--- title: Stephen Colbert Spoofs Trump 2018 State of the Union Typo description: Stephen Colbert had no reservations about taking aim at the typo on the tickets for President Trump’s 2018 State of the Union address. canonical: https://time.com/5124763/stephen-colbert-state-of-the-union-typo/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-30T15:39:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:50:12.332Z og:title: Stephen Colbert Had All the FUn With That Trump State of the Union Typo og:description: Tickets were sent out for the State of the 'Uniom' og:url: https://time.com/5124763/stephen-colbert-state-of-the-union-typo/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4d673fed43b94446/6988f9fb4ee26214de310ab2/screen-shot-2018-01-30-at-10-26-15-am.png?branch=production&width=1015&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1015 og:image:height: 571 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2018-01-30 at 10.26.15 AM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Stephen Colbert Had All the FUn With That Trump State of the Union Typo twitter:description: Tickets were sent out for the State of the 'Uniom' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4d673fed43b94446/6988f9fb4ee26214de310ab2/screen-shot-2018-01-30-at-10-26-15-am.png?branch=production&width=1015&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Stephen Colbert Laughed All the Way to the Bank About That Viral Trump State of the Union Typo > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 30, 2018 3:39 PM UTC  CBS  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 30, 2018 3:39 PM UTC [Stephen Colbert](http://time.com/5100694/stephen-colbert-donald-trump-shithole-countries/) had no reservations about taking aim at the [typo on the tickets](http://time.com/5123902/state-of-the-union-tickets-typo/) for [President Donald Trump’s](http://time.com/5123524/donald-trump-state-of-the-union-script/) 2018 [State of the Union](http://time.com/5123830/state-union-2018-democrats-skipping/) address. After a photo of one of the misspelled invites went viral on Monday, the _Late Show_ host devoted a portion of his opening monologue to analyzing the State of the “Uniom” error. “The administration wants to showcase what the country is like now that the Republicans are in charge of everything. And they may have done just that because they sent out these actual tickets to see the State of the ‘Uniom,'” he cracked. “They’re going to reprint the tickets and they’re going to recall the old ones which could be tough because I’ve seen members of the Trump administration testify and they can’t recall anything.” Colbert went on to muse that perhaps the spelling snafu wasn’t a mistake at all. “Maybe it’s not a typo. I mean, Donald Trump said he would shake things up, he would change things. 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