--- title: Stephen Colbert Drops Christmas Carol Warning on Trump description: Stephen Colbert is kicking off the holiday season in the only way he knows how these days — by taking some shots at President Donald Trump. canonical: https://time.com/5466802/colbert-on-mueller/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-11-29T15:49:54.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:56:14.050Z og:title: Stephen Colbert Drops Christmas Carol Warning on Trump og:description: With a classic rendition of 'Mueller Claus Is Coming to Town' og:url: https://time.com/5466802/colbert-on-mueller/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb8a1a838fb745d06/6989403486f68eda9e6ead34/screen-shot-2018-11-29-at-10-14-46-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-Christmas-Carol og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Stephen Colbert Drops Christmas Carol Warning on Trump twitter:description: With a classic rendition of 'Mueller Claus Is Coming to Town' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb8a1a838fb745d06/6989403486f68eda9e6ead34/screen-shot-2018-11-29-at-10-14-46-am.png?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'Mueller Claus Is Comin' to Town.' Stephen Colbert Drops a Christmas Warning on Trump  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Nov 29, 2018 3:49 PM UTC  CBS/The Late Show With Stephen Colbert  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Nov 29, 2018 3:49 PM UTC [Stephen Colbert](http://time.com/5456934/stephen-colbert-trump-worn-down/) is kicking off the [holiday season](http://time.com/5454985/white-house-christmas-2018/) in what seems to be the only way he knows how these days — by taking some shots at [President Donald Trump](http://time.com/5466034/trump-pardon-manafort/). During Wednesday’s episode of _The Late Show_, the host welcomed viewers back following a Thanksgiving hiatus by performing a Trump-inspired cover of “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town.” Colbert explained that the political carol, dubbed “Mueller Claus Is Comin’ to Town,” was intended to send a message to the President about what’s in store for him as special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation kicks into “high gear.” “He sees you when you’re tweeting, he knows your hair is fake,” Colbert sang. “He knows when you’ve been bad or bad because you’re bad for goodness sake. You’re bad!” Colbert then launched into a detailed breakdown of the [controversy surrounding Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort.](http://time.com/5464153/robert-mueller-accusing-paul-manafort-lying/) Watch the full clip below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5466802/colbert-on-mueller/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5466802/colbert-on-mueller/"},"headline":"'Mueller Claus Is Comin' to Town.' 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