--- title: Stephen Colbert on Trump and Arnold Schwarzenegger VIDEO description: “Is this the War of 1812, because the White House just got burnt!” laughed Colbert. canonical: https://time.com/4659481/stephen-colbert-on-trump-and-arnold/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-03T16:36:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:40:46.344Z og:title: Stephen Colbert Is Praying for Trump and Schwarzenegger og:description: “Is this the War of 1812, 'cause the White House just got burnt!” joked Colbert og:url: https://time.com/4659481/stephen-colbert-on-trump-and-arnold/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt50dec2eee85413e1/6988b2700a4a2297b79cc4ed/screen-shot-2016-12-09-at-9-47-43-am.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: screen-shot-2016-12-09-at-9-47-43-am og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Stephen Colbert Is Praying for Trump and Schwarzenegger twitter:description: “Is this the War of 1812, 'cause the White House just got burnt!” joked Colbert twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt50dec2eee85413e1/6988b2700a4a2297b79cc4ed/screen-shot-2016-12-09-at-9-47-43-am.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Stephen Colbert Calls Out Donald Trump for Insulting Arnold Schwarzenegger by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Feb 3, 2017 4:36 PM UTC  Stephen Colbert on The Late Show Stephen Colbert on The Late ShowCBS by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Feb 3, 2017 4:36 PM UTC Stephen Colbert is putting [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4343030/donald-trump-failures/?iid=sr-link6) and Arnold Schwarzenegger in his prayers. In his opening monologue, _The Late Show_ host addressed [Trump’s](http://time.com/4642488/womens-march-washington-dc-donald-trump-action/?iid=sr-link8) speech at the National Prayer Breakfast, or what Colbert calls “the most important prayer meal of the day.” As a professed believer, Colbert enjoys the solemnity of the prayer breakfast as a time for people of all faiths to come together and “share what is most sacred to them.” Trump used the opportunity to bemoan the ratings on his reality show _The Apprentice._ “They hired a big, big movie star, Arnold Schwarzenegger, to take my place, and we know how that turned out,” Trump said from the pulpit of the prayer breakfast. “I want to just [pray for Arnold](http://time.com/4657913/donald-trump-apprentice-prayer-breakfast-schwarzenegger/?iid=sr-link2), if we can, for those ratings.” Former California Gov. Schwarzenegger quickly posted a response to the president, suggesting that he and Trump switch jobs, because Trump is “such an expert [at ratings](http://time.com/4658489/donald-trump-arnold-schwarzenegger-apprentice/?xid=homepage)” while Schwarzenegger proposed he tackle the presidency so that “people can finally sleep comfortably again.” “Is this the War of 1812, because the White House just got burnt!” laughed Colbert. 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