--- title: Stephen Colbert on Trump on ISIS, Media: VIDEO description: Stephen Colbert opened The Late Show by expressing his opposition to ISIS being replaced by the media as America's biggest threat. canonical: https://time.com/4676832/colbert-donald-trump-isis/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-21T15:49:16.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:41:16.071Z og:title: Stephen Colbert Mocks Trump for Dumping ISIS as America's Enemy og:description: Apparently, they've been replaced by the media og:url: https://time.com/4676832/colbert-donald-trump-isis/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: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twitter:title: Stephen Colbert Mocks Trump for Dumping ISIS as America's Enemy twitter:description: Apparently, they've been replaced by the media twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Stephen Colbert Mocks President Trump for Dumping ISIS as the 'Enemy of the American People' > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 21, 2017 3:49 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 21, 2017 3:49 PM UTC [Stephen Colbert](http://time.com/4674480/colbert-on-trump-press-conference/) apparently feels that one group has gotten the short end of the stick since [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4675860/donald-trump-fake-news-attacks/) became president. _The Late Show_ host opened Monday night’s episode by observing that the media has replaced [ISIS](http://time.com/4676520/iraq-mosul-isis-mattis/) as the United States’ biggest threat. Referencing a Friday tweet in which Trump dubbed several mainstream media outlets “the enemy of the American people,” Colbert joked that it wasn’t fair to the terror group. “You know who I feel bad for? ISIS,” he said. “They try so hard, sorry ISIS. If you want to get on the list, you have to publish photos of Trump’s inauguration crowd. 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