--- title: Stephen Colbert Tried an Intervention to Get Trump to Resign description: The 'Late Show' host Colbert had a message for Donald Trump: "Your friend Vladimir, he's not really your friend, OK?" canonical: https://time.com/5344142/stephen-colbert-trump-resign/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-07-20T15:05:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:53:57.629Z og:title: Stephen Colbert Tried an Intervention to Get Trump to Resign og:description: The 'Late Show' host has a message for the president og:url: https://time.com/5344142/stephen-colbert-trump-resign/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt67ffb3f284c1480a/698935d3929fadd1eabf11f0/screen-shot-2018-07-20-at-10-45-22-am.png?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: colbert-intervention og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Stephen Colbert Tried an Intervention to Get Trump to Resign twitter:description: The 'Late Show' host has a message for the president twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt67ffb3f284c1480a/698935d3929fadd1eabf11f0/screen-shot-2018-07-20-at-10-45-22-am.png?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Stephen Colbert Finally Staged an Intervention to Try to Get Trump to Resign  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jul 20, 2018 3:05 PM UTC  Twitter  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Jul 20, 2018 3:05 PM UTC Leave it to [Stephen Colbert](http://time.com/5340570/stephen-colbert-trump-putin/) to make his best attempt at an intervention speech urging [President Trump](http://time.com/5340877/donald-trump-vladimir-putin-summit/) to let go of his post as the U.S. head of state. The _Late Show_ host, who has been [on a roll lately](http://time.com/5341912/colbert-trump-double-negative/) with his political satire, tried out the cinematic version of a staged intervention for his studio audience on Thursday night, presenting a monologue that cut to the heart of his feelings. “Sir, you’re here because we love our country very much and you are in it,” Colbert joked in the faux intervention statement, addressing Trump. “And we need you to hear some things. When you [attack NATO](http://time.com/5336416/trump-nato-summit-putin-russia-germany/), I feel like I’m being attacked. And your [friend Vladimir](http://time.com/5339793/donald-trump-vladimir-putin-russia-election-meddling/), he’s not really your friend, OK?” Colbert continued: “So instead of [sucking up](http://time.com/5343659/trump-sanders-bolton-putin-white-house/) to dictators, we want you to find a safer hobby, like volcano parkour. Or shark dentistry. Or heroine. We’ve got a facility waiting for you. You can go there any time and we’ll pay for it. [Paul Manafort](http://time.com/5313625/paul-manafort-jail-witness-tampering/)‘s already there.” (Manafort, Trump’s former campaign chairman, is currently in jail awaiting trial on charges of obstruction of justice.) While it’s highly unlikely Trump will ever hear this particular intervention, it’s just as certain that Colbert will continue to make his views on the President’s fitness for office [quite clear.](http://time.com/5323300/colbert-fallon-last-night/) > [](https://twitter.com/colbertlateshow/status/1020152924851204096) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5344142/stephen-colbert-trump-resign/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5344142/stephen-colbert-trump-resign/"},"headline":"Stephen Colbert Finally Staged an Intervention to Try to Get Trump to Resign","datePublished":"2018-07-20T15:05:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:53:57.629Z","description":"\"Your friend Vladimir, he's not really your friend, OK?\"","url":"https://time.com/5344142/stephen-colbert-trump-resign/","keywords":["Newsfeed"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt67ffb3f284c1480a/698935d3929fadd1eabf11f0/screen-shot-2018-07-20-at-10-45-22-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt67ffb3f284c1480a/698935d3929fadd1eabf11f0/screen-shot-2018-07-20-at-10-45-22-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"colbert-intervention","caption":"","creditText":"Twitter","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/5344142/stephen-colbert-trump-resign/","name":"Stephen Colbert Finally Staged an Intervention to Try to Get Trump to Resign"}}]}] ```