--- title: Trump on Russia: Stephen Colbert Usual Suspects Parody VIDEO description: Stephen Colbert opened The Late Show with a Usual Suspects parody focused on the connections between Trump and the Russian government. canonical: https://time.com/4673203/stephen-colbert-trump-russia-usual-suspects-parody/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-16T16:23:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:41:11.078Z og:title: Stephen Colbert Blasts Trump on Russia in Usual Suspects Parody og:description: "The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was whatever Sean Spicer is saying" og:url: https://time.com/4673203/stephen-colbert-trump-russia-usual-suspects-parody/ 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: Stephen Colbert Blasts Trump on Russia in Usual Suspects Parody twitter:description: "The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was whatever Sean Spicer is saying" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Stephen Colbert Blasts Trump on Russia in _Usual Suspects_ Parody  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 16, 2017 4:23 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 16, 2017 4:23 PM UTC [Stephen Colbert](http://time.com/4670553/colbert-on-stephen-miller/) is continuing to push back [against President Donald Trump’s administration](http://time.com/4671711/stephen-colbert-michael-flynn-resignation/) with his own special blend of political humor. _The Late Show_ host opened Wednesday night’s episode with a _The Usual Suspects_ parody focused on the alleged connections between [Trump’s campaign aides and the Russian intelligence officials](http://time.com/4672853/trump-russia-investigation-puting-congress-flynn/) during the 2016 presidential campaign, specifically Vladimir Putin. Colbert took the place of Kevin Spacey in the bit, laying out the building evidence for Chazz Palminteri’s detective Dave Kujan. “Yes, I do know something,” he said. “And I’m telling you everything, you’re just not listening. I’ve been telling you for like a year, there’s something weird going on between Trump and the Russians. Don’t look at me, look at the board.” Of course, he couldn’t resist a spoof of the 1995 thriller’s most famous line. “The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was whatever Sean Spicer is saying,” he quipped. Watch the full clip below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4673203/stephen-colbert-trump-russia-usual-suspects-parody/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4673203/stephen-colbert-trump-russia-usual-suspects-parody/"},"headline":"Stephen Colbert Blasts Trump on Russia in Usual Suspects Parody","datePublished":"2017-02-16T16:23:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:41:11.078Z","description":"\"The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was whatever Sean Spicer is saying\"","url":"https://time.com/4673203/stephen-colbert-trump-russia-usual-suspects-parody/","keywords":["Newsfeed","russia","Television","stephen colbert","TV","Donald Trump","Late Night Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4673203/stephen-colbert-trump-russia-usual-suspects-parody/","name":"Stephen Colbert Blasts Trump on Russia in Usual Suspects Parody"}}]}] ```