Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I te 22 o Hune 2016, ka pānuitia e CBS e "The Late Show" ka pāho e rua wiki o wāhanga ora i roto i te 2016 Republican
me ngā huihuinga ā-iwi. Ko te tuatahi o enei waahanga, i te Hōngongoi 18, 2016, i whakatuwherahia me te nama puoro na Colbert i whakataurite i te huihuinga Republican ki te "Kirisimasi i te Hurae", me nga whakaahua i whakaatuhia ai a Jon Stewart (i whakaatuhia kua noho-kore-rohe i roto i te whare) i kii a Donald Trump i whakaingoatia te tohu Republican mo te pooti perehitini, ko te ahua o Colbert mai i te "The Colbert Report" ka whakaarahia ka tukuna he putanga o Te Kupu mo te "Trumpiness", me te pikitia pikitia i haereere i te waahi o te huihuinga hei "The Hunger Games" -whakaputaina a Julius Flickerman. I puta ano a Stewart i te Taite e whai ake nei, e whakaatu ana i tetahi waahanga e whakahe ana i te Fox News Channel i muri i te wehenga o tana Tumuaki a Roger Ailes. Ko nga mahinga a Colbert i enei waahanga i whakamoemitihia mo to raatau hokinga ki te aro nui ki te whakaari-korero penei i te "The Colbert Report" me te "The Daily Show".