Overview
- Posting on Truth Social late Dec. 24 into Dec. 25, the president called Colbert a failure and said putting him to sleep would be the most humane option.
- Trump broadened the tirade to other late‑night hosts on CBS, ABC and NBC, deriding their talent and ratings and again raising the idea of revoking network licenses.
- CBS confirmed in July that The Late Show with Stephen Colbert will end in May 2026, calling the move a financial decision made the same month it agreed to pay Trump $16 million.
- Reports link the renewed attack to a CBS repeat in which Colbert criticized plans to rename the Kennedy Center to the Trump‑Kennedy Center.
- Colbert has long been one of Trump’s sharpest critics, and his show has been the top‑rated program in late night as ownership changes at parent company Paramount Skydance put David Ellison in charge and Bari Weiss in a senior editorial role.