--- title: Stephen Colbert Says Being President Has Worn Trump Down description: Stephen Colbert seems willing to bet that being president is really starting to get to Donald Trump. canonical: https://time.com/5456934/stephen-colbert-trump-worn-down/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-11-16T15:55:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:56:05.233Z og:title: Stephen Colbert: Being President Has Really Worn Trump Down og:description: "Trump doesn't like a lot of things these days" og:url: https://time.com/5456934/stephen-colbert-trump-worn-down/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9261c802e18866c9/69893f4822fb851ef5e27306/screen-shot-2018-11-16-at-10-28-06-am.png?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Stephen-Colbert-Trump-Worn-Out og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Stephen Colbert: Being President Has Really Worn Trump Down twitter:description: "Trump doesn't like a lot of things these days" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9261c802e18866c9/69893f4822fb851ef5e27306/screen-shot-2018-11-16-at-10-28-06-am.png?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Stephen Colbert Says Being President Has Really Worn Trump Down  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Nov 16, 2018 3:55 PM UTC  CBS/The Late Show  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Nov 16, 2018 3:55 PM UTC In the wake of a [_Vanity Fair_](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/11/trumps-post-midterms-blues-roil-the-white-house)report that tensions at the [White House](http://time.com/5453979/trump-staff-shakeup-cabinet-white-house/) have reached a new level of “insanity,” [Stephen Colbert](http://time.com/5438911/stephen-colbert-pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting/) seems willing to bet that being president is really starting to get to Donald Trump. During Thursday’s episode of _The Late Show_, Colbert addressed a potential [shakeup](http://time.com/5453979/trump-staff-shakeup-cabinet-white-house/) for Trump ahead of Democratic control of the House of Representatives, which will begin in January. Deputy national security adviser [Mira Ricardel](http://time.com/5455300/mira-ricardel-leaves-melania-trump/) already left the White House on Thursday after first lady Melania Trump’s office issued a statement calling for her dismissal. “Trump doesn’t like a lot of things these days. He’s pretty grumpy. Reports are he’s moping around the White House,” the late-night host said. “\[A\] former staffer says, ‘This is a level of insanity I’ve never seen before.’ A level of insanity this White House has never seen before! 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