--- title: Stephen Colbert Agrees With Steve Bannon in the Trump Book description: Stephen Colbert seems to have chosen the side of Steve Bannon in the feud between President Donald Trump and his former chief strategist. canonical: https://time.com/5089613/stephen-colbert-steve-bannon-trump-book/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-05T16:02:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:49:33.436Z og:title: Stephen Colbert Agrees With Steve Bannon About This One Thing og:description: The Late Show host weighed in on that explosive new Trump book og:url: https://time.com/5089613/stephen-colbert-steve-bannon-trump-book/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5c9c571b97983a3f/6988f7310a4a2242bb9d14b1/screen-shot-2018-01-05-at-10-20-01-am.png?branch=production&width=1138&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1138 og:image:height: 640 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2018-01-05 at 10.20.01 AM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Stephen Colbert Agrees With Steve Bannon About This One Thing twitter:description: The Late Show host weighed in on that explosive new Trump book twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5c9c571b97983a3f/6988f7310a4a2242bb9d14b1/screen-shot-2018-01-05-at-10-20-01-am.png?branch=production&width=1138&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Stephen Colbert Agrees With Steve Bannon About This One Thing > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 5, 2018 4:02 PM UTC  CBS  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 5, 2018 4:02 PM UTC Stephen Colbert seems to have officially chosen the side of [Steve Bannon](http://time.com/5089015/steve-bannon-loses-support-rebekah-mercer/) in the ongoing [potential legal issues](http://time.com/5087774/michael-wolff-book-cease-desist-letter-steve-bannon/) between President Donald Trump and his former chief strategist. Amidst the drama surrounding the release of journalist [Michael Wolff’s](http://time.com/5089521/michael-wolff-fire-fury-donald-trump-book/) explosive new book, [_F_ _ire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House_](http://time.com/5089289/donald-trump-fire-fury-book-steve-bannon/), Colbert took some time to share his take on the situation. “Remember that meeting in Trump tower between Jared \[Kushner\], \[Paul\] Manafort, Don Jr. and a Russian lawyer? They don’t,” the _Late Show_ host quipped during Thursday’s episode, referencing an excerpt from Wolff’s book that was published by [_The Guardian_](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jan/03/donald-trump-russia-steve-bannon-michael-wolff). “But Steve Bannon does. And Bannon says it was ‘treasonous.’ Oh my…What is that? I agree with Steve Bannon.” Colbert went on to discuss [Trump’s recent claim](http://time.com/5086254/trump-steve-bannon-book/) that Bannon had no influence on him or his presidency. “He has absolutely no influence over me other than being my chief political strategist and convincing me to support an accused child molester for Senate,” he mocked Trump. 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