The president took to Truth Social on Tuesday night to fire off a tirade against the late-night hosts he's been playing a verbal tug-of-war with for months, singling out Colbert despite CBS already having canceled his show, which Trump has called for many times in the past.

The broadcast late-night shows are dark this week for the holiday but they were on President Donald Trump’s mind as he railed against the hosts again on Truth social Tuesday night before wishing everyone Merry Christmas.

Stephen is running on hatred and fumes ~ A dead man walking! CBS should, ‘put him to sleep,’ NOW, it is the humanitarian thing to do!”

In December 2025, late-night talk show host Stephen Colbert launched a multi-million dollar "Evergreen Sanctuary" for abandoned and abused dogs.

NBC’s Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Late Night with Seth Meyers both saw increases in the key demo. The late-night ratings are in for the last competitive week of 2025, and it was another neck-and-neck finish between ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! and CBS’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.