President Donald Trump is back to doing what he does best, entertaining his supporters while driving liberals into a frenzy.
This time, he took direct aim at one of his longest running critics, Stephen Colbert.
Following the CBS late-night host’s final episode, Trump shared an AI-generated video showing himself walking onto the “Late Show” stage and giving Colbert a fitting goodbye.
In the 22 second clip, a digital version of Trump strides onto the set as Colbert introduces his swan song.
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Without hesitation, Trump grabs the host by the suit jacket, gives him a few solid shakes, and then tosses him headfirst into a green dumpster.
The crowd in the video erupts in laughter and cheers as Trump slams the lid shut and spins into his classic YMCA dance.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 22, 2026
The post quickly exploded across social media, gleefully shared by Trump’s supporters who found poetic justice in seeing the man who spent years mocking the president end up tossed in the trash.
The tongue in cheek video appeared late Friday, the day after Colbert’s final “Late Show” broadcast.
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It was exactly the kind of Trump-style digital jab that reminds the world he knows how to dominate media attention at will.
Liberals online, as usual, were aghast, while conservatives had a field day watching Hollywood’s favorite anti-Trump “comedian” become the butt of the joke.
Soon after the finale aired, Trump took to Truth Social to make his real opinion crystal clear.
“No talent, no ratings, no life,” he wrote, calling Colbert “like a dead person” and adding, “You could take any person off of the street and they would be better than this total jerk. Thank goodness he’s finally gone.”
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The president’s bluntness was vintage Trump, and for many conservatives, long overdue.
Colbert had hosted the CBS late-night show for 11 years, spending much of that time turning his platform into a nightly anti-Trump monologue.
His finale drew a respectable 6.7 million viewers according to Nielsen, and featured star guests like Paul McCartney, Bryan Cranston, and Ryan Reynolds.
Yet while celebrities came to pat him on the back, Trump’s exit jab reminded everyone how deeply Colbert’s shtick had relied on sneering at half the country.
During his final week on air, Colbert returned to form by mocking Trump’s policies and supporters.
He ridiculed a $1.8 million Justice Department initiative meant to help victims of government weaponization, dismissing it as “an all-you-can-fraud buffet.”
He even dubbed Trump “Blob the builder,” a cheap shot at Trump’s construction achievements.
Even as the curtain closed, Colbert could not resist taking one last swing at the man who had helped keep his show relevant.
When his final episode wrapped, Colbert claimed he would step away from television for a while.
That reprieve lasted about a day. He popped up on a public access show titled “Only in Monroe,” quipping about his former network and joking through a lo-fi segment that featured Jack White, Eminem, and actors Jeff Daniels and Steve Buscemi.
It was a far cry from Hollywood glamour, and many wondered if Colbert can really thrive without leaning on anti-Trump punchlines to fill airtime.
For years, Colbert’s ratings rose whenever he talked about Trump, but dipped sharply when he tried to pivot to less political comedy.
In the end, his legacy is not a decade of innovative humor but rather an 11-year exercise in nightly Trump bashing disguised as satire.
The AI video seemed to capture, in symbolic fashion, what many conservatives have wanted to do since 2016, which is give Colbert his theatrical sendoff straight into the garbage bin of one-note liberal comedy.
The timing of Trump’s post was no accident. It arrived just hours after Colbert basked in media adoration for his goodbye episode.
Once again, Trump stole the spotlight, reminding television and the press that no matter how much they try to move on, they cannot look away when he acts.
That ability to control the cultural conversation without saying a word is what keeps his opponents constantly reacting, never leading.
On social media, Trump’s fans applauded the video as harmless fun with a serious punchline.
To them, it represented a well-deserved digital comeuppance.
Many remembered how Colbert once made a crude reference to Trump on air, calling him obscene nicknames that drew even CNN’s mild criticism.
For those viewers, watching Colbert symbolically tossed out like last night’s leftovers was immensely satisfying.
Predictably, progressive outlets claimed Trump’s post was “dangerous” and “immature,” while ignoring Colbert’s years of cheap insults and partisan sneering.
That double standard is precisely why millions have tuned out mainstream late-night television altogether.
They are tired of the same smug commentary masquerading as comedy.
Trump’s mock victory lap over Colbert is not just an internet gag; it marks the end of an era where the left’s talk show circuit built its entire identity around attacking one man.
As Colbert packs up his cue cards and Trump cruises toward another presidential battle, it is clear which one still commands the nation’s attention.
Maybe the former host’s next gig should come with a thicker skin and perhaps a sense of humor.
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