Name: Trump, who bemoaned cancel culture, celebrates Colbert's cancellation
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A blistering message from Stephen Colbert to the president during his first night back since announcing that CBS is cancelling the Late Show.

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Meanwhile, Donald Trump spent the day targeting Colbert's competitors, declaring on Truth Social that Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon are next on the chopping block and taking early credit for their downfall.

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Then, Trump claimed that Paramount paid $16 million as part of its lawsuit settlement And he even suggested that he is expecting an additional $20 million from its new owners.

But for all that tough talk on cancellations, it's worth remembering that one of the biggest warriors against cancel culture was this guy.

One of their political weapons is cancel culture, driving people from their jobs, shaming dissenters and demanding total submission from anyone who disagrees.

This is the very definition of totalitarianism.

The goal of cancel culture is to make decent Americans live in fear of being fired.

The far left wants to coerce you into saying what you know to be false and scare you out of saying what you know to be true.

Joining us at the table now is former Trump economic advisor Steve Moore and the author of the Trump Economic Miracle.

Trump says that forcing people out of their jobs for saying things that you don't agree with is the very definition of totalitarianism.

First of all, I hate to see Stephen Colbert go because people say I look like him and that's a great compliment to have.

Listen, it's not right-wingers who fired Steve Colbert, it was the public who fired him because you know what?

Kevin, if your ratings stink, they feel happier.

Okay, Stephen, I have to correct you on that.

I grew up in the era of Joan Rivers and Johnny Carson.

We used to listen and watch late night TV all the time.

It's weaponizing the antitrust division of our federal government.

What does that have to do with Stephen Colbert?

In order to get rid of people who are critical of the most thin-skinned president in American history.

I know what's actually behind his firing.

I know what's behind his firing and I'm not going to buy any of his dumb gaslighting.

Hang on a second.  He is a thin, pathetic, pathetically sensitive person.

Can the voice of economic reason step in here?

Let me just reset the table here for just a moment.

Because if we're going to hang this on ratings, Colbert was the highest rated of the shows in his time slot.

But secondly, I don't care if he's, you don't think he's funny.

I don't, there are plenty of people I don't think are funny.

I think the real question is, should the president of the United States be picking and choosing people who should have jobs based on whether they say nice things about him or not?

He got fired before Trump said a word. 46.3.

Actually, Trump called for his firing last.

Let me finish with a very simple explanation.

Trump called for his firing last fall, just to be clear.

Okay, let's talk about what actually happened. $46.2 million in losses on a franchise that's 40 years old.

It's old, it's dead, and unfortunately for all of the category, people are geometrically not watching late night TV anymore.

His contract is a payout contract through a transaction where there's a change of control.

Only a moron would tell the president to F off before he gets his check.

So what's going to happen now, in my opinion, is tomorrow, CBS, his boss, will fire him and they will litigate for the next five years his payout.

So now you're saying they're really going to fire him?

I want to go back to something Kevin just said.

I buy media for campaigns around the country, for Senate races, for House races, for Governor's races.

The reason primetime late night comedy is in the lineup is to balance the female bias in primetime.

Late night comedy was long the domain of the young male viewer.

Actually, that made it the most Republican day part in advertising.

But since Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fowle, and Jimmy Kimmel have killed it.

It is now the bluest part of primetime night time television.

They have completely failed their one mission, which was to keep a broad audience, and especially of younger men.

I hate to tell you this, but people, I know I'm on TV right now, but people aren't watching TV as much anymore these days.

It's a change that's been going on for decades now.

It has nothing to do with Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fowle and Jimmy Kimmel.

It's just a transition that's going on in the world.

I don't like the idea, and I think you agreed with me too, Stephen.

I don't like the idea of the President of the United States picking who's funny and who's not.

I think I just heard you say, Stephen, that you don't think the President should be picking winners and losers.

Then how do you justify the fact that this President is essentially trying to do that?

He is the king of cancel culture, even before this, because the most obvious example I can think of is Colin Kaepernick.

Before Donald Trump was this Donald Trump, he called for Colin Kaepernick to be fired from his job.