{"id":2316542,"date":"2026-03-07T00:35:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T00:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2316542"},"modified":"2026-03-07T00:35:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T00:35:04","slug":"stephen-colbert-reveals-whom-he-hopes-trump-fires-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/stephen-colbert-reveals-whom-he-hopes-trump-fires-next\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Colbert Reveals Whom He Hopes Trump Fires Next"},"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=\"69aa732ee4b03ae2f885e0b7\" 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> on Thursday said he thinks he knows the exact moment that cost Homeland Security Secretary <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/topic\/kristi-noem\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Kristi Noem\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"69aa732ee4b03ae2f885e0b7\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"\/topic\/kristi-noem\" 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\">Kristi Noem<\/a> her job.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>But one exchange stood out: When Sen. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/topic\/sen-john-kennedy\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"John Kennedy\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"69aa732ee4b03ae2f885e0b7\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"\/topic\/sen-john-kennedy\" 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=\"4\">John Kennedy<\/a> (R-La.) asked about a $220 million ad campaign that featured Noem wearing chaps and a cowboy hat on horseback. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cShe passed the blame on to definitely the wrong guy,\u201d Colbert said, and rolled a clip of Noem insisting that Trump himself approved of those ads. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cNo,\u201d Colbert warned. \u201cDon\u2019t ever blame anything on Donald Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Then he broke out his impression of the president.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cLadies and gentlemen, it has come to my attention that Kristi Noem is just days away from developing a nuclear weapon,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have no choice but to strike and strike hard.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>With Noem on the outs, Colbert said it was time to focus on the future. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cYou know which Cabinet member I hope Trump fires next?\u201d he asked. \u201cAll of them!\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cClean slate,\u201d he said. \u201cSweep it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Narrowing it down to a single person, however, Colbert did have an idea on who should go next.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Check it out in his Thursday night \u201cLate Show\u201d 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 on Thursday said he thinks he knows the exact moment that cost Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem her job. 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