{"id":2247956,"date":"2026-01-24T01:32:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T01:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2247956"},"modified":"2026-01-24T01:32:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T01:32:26","slug":"stephen-colbert-ruthlessly-taunts-his-cbs-bosses-with-a-scathing-trump-reminder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/stephen-colbert-ruthlessly-taunts-his-cbs-bosses-with-a-scathing-trump-reminder\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Colbert Ruthlessly Taunts His CBS Bosses With A Scathing Trump Reminder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cLate Show\u201d host <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entertainment\/topic\/stephen-colbert\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Stephen Colbert\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"69731078e4b0a02ab3a0bbe6\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"\/entertainment\/topic\/stephen-colbert\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"feed\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"0\">Stephen Colbert<\/a> took aim at his corporate bosses on Thursday night with a reminder of just how much money the company has given to President <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/news\/topic\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Donald Trump\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"69731078e4b0a02ab3a0bbe6\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"\/news\/topic\/donald-trump\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"feed\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"1\">Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Colbert noted that nations hoping to join Trump\u2019s \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/davos-forum-trump-board-of-peace_n_69721a27e4b0dfed7798af3a\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Board of Peace\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"69731078e4b0a02ab3a0bbe6\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"69721a27e4b0dfed7798af3a\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"buzz\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"2\">Board of Peace<\/a>\u201d for Gaza will have to pay an entry fee of $1 billion \u2015 and that the board will have just one man in charge.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll give you a hint,\u201d Colbert said. \u201cHe\u2019s in the diaper.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Trump will have the only veto on the board and serve as its chairman for life, Colbert said. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cNow, admittedly, the idea of paying a billion dollars to obey Donald Trump seems a little steep,\u201d Colbert pointed out. \u201cAfter all, CBS got to do it for just $16 million.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>That payment came when the company was attempting to complete a merger that required Federal Communications Commission approval. Around the same time, the network announced it would cancel Colbert\u2019s show, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/trump-attacks-stephen-colbert_n_66f3b25ae4b04a2b94fa2ebd\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"something Trump\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"69731078e4b0a02ab3a0bbe6\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"66f3b25ae4b04a2b94fa2ebd\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"buzz\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"5\">something Trump<\/a> had <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/113196110603948496\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"long demanded\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"69731078e4b0a02ab3a0bbe6\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/113196110603948496\" 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=\"6\">long demanded<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The FCC approved the merger shortly afterward. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>See more in his Thursday night monologue: <\/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>\u201cLate Show\u201d host Stephen Colbert took aim at his corporate bosses on Thursday night with a reminder of just how much money the company has given to President Donald Trump. 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