--- title: Stephen Colbert on Trump, Ben Carson Museum Visit VIDEO description: Stephen Colbert is continuing his streak of opening The Late Show with a monologue aimed at President Donald Trump. canonical: https://time.com/4678699/stephen-colbert-trump-ben-carson/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-22T16:57:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:41:18.045Z og:title: Stephen Colbert Mocks Trump for His Latest 'Field Trip' og:description: "He was so worried Steve Bannon wouldn't sign his permission slip" og:url: https://time.com/4678699/stephen-colbert-trump-ben-carson/ 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 His Latest 'Field Trip' twitter:description: "He was so worried Steve Bannon wouldn't sign his permission slip" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Stephen Colbert Lampoon Trump for 'Field Trip' to the Museum of African American History  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 22, 2017 4:57 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 22, 2017 4:57 PM UTC [Stephen Colbert](http://time.com/4676887/colbert-on-trump-sweden-tribute/) is continuing his streak of opening _The Late Show_ with a [monologue aimed at President Donald Trump](http://time.com/4676832/colbert-donald-trump-isis/). The host began Tuesday’s episode with a discussion of [Trump’s tour of the National Museum of African American History and Culture](http://time.com/4677240/donald-trump-anti-semitism-remarks-african-american-museum/) — a visit that had been postponed on Martin Luther King Day due to scheduling conflicts. “It was an exciting day for President Trump because he went on a field trip,” he joked in a singsongy voice. “He was so worried Steve Bannon wouldn’t sign his permission slip.” Colbert then moved on to Trump’s comments on his Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Ben Carson. “Yes, Trump really started something by hiring Ben Carson,” he said, echoing a statement made by the president during his speech. “It is the greatest achievement for African Americans since about four weeks ago when we had a black president.” Watch the full clip below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4678699/stephen-colbert-trump-ben-carson/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4678699/stephen-colbert-trump-ben-carson/"},"headline":"Watch Stephen Colbert Lampoon Trump for 'Field Trip' to the Museum of African American History","datePublished":"2017-02-22T16:57:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:41:18.045Z","description":"\"He was so worried Steve Bannon wouldn't sign his permission slip\"","url":"https://time.com/4678699/stephen-colbert-trump-ben-carson/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","politics","stephen colbert","TV","Donald Trump","the late show","Late Night Television","the late show with stephen colbert"],"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/4678699/stephen-colbert-trump-ben-carson/","name":"Watch Stephen Colbert Lampoon Trump for 'Field Trip' to the Museum of African American History"}}]}] ```