--- title: Davos: Stephen Colbert Spoofs Trump and Macron Conversation description: In the wake of President Trump traveling to Davos, Stephen Colbert showed off his best impression of French President Emmanuel Macron. canonical: https://time.com/5118413/stephen-colbert-trump-macron-davos/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-25T16:16:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:50:03.721Z og:title: Stephen Colbert Trolls Trump With Emmanuel Macron Impression og:description: In honor of Davos og:url: https://time.com/5118413/stephen-colbert-trump-macron-davos/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1bdd3a2090f89e29/6988f9768fd2ee636835a717/screen-shot-2018-01-25-at-10-50-57-am.png?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2018-01-25 at 10.50.57 AM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Stephen Colbert Trolls Trump With Emmanuel Macron Impression twitter:description: In honor of Davos twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1bdd3a2090f89e29/6988f9768fd2ee636835a717/screen-shot-2018-01-25-at-10-50-57-am.png?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Stephen Colbert Trolls Trump With An Emmanuel Macron Impression in Honor of Davos  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 25, 2018 4:16 PM UTC  CBS  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 25, 2018 4:16 PM UTC In the wake of [President Donald Trump](http://time.com/5118038/global-elite-donald-trump/) traveling to the [World Economic Forum](http://time.com/5118030/america-no-longer-matters-davos-donald-trump/) in [Davos, Switzerland](http://time.com/5109012/davos-2018-what-to-watch/), Stephen Colbert showed off his best impression of French President Emmanuel Macron prompting Trump to attend the summit. During Wednesday’s episode of _The Late Show_, Colbert touched on a [reported phone call](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/01/how-mike-pence-and-emmanuel-macron-double-teamed-trump) between the two leaders, sharing his take on what Macron’s attempt to convince Trump to make an appearance at the gathering of global elite. “When he learned that Trump wasn’t planning on going, Macron [‘slyly encouraged him to take his “America first” bravado to Davos.’](https://www.axios.com/how-trump-ended-up-in-davos-1516703966-a7a1b914-457c-4d14-a9f0-48528ade712a.html) Macron is clearly just trying to embarrass Trump here right,” the host said, before switching to a French accent. “Oui oui, go to Davos, Monsieur Trump. They will love you there. Wear that wonderful hat with the words on it and one of those ties that goes down to your knees. It’s très chic!” Watch the full clip below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5118413/stephen-colbert-trump-macron-davos/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5118413/stephen-colbert-trump-macron-davos/"},"headline":"Stephen Colbert Trolls Trump With An Emmanuel Macron Impression in Honor of Davos","datePublished":"2018-01-25T16:16:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:50:03.721Z","description":"The French President reportedly convinced Trump to attend the summit","url":"https://time.com/5118413/stephen-colbert-trump-macron-davos/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","stephen colbert","TV","Late Night Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1bdd3a2090f89e29/6988f9768fd2ee636835a717/screen-shot-2018-01-25-at-10-50-57-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/blt1bdd3a2090f89e29/6988f9768fd2ee636835a717/screen-shot-2018-01-25-at-10-50-57-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2018-01-25 at 10.50.57 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/5118413/stephen-colbert-trump-macron-davos/","name":"Stephen Colbert Trolls Trump With An Emmanuel Macron Impression in Honor of Davos"}}]}] ```