--- ---  # Stephen Colbert Agrees With Steve Bannon About This One Thing  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. Watch the full clip below. Stephen Colbert Agrees With Steve Bannon in the Trump Book ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5089613/stephen-colbert-steve-bannon-trump-book/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5089613/stephen-colbert-steve-bannon-trump-book/"},"headline":"Stephen Colbert Agrees With Steve Bannon About This One Thing","datePublished":"2018-01-05T16:02:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:49:33.436Z","description":"The Late Show host weighed in on that explosive new Trump book","url":"https://time.com/5089613/stephen-colbert-steve-bannon-trump-book/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","politics","Late Night","stephen colbert","TV","Donald Trump","Late Night Television","steve bannon"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5c9c571b97983a3f/6988f7310a4a2242bb9d14b1/screen-shot-2018-01-05-at-10-20-01-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5c9c571b97983a3f/6988f7310a4a2242bb9d14b1/screen-shot-2018-01-05-at-10-20-01-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2018-01-05 at 10.20.01 AM","caption":"","creditText":"CBS","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/5089613/stephen-colbert-steve-bannon-trump-book/","name":"Stephen Colbert Agrees With Steve Bannon About This One Thing"}}]}] ```