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Donald Trump is in a generous mood.
We mean the following:
Donald Trump is in the mood to hit back at a late-night talk show host who dared to say something hurtful about the Commander-in-Chief.
On Tuesday night, after CBS hosted the Kennedy Center Honors event – hosted, naturally, by President Trump – the leader of the liberal world decided to focus on Stephen Colbert.
“Stephen Colbert is a train wreck, lacking the talent or anything else necessary to show business success,” Trump wrote in a post at 12:16 a.m. ET on his Truth Social site.
“Now, after being cut off by CBS, but left out to dry, he’s actually gotten worse, and his ratings are missing. Stephen is running on hate and smoke ~ A dead man walking! CBS should, ‘put him to bed,’ NOW, it’s the humane thing to do!”
Some background may be needed here…
Stephen Colbert attends the 2025 GQ Men Of The Year event at Chateau Marmont on November 13, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images)Back in July, CBS announced that The Late Show would end in 2026. Many observers believe it did so under pressure from the Trump administration.
Over time, Colbert has expanded his humor at the expense of the world’s most serious head of state.
On December 23, on the other hand, CBS aired a repeat of The Late Show… the episode that aired on December 8 and featured the athlete taking several shots at Trump – including his takeover of the Kennedy Center and his move to host the Kennedy Center Honors.
“This year’s Kennedy Center Honors ceremony is the first since Trump installed himself as chairman of the board of the Kennedy Center,” Colbert said in one of his letters, encouraging the audience.
In response, Colbert said:
“Yes, I agree. It seems that the commander-in-chief should not have enough time to run a theater. ‘Mr. President, Mr. President, Russia has just launched another round of missiles. But first, dress rehearsals are continuing in ‘Oklahoma, and obstruction is not encouraged.'”
Donald Trump takes questions from reporters after announcing the US Navy’s new Golden Fleet program, unveiling a new class of warships, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, on December 22, 2025. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)Elsewhere in the episode, Colbert mocked Trump for receiving the first “fake” FIFA Peace Prize “after years of unsuccessfully campaigning for a Nobel Peace Prize.”
The comedian said Trump’s FIFA Peace Prize “is like Christmas when you ask your mom for a Super Nintendo and she gets you something called ‘Super Retendo.’ Coming out with ‘Super Marion Brothers’ and ‘Legend of Kelvin.’”
Colbert emphasized that FIFA president Gianni Infantino “pulled out all the stops at Trump’s Big Boy Trophy Party,” adding that in a photo of Trump picking up the trophy Infantino awarded him, the president “looks like a goblin asking if it’s okay to eat a third child.”
(Photo Credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images)Trump, who once tried to get Jimmy Kimmel off the air, continued to rant and rave on Truth Social last night.
“Who has the worst Late Night host, CBS, ABC, or NBC??? They all have three things in common: High Salaries, No Talent, REALLY LOW RATINGS!” he wrote.
Trump reiterated his (public and official) call for the US government to revoke the licenses of TV broadcasters.
“If the Network NEWSCASTS, and Late Night Shows, are almost 100% negative toward President Donald J. Trump, MAGA, and the Republican Party, shouldn’t their very important broadcast licenses be revoked?” he continued.
“I say, YES!”
Then, three minutes after that post, the president said, “MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!”
