Overview
- Stephen Colbert, in Tuesday’s Late Show monologue, went after President Trump’s defense of a now-deleted AI image after the Monday White House DoorDash event where Trump said he thought it showed a doctor.
- Calling Monday’s spectacle “the weirdest weird that ever weirded,” Colbert aired a C‑SPAN recap and joked that Trump either posted himself as Jesus or does not know what doctors look like.
- Referencing new NBC polling, Colbert said Pope Leo XIV leads all public figures in approval, with the pope at a +34 net rating and Trump 12 points underwater.
- He highlighted religious backlash reported by Mediaite, noting that the Knights Templar condemned the AI post and asked for a public apology.
- The segment also touched on Trump’s recent swipes at the pope and framed the dustup as late-night fodder, with Colbert quipping that the pope’s popularity and grandeur would sting the president.