US EditionTrump Says Comedian Colbert Should Be 'Put to Sleep'
President Trump repeatedly criticized Stephen Colbert on Truth Social, urging CBS to end The Late Show earlier despite its scheduled May 2026 conclusion amid claims of media bias.
- On Tuesday, President Donald Trump attacked Stephen Colbert, host of The Late Show, on Truth Social, calling him `a pathetic trainwreck` and urging CBS to `put him to sleep`.
- This year, CBS announced it would retire `The Late Show` after one more season, calling the cancellation `a purely financial decision`, while Colbert mocked Paramount's $16,000,000 settlement with Trump as `a big fat bribe`.
- Trump broadened his tirade by targeting other late-night hosts, asking who had the worst show among CBS, ABC, and NBC, and urging consequences with the slogan `High Salaries, No Talent, REALLY LOW RATINGS!`
- No immediate public response came from Colbert or CBS, and Trump has pursued legal action against Paramount and pushed regulatory pressure over broadcast licences.
- Despite the push to remove critics, Colbert vowed shortly after cancellation that he'll keep criticizing Trump, and all three late-night hosts have contract extensions through most of his presidency.
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Late-night presenter Colbert is regarded as a sharp critic of the US President. Trump has now attacked him again: he called him a "blessed loser" who should be "doomed". Colbert's broadcast will soon be discontinued.
US President Donald Trump has released a scathing tweet about comedian Stephen Colbert, suggesting that CBS, which airs his show, should put him to sleep. Colbert, along with other late-night comedians, is not broadcasting live this week, and Trump was apparently angered by one of his old reruns.
Donald Trump does not stop his campaign against late-night shows. The US President again attacks Stephen Colbert in an angry speech. In it, the Republican demands to put the presenter to sleep.
On its platform Truth Social, the US President calls on CBS to "sleep" late-night moderator Stephen Colbert, thus delivering the next escalation in the ongoing dispute with the American media.
With their often harsh criticism of his government, late-night shows on American television are a thorn in the eye of the US president. At Christmas he catches up for a new blow.
The U.S. President makes a derogatory statement about one of his sharpest critics. "This is the only human thing you can do," says Donald Trump.
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