--- title: John Oliver Gets Booed During Stephen Colbert Interview description: John Oliver may be known for putting the Trump on blast, but that doesn't mean he thinks that Trump has no chance of getting re-elected. canonical: https://time.com/5527518/john-oliver-on-stephen-colbert/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-02-12T15:50:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-13T08:22:26.856Z og:title: John Oliver Gets Booed for Saying Trump Could Be Re-Elected og:description: "We are two to six years away from the end of his presidency" og:url: https://time.com/5527518/john-oliver-on-stephen-colbert/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8be38854ef15406e/698944fce76ad27c5e634268/screen-shot-2019-02-12-at-10.21.52-am.png?branch=production&width=1170&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1170 og:image:height: 658 og:image:alt: John-Oliver-Stephen-Colbert og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: John Oliver Gets Booed for Saying Trump Could Be Re-Elected twitter:description: "We are two to six years away from the end of his presidency" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8be38854ef15406e/698944fce76ad27c5e634268/screen-shot-2019-02-12-at-10.21.52-am.png?branch=production&width=1170&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Audience Chides John Oliver for Suggesting That Trump Could Be Re-Elected on Stephen Colbert > Sponsored content. 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Meet the Democratic Candidates Running for President in 2020_  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 12, 2019 3:50 PM UTC Meet the Democratic Candidates Running for President in 2020  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 12, 2019 3:50 PM UTC [John Oliver](http://time.com/5437238/john-oliver-last-week-tonight-attorneys-general/) may be known for [putting the Trump administration on blast](http://time.com/5444571/john-oliver-trump-immigration-racism/), but that doesn’t mean he thinks that President Donald Trump has no chance of getting [re-elected in 2020](http://time.com/5460620/2020-presidential-candidates/). During a Monday appearance on _The Late Show with Stephen Colbert_, Oliver was chided by the audience for suggesting that Trump could end up back in the Oval Office for a second term. “I definitely don’t have that kind of optimism,” Oliver said when Colbert proposed that the end of Trump’s presidency could be in sight. “To say we’re halfway through his presidency, I think, is to ignore the concept of a second term possibility. We are two to six years away from the end of his presidency.” The remark prompted a round of boos from _Late Show_ fans, which Oliver chose to interpret as people hoping for Trump to serve beyond the two-term limit set by the Constitution. “Is there some big Trump 2024 fans in here?” he asked. “You’re pulling a different crowd.” Watch the full clip below. ## Transcript [00:01] Democrats are lining up to run against Donald Trump. [00:03] [ MUSIC ] [00:08] With the 2020 election still a ways away, an unusually [00:11] large number of candidates have announced they are [00:12] running or hinted strongly that they will. Here's a look [00:15] at some of the major names who have joined the race [00:17] so far. [ MUSIC ] [00:20] As a law professor, Warren helped create the [00:22] Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Before joining [00:25] the Senate in 2012. She's long advocated for tougher [00:28] rules on banks and corporations and pocketbook [00:31] issues like student loan reform. A [00:35] former member of the House from upstate New York, [00:37] Gillibrand has moved to the left since taking Hillary [00:39] Clinton's old Senate seat in 2009. In announcing her [00:42] run, she cited her experience as a young mom. A [00:48] former state legislator and US representative, Brown [00:50] has represented Ohio in the Senate since 2006. He will [00:54] be pushing a brand of Midwestern liberalism that [00:56] mixes Trump's skepticism of trade agreements with [00:59] Warren's concerns about Wall Street. An [01:03] Iraq veteran and former state lawmaker, Gabbard was [01:05] the first Hindu elected to Congress. But her past [01:08] opposition to gay marriage and interactions with Syrian [01:10] dictator Bashar al- Assad make her a long shot in the [01:13] Democratic primary. [ MUSIC ] [01:16] The former mayor of San Antonio and Housing and [01:19] Urban Development secretary, Castro has an unusual [01:21] resume for a presidential candidate. But he believes [01:23] his arguments on hot- button issues like immigration [01:26] can help him break out. 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