Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert ream Trump over Iran threats

Late night hosts Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert ripped into President Donald Trump over his latest threats to escalate the war in Iran.

During their respective shows on April 7, Kimmel and Colbert criticized Trump's comments earlier that day which included the threat that "a whole civilization will die tonight."

Hours before Trump's ultimatum deadline on April 7, the president announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran – which included the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz – to allow more time to negotiate a peace deal.

Kimmel and Colbert – known Trump critics – were among many, including some in the MAGA base, to denounce the president's intensified threats.

Here's what the late-night hosts said.

'It was the TACO Tuesday of all TACO Tuesdays,' Kimmel says

During Kimmel's opening monologue on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!," the comedian called Trump's switch-up "probably the most dangerous episode of the celebrity president yet."

"It was D-Day," he said. "In this case, the D stands for dementia, but it was D-Day today."

He also used "TACO," a sweeping acronym criticizing the president that stands for "Trump always chickens out."

"Everyone, most notably the people of Iran, were wondering if their civilization was going to die tonight. Well, good news, it didn't," Kimmel said. "It was the TACO Tuesday of all TACO Tuesdays."

"Our president decided not to drop the chalupa for at least another two weeks," he continued.

Kimmel added: "It's always two weeks. He's like a conscientious employee. He always gives two weeks notice.

Colbert calls Trump's Iran threats 'very upsetting'

On "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," Colbert mentioned Trump's expletive-filled Easter message which the president signed off with "Praise be to Allah."

"Trump was so frustrated with the war in Iran that in a post on Sunday, he dropped an F-bomb and apparently converted to Islam," Colbert said. "The true meaning of Easter."

The comedian, whose show is ending on May 21, also called Trump's later post threatening to wipe out Iran's civilization "very upsetting by any measure."

"But I also want to point out that he doesn't say which civilization will die tonight – 'cause ours has been seen wandering on a highway overpass," Colbert said.

He also mentioned Trump's post ending with, "God bless the great people of Iran."

"Kind of a mixed message there," Colbert said. "Like when Godzilla wore a T-shirt that said I heart Tokyo."

Melina Khan is a national trending reporter for USA TODAY. She can be reached at [email protected].