--- title: Stephen Colbert on Facebook Massive Data Scandal and Trump description: Stephen Colbert is having to come to terms with the fact that Facebook may be behind Trump's nicknaming abilities. canonical: https://time.com/5208869/stephen-colbert-facebook-data-scandal/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-03-21T14:57:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:51:31.455Z og:title: Stephen Colbert Can't Believe That Facebook Stole Trump's 'One Skill' og:description: The social network has some explaining to do og:url: https://time.com/5208869/stephen-colbert-facebook-data-scandal/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt74d676ccab32d0c2/69892b7ce76ad26b4863173f/screen-shot-2018-03-21-at-10-45-25-am.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2018-03-21 at 10.45.25 AM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Stephen Colbert Can't Believe That Facebook Stole Trump's 'One Skill' twitter:description: The social network has some explaining to do twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt74d676ccab32d0c2/69892b7ce76ad26b4863173f/screen-shot-2018-03-21-at-10-45-25-am.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Stephen Colbert Can't Believe That Facebook Took Away the 'One Skill' Trump Had  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 21, 2018 2:57 PM UTC  CBS  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 21, 2018 2:57 PM UTC In the midst of [Facebook’s massive data scandal](http://time.com/5205314/facebook-cambridge-analytica-breach/), [Stephen Colbert](http://time.com/5192969/stephen-colbert-on-trump-kim-jong-un-meeting/) is having to come to terms with the fact that [President Donald Trump’s](http://time.com/5208707/donald-trump-vladimir-putin-congratulations/) nicknaming abilities may not be what he thought they were. During the opening monologue of Tuesday’s episode of _The Late Show_, Colbert gave a brief rundown of the ongoing controversy, explaining how Cambridge Analytica—a data and political analysis firm that has ties to Trump’s election campaign—collected the private information of 50 million Americans using Mark Zuckerberg’s social network. He then aired hidden camera footage from Britain’s Channel 4 of Cambridge Analytica CEO Alexander Nix revealing that the firm was behind Trump’s infamous nickname for Hillary Clinton during the 2016 election, “Crooked Hillary.” “Wait, wait! They made up Crooked Hillary,” Colbert exclaimed. “Coming up with demeaning nicknames was the one skill we knew Trump had. 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