--- --- # Stephen Colbert Calls Donald Trump 'America's Gullible Uncle' in This Parody Video  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Feb 28, 2017 4:12 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Feb 28, 2017 4:12 PM UTC Following the [_New York Times_‘ powerful “The Truth Is Hard” Oscars ad spot](http://fortune.com/2017/02/23/new-york-times-tv-ad-oscars/), _The Late Show_‘s [Stephen Colbert](http://time.com/4682029/stephen-colbert-trump-friendly-news-special/) made an ad of his own, taking ample inspiration from the Gray Lady. In the original commercial, the _New York Times_ ruminates on what “the truth is,” exploring different takes on the phrase before ending with the messages, “the truth is hard to find,” “hard to know” and “more important now than ever.” For Colbert’s spoof commercial, a promo for the _Late Show_, he replaced the main phrase with [Donald Trump, using it as a way to joke about the president](http://time.com/4656270/jon-stewart-stephen-colbert-the-late-show-the-daily-show/). Some of the most memorable phrases from Colbert’s parody? “Trump is a bully,” “Trump is America’s gullible uncle” and “Trump is Willy Wonka who has been genetically cross-bred with a carnivorous Oompa Loompa.” Like the _Times_‘ commercial, Colbert’s spot ends with a succint message: “Trump is speaking to Congress Tuesday night. We’ll be live. Afterwards.” Watch the full ad spot below. > [](https://twitter.com/colbertlateshow/status/836336378224885760) Stephen Colbert Trolls Donald Trump With New York Times Ad ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4685426/stephen-colbert-trump-nytimes-ad/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4685426/stephen-colbert-trump-nytimes-ad/"},"headline":"Stephen Colbert Calls Donald Trump 'America's Gullible Uncle' in This Parody Video","datePublished":"2017-02-28T16:12:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:41:29.489Z","description":"Colbert takes a cue from the New York Times","url":"https://time.com/4685426/stephen-colbert-trump-nytimes-ad/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Television","Late Night","stephen colbert","New York Times","celebrity","Donald Trump","the late show","Culture","the late show with stephen colbert"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"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/4685426/stephen-colbert-trump-nytimes-ad/","name":"Stephen Colbert Calls Donald Trump 'America's Gullible Uncle' in This Parody Video"}}]}] ```