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Rhiannon12866

(259,032 posts)
Sat May 23, 2026, 02:38 AM 12 hrs ago

If ending The Late Show wasn't about Trump, why's he celebrating? - CNN The Source



Stephen Colbert put on an emotional and existential final episode of “The Late Show” Thursday night, thanking his staff, studio audience and viewers for eleven years of laughs.

Paramount cited financial pressures, but many Colbert fans blamed political pressures, namely Donald Trump’s contempt for Colbert’s frequent criticism of him. Paramount was urgently seeking the Trump administration’s approval of a media merger at the time Colbert was given marching orders last summer. - Aired on 05/22/2026.


0:00 What Trump posted about the remaining late night hosts
1:21 Money or politics? A CNN NewsNight panel debates why now
5:38 What Colbert meant to America

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If ending The Late Show wasn't about Trump, why's he celebrating? - CNN The Source (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 12 hrs ago OP
Perfect example of the dog(trump) catching johnnyfins 9 hrs ago #1
Thanks! And congratulations on 4000 posts! Rhiannon12866 9 hrs ago #2

johnnyfins

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1. Perfect example of the dog(trump) catching
Sat May 23, 2026, 05:27 AM
9 hrs ago

the car.

Now, if he posts anything else bashing Colbert, his childish behavior is magnified 100x. Wiittle Donnie is running out of things to compwain about. Wah wah wah.

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