Stephen Colbert returned to The Late Show Monday night — not to thank fans, not to reflect on his nine-year run at CBS, but to launch a bitter, profanity-laced tirade against the sitting President of the United States.

It was Colbert’s first monologue since CBS announced it would cancel his show in spring 2026 after years of plummeting ratings and reported financial losses between $40 million and $50 million annually. For Colbert, the moment wasn’t about grace — it was about grievance.

“The gloves are off,” Colbert snarled, according to Deadline. “I can finally speak unvarnished truth to power and say what I really think about Donald Trump: I don’t care for him.”

That was the punchline. That was the joke. A man whose job was ostensibly comedy used his national platform to curse out President Donald J. Trump — a president currently overseeing one of the most successful first years in office since FDR, by objective legislative metrics.

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Instead of introspection, Colbert mocked his own downfall, thanked CBS for the ride, and immediately pivoted into full-blown anti-Trump rage. At one point, he read aloud a Truth Social post from President Trump celebrating the cancellation of The Late Show:

“I absolutely love that Colbert got fired. His talent was even less than his ratings. I hear Jimmy Kimmel is next. Has even less talent than Colbert! Greg Gutfeld is better than all of them combined, including the Moron on NBC who ruined the once great Tonight Show.”

Colbert’s response?

“How dare you, sir. Would an untalented man be able to compose the following satirical witticism: Go f*** yourself.”

That was it. That was the "satire" from the man once touted as the intellectual heir to Letterman.

Colbert then tried to brush off President Trump’s jab at fellow left-wing host Jimmy Kimmel:

“Nope! No, no. Absolutely not, Kimmel,” Colbert said. “I am the martyr, OK? OK? There’s only room for one on this cross, and I gotta tell you, the view is fantastic from up here!”

And in what many online called a desperate final swipe, Colbert attempted to tie Trump to deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein — referencing a highly questionable Wall Street Journal report about an alleged birthday card, a claim that even mainstream outlets haven’t seriously pursued.

This is what CBS spent nearly a decade funding: not comedy, but corporate-sponsored activism. Colbert’s show morphed from a satirical platform into a nightly therapy session for liberal elites still seething over Trump’s victories in 2016 and 2024.

Meanwhile, Greg Gutfeld, with none of the glitz, celebrity guest rosters, or network perks, has built a genuine late-night powerhouse. Gutfeld! consistently outpaces legacy shows in viewership by delivering what audiences actually want: humor without the hate.

Colbert will be remembered — not for clever writing or cultural relevance — but for cringe-inducing propaganda like The Vax-Scene, a garish Broadway-style musical pushing COVID shots with dancing syringes. That was the level of entertainment CBS banked on.

As President Trump rightly said:

“His talent was even less than his ratings.”

Millions of Americans agreed. That’s why The Late Show is being taken off the air — and why Greg Gutfeld is still laughing all the way to the top.