--- description: "It’s never too early to teach kids the danger of sharing" title: Stephen Colbert Burns Donald Trump Jr. for His Halloween 'Socialism' Tweet image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt762fb639aa769ac5/6988e44d0a4a22e3699d08db/stephen-colbert_11012017.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [stephen colbert](/tag/stephen-colbert/) ## stephen colbert Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Stephen Colbert Burns Donald Trump Jr. for His Halloween 'Socialism' Tweet  by [Billy Perrigo](/author/billy-perrigo/)  ## Billy Perrigo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Nov 2, 2017 12:30 PM CUT  Stephen Colbert ends his pun-filled rant about Donald Trump Jr. with a fake "douche" chocolate bar on Nov. 1, 2017. Stephen Colbert ends his pun-filled rant about Donald Trump Jr. with a fake "douche" chocolate bar on Nov. 1, 2017.CBS  by [Billy Perrigo](/author/billy-perrigo/)  ## Billy Perrigo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Nov 2, 2017 12:30 PM CUT [Stephen Colbert](http://time.com/4970357/stephen-colbert-to-rex-tillerson-nobody-calls-our-president-a-moron-except-me/ "undefined") fired shots at Donald Trump Jr. on Wednesday night, after the President’s son [posted a Halloween photo of his daughter](http://time.com/5005219/donald-trump-jr-halloween-socialism-lesson-reactions/ "undefined") that said he would give her candy away to “teach her about socialism.” Colbert mocked Trump Jr.’s tweet: “Yes, it’s never too early to teach kids the danger of sharing.” “On Halloween, kids literally go door to door to get free candy from the neighbors because the kids don’t have it and the neighbors do,” Colbert continued. “That’s socialism.” > [](https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/925495970032443392) The host also described Trump Jr. as a “clone of [Don Draper](http://time.com/3850265/don-draper-women-chart/ "undefined") with the gaps filled in by frog DNA.” Colbert then reeled off a long pun-filled criticism of the Administration, which included zingers like “the top one percent _tobler-own_ 99 percent of the wealth” and “universal _heath-care_… would be a _lifesaver_ for working people”. 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