Donald Trump’s current FEMA director admitted this week that he was unaware that hurricane season exists in the United States, prompting many to immediately question his qualifications once more. That includes Stephen Colbert, who joked that the situation is akin to Hallmark not knowing about its bread and butter.

FEMA, which stands for Federal Emergency Management Agency, is indeed the agency in charge of spearheading relief efforts after major crises, often related to weather disasters — including hurricanes. So, learning that acting chief David Richardson had no idea about hurricane season was troubling for Colbert, to say the least.

“Not great. Hurricane Season is big for FEMA,” he said. “That would be like the head of Hallmark Channel saying they were unaware that we had Christmas,

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