{"id":2227518,"date":"2026-01-08T21:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T21:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2227518"},"modified":"2026-01-08T21:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T21:02:09","slug":"good-god-stephen-colbert-stunned-by-trumps-latest-jaw-dropping-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/good-god-stephen-colbert-stunned-by-trumps-latest-jaw-dropping-line\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Good God!\u2019: Stephen Colbert Stunned By Trump\u2019s Latest Jaw-Dropping Line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cThe Late Show\u201d host Stephen Colbert on Wednesday expressed his pure astonishment at one of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/news\/topic\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s latest claims.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>In <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/115850817778602689\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"a Truth Social post\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"695f7126e4b05f1e1aabbccc\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/115850817778602689\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"0\">a Truth Social post<\/a>, the president said \u201cinterim authorities\u201d in Venezuela \u2014 following a U.S. military operation that seized President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro \u2014 had agreed to hand over 30 million to 50 million barrels of oil to the United States.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Trump said the oil would \u201cbe sold at its Market Price,\u201d adding the proceeds would be \u201ccontrolled by me, as President of the United States of America, to ensure it is used to benefit the people of Venezuela and the United States!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cGood God,\u201d he said. \u201cThat is the most illegal-sounding thing I have ever heard.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>He then added: \u201cThe only way this could sound more illegal is if Trump parked the oil tankers in a school zone.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Colbert also seized on Trump\u2019s claim that the money would be used to \u201cbenefit the people of Venezuela\u201d and America.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cSo, good news, people of Venezuela,\u201d Colbert quipped. \u201cCaracas is getting a ballroom!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Watch Colbert\u2019s full monologue here:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe Late Show\u201d host Stephen Colbert on Wednesday expressed his pure astonishment at one of Donald Trump\u2019s latest claims. 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