Yesterday evening, a day after Stephen Colbert's final bow to his TDS-afflicted minions, President Trump bid adieu to what we call DNC-TV on that particular network by mocking claims from the Democrats that he personally got The Late Show canceled. Here's what Trump posted:
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 22, 2026
Judging from some of the reaction on the Left, the trolling was most effective.
Democrats and their allies in the media have been telling people some variation of "Trump ordered CBS to cancel Colbert," which is of course absolutely ridiculous. We'll get to that part in a second, but first this is a Late Show group shot on the day of Colbert's last show:
One of the great group shots of "The Late Show" staff posing on stage: pic.twitter.com/L2oknhvyos
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) May 22, 2026
Greg Gutfeld knows a little about ratings (since he beats the nighttime competition on a regular basis) and says that Trump isn't what got Colbert canceled:
And it’s the reason they were canceled. That head count is more than most decent sized businesses. For 3 jokes a night, at best. https://t.co/50pAssA87w
— GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) May 23, 2026
And usually they're not even "ha ha" jokes, but just anti-Trump cracks meant to earn applause from the lib audience.
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Trump didn't have anything to do with it, as Clay Travis adds:
The Late Show employed 200 people for an hour show a night. No wonder it lost $40 million a year. Every @FoxNews live primetime show crushes Colbert in ratings and I bet none of those shows have more than 30 employees. pic.twitter.com/B02JDtgoUE
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) May 23, 2026
Add it all up and losing tens of millions of dollars a year while going all-out to alienate at least half of the country on a nightly basis is why they pulled the plug on Colbert.
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