--- title: Stephen Colbert on Donald Trump's Enemies List: Video description: Stephen Colbert canonical: https://time.com/4567806/donald-trump-cabinet-stephen-colbert/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-11T16:11:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:38:37.408Z og:title: Stephen Colbert Proves He's OK Being on Trump's Enemies List og:description: "How do you want to make America great? Elect someone who already knows how to do that" og:url: https://time.com/4567806/donald-trump-cabinet-stephen-colbert/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Stephen Colbert Proves He's OK Being on Trump's Enemies List twitter:description: "How do you want to make America great? Elect someone who already knows how to do that" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Stephen Colbert Mock Donald Trump’s Rumored Cabinet Choices by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Nov 11, 2016 4:11 PM UTC by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Nov 11, 2016 4:11 PM UTC Stephen Colbert is still [struggling to accept](http://time.com/4566113/stephen-colbert-donald-trump-president/) that Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. He opened Thursday’s episode of _Late Show_ by praising President Obama for managing the [transition](http://time.com/4566547/white-house-obama-staffers-donald-trump/) well, and joked that Obama’s staff screened an episode of _School House Rock_ so that Trump, who will hold elected office for the first time, could bone up on checks and balances. But the host dedicated the bulk of his monologue to criticizing a list of rumored new advisers who could potentially fill Trump’s White House, referencing the President-elect’s promise to eliminate corruption, “drain the swamp.” “Trump’s plan to drain the swamp of corruption means bringing back \[Rudy\] Giuliani, \[Chris\] Christie, \[Newt\] Gingrich, and \[Sarah\] Palin. It makes sense. They’re exactly what I’d expect to find at the bottom of a drained swamp,” Colbert said. To close, Colbert played a clip of Omarosa Manigault, Trump’s campaign director of African-American outreach, suggesting that Trump’s election was the “ultimate revenge.” After the snippet, Colbert broke into a faux panic. “It was Sam Bee and Seth Meyers! They’re the ones who said all those horrible things about you! I was just joking the whole time! All hail our glorious leader! Giant hands! You’ve got giant hands! You’re gonna be great,” he yelled. Colbert then explicitly communicated to his audience — using a [word](http://time.com/4523755/donald-trump-leaked-tape-impact/) that became prevalent during the campaign — that he would not be backing down. Watch the full clip above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4567806/donald-trump-cabinet-stephen-colbert/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4567806/donald-trump-cabinet-stephen-colbert/"},"headline":"Watch Stephen Colbert Mock Donald Trump’s Rumored Cabinet Choices","datePublished":"2016-11-11T16:11:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:38:37.408Z","description":"\"How do you want to make America great? Elect someone who already knows how to do that\"","url":"https://time.com/4567806/donald-trump-cabinet-stephen-colbert/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","stephen colbert"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4567806/donald-trump-cabinet-stephen-colbert/","name":"Watch Stephen Colbert Mock Donald Trump’s Rumored Cabinet Choices"}}]}] ```