US EditionStephen Colbert explains the situation in Venezuela: '2026 started with a bang — and a boom'
Colbert resumed political satire with jokes about Trump’s surprise attack on Venezuela and Maduro’s capture as The Late Show nears its end in early 2026.
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Stephen Colbert reacts to Trump's attack on Venezuela
Stephen Colbert is back with his first monologue of 2026, and like most of the other late night hosts, his focus is on Donald Trump's U.S. attack on Venezuela and the abduction of President Nicolás Maduro."Do you know what this means? Those Epstein files must be crazy," the host says, pretending to flick through some papers before slipping into a Trump impression. "Bomb something! Bomb anything!"Colbert goes on to break down exactly what happene…
Stephen Colbert explains the situation in Venezuela: '2026 started with a bang — and a boom'
The late-night talk show host joked that the attack gave a clue about the Epstein files.Scott Kowalchyk/CBS Stephen Colbert on 'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert'The Late Show host Stephen Colbert is right back to his jokes about politics and, of course, the Trump administration following the series' holiday break."2026 started with a bang — and a boom," Colbert says in an Instagram sneak peek at his Monday monologue, "because on the night of …
When Stephen Colbert opens his monologue, he rarely just tells jokes. His speech is usually carefully crafted so that laughter serves as a gateway to deeper criticism. This was the case after the US attack on Venezuela and the subsequent capture of Nicolás Maduro, an episode that shook the international agenda and which Colbert used to take a surgically precise shot at President Donald Trump. More than a series of jokes, the host crafted a piece…
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