--- title: Stephen Colbert Is No Fan of Jared and Ivanka in Jerusalem description: Colbert made fun of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump's statements while they were in Israel opening the new U.S. embassy in Jerusalem. canonical: https://time.com/5277811/stephen-colbert-javanka-jerusalem/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-05-15T15:24:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:52:53.071Z og:title: Stephen Colbert Is No Fan of 'Javanka' in Jerusalem og:description: Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner were in Israel to open the new Jerusalem embassy og:url: https://time.com/5277811/stephen-colbert-javanka-jerusalem/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt46150f5e7688545f/6989306f0a4a226a329d2b53/screen-shot-2018-05-15-at-11-10-41-am.png?branch=production&width=832&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 832 og:image:height: 468 og:image:alt: jared-ivanka-jerusalem og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Stephen Colbert Is No Fan of 'Javanka' in Jerusalem twitter:description: Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner were in Israel to open the new Jerusalem embassy twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt46150f5e7688545f/6989306f0a4a226a329d2b53/screen-shot-2018-05-15-at-11-10-41-am.png?branch=production&width=832&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Stephen Colbert Had Strong Words About 'Javanka' at the Jerusalem Embassy Opening > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner May 15, 2018 3:24 PM UTC  YouTube  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner May 15, 2018 3:24 PM UTC On Monday, the U.S. [opened](http://time.com/5277276/jerusalem-embassy-gaza-mideast-peace-trump/) an official new embassy in Jerusalem amid [violence in Gaza](http://time.com/5228988/israelis-and-palestinians-brace-for-more-violence-after-clash-along-gaza-border/) and diplomatic shockwaves that rippled across the globe. To preside over the opening, President Donald Trump sent his daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner. And _Late Show_ host Stephen Colbert couldn’t let the occasion pass without marking it with some searing humor. “Israel is not alone. There’s a bunch of other people who live there too. They’re the angry ones,” he started off. “The president couldn’t be there himself, because — you know — the angry people. So instead he sent Peace Treaty Barbie and Collusion Ken,” Colbert’s nicknames for Ivanka and Jared. Colbert doesn’t seem optimistic about the future of the Jerusalem plan, either. “It’s like the saying, when the house is finally burned down, we’ll look back and remember this journey started when we decided to install a deep-fat fryer in the living room,” he joked. He also couldn’t help but poke fun at Ivanka Trump, who tripped up during a welcoming statement and pronounced “United States of America” as “United States _on_ America.” “Certainly feels like he’s on us. I think we all [get $130,000 now](http://time.com/5264898/donald-trump-stormy-daniels-michael-cohen-rudy-giuliani-sarah-huckabee-sanders/),” Colbert quipped, alluding to the [Stormy Daniels](http://time.com/5270422/stormy-daniels-trump-michael-cohen-russian-billionaire-oligarch/) allegations. “That’s the price, right? 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