--- title: Stephen Colbert on Trump Speech to Congress Reaction VIDEO description: Although Trump's speech to Congress received positive coverage from several media outlets, Stephen Colbert's opinion clearly wasn't swayed. canonical: https://time.com/4688402/colber-on-trump-congress-speech/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-02T16:13:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:41:33.227Z og:title: Stephen Colbert Mocks Trump's 'Surprisingly Presidential' Speech og:description: "He shifted from unhinged narcissist to hinged narcissist" og:url: https://time.com/4688402/colber-on-trump-congress-speech/ 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's 'Surprisingly Presidential' Speech twitter:description: "He shifted from unhinged narcissist to hinged narcissist" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Stephen Colbert Blasts Trump's 'Surprisingly Presidential' Speech to Congress  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 2, 2017 4:13 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 2, 2017 4:13 PM UTC Although [President Donald Trump’s](http://time.com/4686828/donald-trump-congress-address-reading-level/) first [speech to Congress](http://time.com/4686866/trump-congress-address-democrats-respond-steve-beshear/) received [positive coverage](http://time.com/4687109/trump-congress-address-travel-ban/) from several media outlets, Tuesday’s address clearly didn’t sway Stephen Colbert’s opinion on POTUS. During the opening monologue of Wednesday’s episode of _The Late Show_, the host called the media out for not holding Trump to a higher standard, citing a [_Washington Post_ ](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/02/28/president-trumps-first-big-address-to-the-nation-annotated/?utm%5Fterm=.8cd9c5edfc7e)article that dubbed his remarks “surprisingly presidential.” “Always comforting when the president surprises you by being plausible,” he quipped before shifting his focus to Trump’s reported shift in tone. “Yes, he shifted from unhinged narcissist to hinged narcissist.” Watch the full clip below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4688402/colber-on-trump-congress-speech/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4688402/colber-on-trump-congress-speech/"},"headline":"Stephen Colbert Blasts Trump's 'Surprisingly Presidential' Speech to Congress","datePublished":"2017-03-02T16:13:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:41:33.227Z","description":"\"He shifted from unhinged narcissist to hinged narcissist\"","url":"https://time.com/4688402/colber-on-trump-congress-speech/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","politics","stephen colbert","TV","Donald Trump","the late show","Late Night Television","the late show wih 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/4688402/colber-on-trump-congress-speech/","name":"Stephen Colbert Blasts Trump's 'Surprisingly Presidential' Speech to Congress"}}]}] ```