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CBS filed copyright notices against Colbert's viral "Only in Monroe" comeback. It backfired.

Published May 27, 2026 9:00AM (EDT)

Stephen Colbert says goodbye to "The Late Show" as Trump continues to "trash" the former host. (Scott Kowalchyk via CBS Broadcasting)

Donald Trump prematurely took a victory lap to celebrate Stephen Colbert’s ouster from CBS . On Friday, the president posted an artificial intelligence-generated video from the official White House account featuring Trump grabbing Colbert from his late-show set and throwing him into a large dumpster while dancing to the Village People’s “Y.M.C.A.”

“Colbert is finally finished at CBS. Amazing that he lasted so long! No talent, no ratings, no life. He was like a dead person,” Trump wrote on Truth Social . “You could take any person off of the street and they would be better than this total jerk.…