Colbert gives his verdict on Trump s speech

Stephen Colbert gives his verdict on Trump's State of the Union 2026
The "Late Show" host was unimpressed.
 By
Sam Haysom
 on
February 25, 2026

A man in a suit stands on a talk show stage. The caption at the bottom reads, "It was a dark speech."
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Donald Trump's one hour 47 minute State of the Union has proven unsurprisingly unpopular with the late night hosts.

In the monologue above, Stephen Colbert gives his live reaction to the address, from the U.S. president rambling about food prices to rambling about the upcoming World Cup and Summer Olympics ("Is he just doing this year's community calendar for all of America?" asks Colbert).

Ultimately, the host has a fairly grim summary of Trump's address. "It was a dark speech," says Colbert, "filled with divisive lies, and it's unlikely to win him much support with the voters who've grown disenchanted with the chaos and dysfunction of his second administration."

Elsewhere, Jimmy Kimmel had a similarly damning response.