--- description: The 'Late Show' had some choice suggestions for how to improve on the seasonal merchandise offerings on Donald Trump's website. title: Stephen Colbert Made Trump's Halloween Merch Much Scarier image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Stephen Colbert Thought Trump's Halloween Merchandise Needed to Be Much Scarier  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 25, 2017 4:46 PM CUT  by [Raisa Bruner](/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 25, 2017 4:46 PM CUT Stephen Colbert has some suggestions for President Donald Trump’s official apparel if they want to really take on the full [Halloween spirit](http://time.com/4994799/donald-trump-pumpkin-hat-memes/ "undefined"). In a video segment shared Wednesday night, the _Late Show with Stephen Colbert_ made pointed updates to the Trump merchandise site. They started off by lampooning the new pumpkin-themed Make America Great Again hats that the [site is now hawking](http://time.com/money/4994680/donald-trumps-make-america-great-again-halloween-hats-sold-out/ "undefined") for the holiday, at $45 a pop. (They’re actually sold out already online.) “Buy one and your friends will get a fright realizing you support a man [who said](http://time.com/4912055/donald-trump-phoenix-arizona-transcript/ "undefined") there were some good Nazis,” the Colbert piece joked. They also threw in some made-up merch of their own: The “ghastly remains of the [dead GOP health care bills](http://time.com/4955799/rand-paul-health-care-bill-opposition/ "undefined")” and a “terrifying shrunken head” featuring [Attorney General Jeff Sessions](http://time.com/4987376/jeff-sessions-senate-hearing/ "undefined"), for instance. Finally, as a last-minute costume idea, they suggest dressing up as the “twins from [_The Shining_](http://time.com/4081333/shining-hotel-horror-museum/ "undefined")” in ribbon-belted green dresses — but with the faces of [Trump’s two sons](http://time.com/4937748/eric-lara-trump-baby-donald/ "undefined"). This is not the first time Trump’s site has gotten into a holiday spirit and decided to sell themed seasonal apparel. For St. Patrick’s Day, they offered a green hat featuring a four-leafed clover instead of a three-leafed clover, which was considered [something of a faux pas.](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/09/us/trump-st-patricks-hats-shamrock.html "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4996828/colbert-trump-halloween/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4996828/colbert-trump-halloween/"},"headline":"Stephen Colbert Thought Trump's Halloween Merchandise Needed to Be Much Scarier","datePublished":"2017-10-25T16:46:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:48:16.591Z","description":"The 'Late Show' had some choice suggestions for how to improve on the seasonal merchandise offerings on Donald Trump's website.","url":"https://time.com/4996828/colbert-trump-halloween/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","fashion","Late Night Television","halloween","trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"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/4996828/colbert-trump-halloween/","name":"Stephen Colbert Thought Trump's Halloween Merchandise Needed to Be Much Scarier"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"This Year's 7 Hottest Halloween Costumes","description":"This Year's 7 Hottest Halloween Costumes","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/lWECB9t9/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2017-10-16T20:07:19.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/lWECB9t9.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4996828/colbert-trump-halloween/","duration":"PT1M51S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4996828/colbert-trump-halloween/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```