative, labeled the "golden visa," portraying it as a clear pay-for-access system for the affluent.

Stephen Colbert's Pointed Analysis

Kicking off his show, Stephen Colbert delivered a sardonic Christmas jingle about the commander-in-chief. "He is making a list, reviewing it twice, and then handing that list to the people at ICE," he crooned. "Trump ... spoils everything he handles."

Colbert's target was the new plan that permits foreign nationals to buy U.S. residence for an investment of $1 million dollars, with a "premium" version for 5 million. The program's page promises approval "faster than ever."

"A quick message for you to wealthy applicants: prior to you pony up, what about Canada?" Colbert remarked.

He pointed out that the scheme is also designed to "get cash" from firms wanting to hire foreign workers, involving significant costs. "That is a lot of fees, however if you enroll, you additionally get a complimentary stay at a property of your choice – if it's the that one hotel," he continued.

"The best vetting the U.S. government has before done," said Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, "a $15,000 vetting to verify these applicants completely qualify to be in America."

"That's important, you gotta prove you're suitable to be an American," Colbert deadpanned. "Question one: how many burgers would you eat for a free T-shirt?"

Jimmy Kimmel's Scathing Roast

On his own show, Jimmy Kimmel referred to the initiative the "Get Into America Express Card."

"Here's a card that will permit rich international individuals to live here," he stated. "In exchange for a million bucks, you get legal visitor status, you get a road to citizenship, and a presidential pardon for one serious crime of your selection."

"Perhaps it's time to update that poem on the Statue of Liberty – forget about your huddled masses. Pay a million bucks, you're in!" he joked.

Kimmel mocked the lack of detail of the application, saying it is "more difficult to start a Wordle account." He said that Trump "thinks citizenship is something you can sell, like a condo."

"Indeed, the top people are the rich people," Kimmel quipped. "That's what Jesus always said! Read it in the Bible. He says it's easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle provided that you pay the needle a million dollars."

Seth Meyers covering Economic Struggles

Meanwhile, Seth Meyers focused on Trump's slipping approval ratings during financial concerns. "People gave Donald Trump a another term because they were mad about the economy," he said.

Recently, in a effort to tackle prices, Trump held a briefing in front of a selection of food items, and reacted strangely to some cereal.

"Lovely packaging, I think I'm going to take a few of them back to my cottage and have a lot of fun," Trump remarked. "Like the Cheerios, I haven't seen Cheerios in a long time."

"Trump is so incredibly weird," Meyers reacted. "Like, you're going to take them back to your cottage to have a lot of fun with them? What are you gonna do with those Cheerios?"

Meyers concluded by targeting conservative media arguments of Trump's financial record. "Maybe instead of complaining, you should give him a shiny trophy like what FIFA did," he laughed.