President Donald Trump it is not the end of mourning The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
A day after the late-night talk show's final episode aired, Trump, 79, responded to its conclusion by sharing his AI-generated video again. Colbert62, with X.
In a video shared on Friday, May 22, Trump's AI version approached Colbert's AI version The Late Show he grabbed her by the shoulders. Trump then took Colbert and threw him in the dumpster. Trump closed the lid of the dumpster with Colbert inside, then smiled and started dancing.
The AI photos were also posted by the official White House account on X, with the accompanying caption reading, “Bye-bye 👋.”
Trump also took to the social media platform, Truth Social, on Friday to comment The Late Showdeath.
“Stephen Colbert's firing from CBS was the 'beginning of the end' for the talentless, ugly, overpaid, ridiculous, and grossly underrated Late Night Television Hosts,” Trump wrote. “Others, less talented, will soon follow. May they all sleep in peace!”
Colbert's final episode aired on Thursday, May 21, nearly a year after CBS announced in July 2025 that the show would be axed.
The move caused backlash from viewers at the time due to its popularity and the perception that the decision may have been due to Colbert's political commentary.
Stephen Colbert.
(Photo by Scott Kowalchyk/CBS via Getty Images)Network executives then issued a statement defending their request to pull the plug on the program. The statement stressed that the decision was “not related in any way to the game's performance, content or other matters taking place at Paramount” and said it was due to financial reasons.
Critics raised eyebrows at the show's cancellation, which came after an episode in which Colbert talked about Paramount, the parent company of CBS, handling what he called a “nuisance lawsuit” brought by Trump. In his lawsuit, the president claimed that 60 Minutes had improperly scheduled the interview Kamala Harris.
“I am not against their idea [that it was for financial reasons],” Colbert said The New York Times in April when asked by viewers who questioned the reason for the end of his late-night talk show. “I make jokes about it.”
He added, “But I also completely understand why people would say (A) that doesn't make sense to me and (B) that seems fishy to me,” he noted. “Because the network has done itself by kneeling the knee to the Trump administration for more than $20 billion, paid for $16 million, a completely absurd case.”
