--- title: Donald Trump and Stephen Colbert: Who Said It description: Donald Trump and Stephen Colbert play a game of "Who Said It: Trump or Colbert." canonical: https://time.com/4046286/donal-trump-stephen-colbert-who-said-it/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-23T15:57:59.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:25:07.238Z og:title: Watch Donald Trump and Stephen Colbert Play "Who Said It?" og:description: “We need global warming” og:url: https://time.com/4046286/donal-trump-stephen-colbert-who-said-it/ 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: Watch Donald Trump and Stephen Colbert Play "Who Said It?" twitter:description: “We need global warming” twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Donald Trump and Stephen Colbert Play 'Who Said It?' > Sponsored content. 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Colbert demonstrated this by challenging Trump to a game of “Who Said It: Trump or Colbert?” on Tuesday’s episode of _The Late Show with Stephen Colbert._ “For years, I played an over the top, conservative character – not as long as you did, but for many years,” the host jabs. To his credit, Trump seems pretty conscious of his past statements, guessing the speaker of most of the quotes correctly. However, he does get turned around on a comment about the environment. “It’s freezing and snowing in New York. We need global warming!,” is a remark originally made by Trump. 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