Colbert’s late show on CBS has never won a TV Academy prize. The president could well now have changed that. The video plays like a cave painting from the Neolithic era or, even more distantly, from when late-night television still mattered: Stephen Colbert sits in the host chair and makes amends with Donald Trump.

"You know how they say there's no such thing as bad publicity? They're not talking about this," the recently axed late night host says.

The potential 2028 presidential candidate says he regularly visits Pennsylvania communities that Democrats do not commonly frequent, and delivers on his promises to them.

Stephen Colbert was gleeful as he discussed the revelation that Donald Trump was reportedly named in the Jeffrey Epstein files on The Late Show. During his monologue, the host commented on a report in The Wall Street Journal that alleged Attorney General Pam Bondi told Trump his name was among many high-profile figures mentioned in the files during a meeting at the White House earlier this year.

After the Wall Street Journal's report on Trump's ties to Jeffrey Epstein, Stephen Colbert joked that Elon Musk is "always right about everything."

Stephen Colbert didn’t hold back after President Donald Trump celebrated the cancellation of The Late Show. This latest beef comes after CBS announced that the show is running its last season and will end by May 2026,

Trump again celebrated the canceling of Colbert’s show on Tuesday, hinting that he may have had something to do with it. He also took aim at ABC host Jimmy Kimmel and NBC’s “Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon.

In his first episode since announcing the cancellation of "Late Show," Stephen Colbert had choice words for Trump, who'd celebrated the news.