--- title: Stephen Colbert Mocks Donald Trump Nickname President Spanky description: Stephen Colbert reveals the new nickname that Washington officials have for Donald Trump following the Stormy Daniels interview. canonical: https://time.com/5218617/stephen-colbert-on-donald-trumps-new-nickname-stormy-daniels/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-03-28T15:35:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:18.202Z og:title: Nothing Thrills Stephen Colbert More Than a New Trump Nickname og:description: Meet President "Spanky" og:url: https://time.com/5218617/stephen-colbert-on-donald-trumps-new-nickname-stormy-daniels/ 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: Nothing Thrills Stephen Colbert More Than a New Trump Nickname twitter:description: Meet President "Spanky" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Nothing Thrills Stephen Colbert More Than a New Trump Nickname > Sponsored content. 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It explains the politics, personalities and power dynamics behind the headlines, twice a week. #### Where can I get analysis of Washington politics by email? D.C. Brief is TIME's free Washington politics newsletter, available at time.com/newsletters. It is written by a TIME senior correspondent who covers the capital full time. #### Who writes TIME's D.C. Brief? Philip Elliott, a senior correspondent at TIME, writes D.C. Brief. #### Is D.C. Brief free? Yes. D.C. Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3/newsletters?i=a3b1a5fd-cdaf-4f5a-8632-5e13a4a95e71&cr=time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3-v1) ## Video: Stormy Daniels Files New Lawsuit Claiming Her Ex-Lawyer Was a 'Puppet' for President Trump [Watch (HLS stream): Stormy Daniels Files New Lawsuit Claiming Her Ex-Lawyer Was a 'Puppet' for President Trump](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/sYIKrSNN.m3u8) (1:40)  _Published 2018-03-07. Porn actress Stormy Daniels says her former lawyer was a “puppet” for President Donald Trump and worked with the president’s personal attorney to get her to appear on Fox News and falsely deny a sexual tryst with Trump, according to a new lawsuit_  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Mar 28, 2018 3:35 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Mar 28, 2018 3:35 PM UTC While [Donald Trump](http://time.com/5098069/donald-trump-time-magazine-covers/) has given out a number of [offensive nicknames](http://time.com/4213231/donald-trump-ted-cruz-offensive-name/) to others during his time in politics, it appears that the president has gotten a taste of his own medicine, something that has brought nothing but joy to [Stephen Colbert](http://time.com/4011585/stephen-colbert-interview-transcripts/). During the Tuesday night episode of _The Late Show with Stephen Colbert_, the late night funnyman luxuriating in an embarrassing nickname some Washington officials say Trump has gotten following [allegations that he had an affair with adult film star Stormy Daniels](http://time.com/5215421/stormy-daniels-60-minutes-ratings/). Colbert aired a clip from _CNN_ that shows [Richard Ben-Veniste](http://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/tv/tv-guy/os-et-stormy-daniels-march-gives-way-to-james-comey-april-20180328-story.html), a former Watergate special prosecutor, claiming that “people are referring to him here in Washington by a new nickname…he’s now known as ‘Spanky and that’s not a good thing.” Colbert’s response? “I think that’s a wonderful thing,” he said. “This may be the best news I’ve heard all day.” Colbert then encouraged his viewers to show some respect while using the new nickname for Trump, cracking that they shouldn’t address him as “Spanky,” but as “President Spanky.” Watch the full clip below. ## Transcript [00:36] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [00:59] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [01:12] [ MUSIC ] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5218617/stephen-colbert-on-donald-trumps-new-nickname-stormy-daniels/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5218617/stephen-colbert-on-donald-trumps-new-nickname-stormy-daniels/"},"headline":"Nothing Thrills Stephen Colbert More Than a New Trump Nickname","datePublished":"2018-03-28T15:35:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:47:18.202Z","description":"Meet President \"Spanky\"","url":"https://time.com/5218617/stephen-colbert-on-donald-trumps-new-nickname-stormy-daniels/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Late Night Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"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":"https://time.com/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5218617/stephen-colbert-on-donald-trumps-new-nickname-stormy-daniels/","name":"Nothing Thrills Stephen Colbert More Than a New Trump Nickname"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Stormy Daniels Files New Lawsuit Claiming Her Ex-Lawyer Was a 'Puppet' for President Trump","description":"Porn actress Stormy Daniels says her former lawyer was a “puppet” for President Donald Trump and worked with the president’s personal attorney to get her to appear on Fox News and falsely deny a sexual tryst with Trump, according to a new lawsuit","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/sYIKrSNN/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2018-03-07T03:49:19.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/sYIKrSNN.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5218617/stephen-colbert-on-donald-trumps-new-nickname-stormy-daniels/","duration":"PT1M40S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5218617/stephen-colbert-on-donald-trumps-new-nickname-stormy-daniels/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```