--- title: Stephen Colbert Skewers Donald Trump's All Caps Tweet description: ”An all-caps note is not necessarily the way to deal with a hostile foreign leader,” Colbert said on The Late Show canonical: https://time.com/5346761/stephen-colbert-on-trump-iran-tweet/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-07-24T14:40:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:53:59.903Z og:title: Colbert Thinks You've Seen Trump's All Caps Tweet Before og:description: Colbert jokes that we've all encountered Trump's ”an all-caps note” at work og:url: https://time.com/5346761/stephen-colbert-on-trump-iran-tweet/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt25ef55d4a6e634fe/6989360fe76ad2aca863291f/colbertontrumpirantweet.jpeg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: ColbertonTrumpIranTweet og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Colbert Thinks You've Seen Trump's All Caps Tweet Before twitter:description: Colbert jokes that we've all encountered Trump's ”an all-caps note” at work twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt25ef55d4a6e634fe/6989360fe76ad2aca863291f/colbertontrumpirantweet.jpeg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Stephen Colbert Thinks Trump's All Caps Tweet Looks Something Most People Recognize by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jul 24, 2018 2:40 PM UTC  by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jul 24, 2018 2:40 PM UTC President Donald [Trump](http://time.com/5346297/donald-trump-security-clearances/)’s all-caps [tweet](http://time.com/5345601/iran-trump-rouhani-historic-consequences/) to Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani caught the attention of the late night comedy hosts on Monday night. Stephen Colbert noted that Trump went on [Twitter](http://time.com/5345765/trump-iran-tweet/), “punching the caps lock and flooring it”, even though he said it may not be the best form of high-level diplomatic communication. “It seems like an all-caps note is not necessarily the way to deal with a hostile foreign leader,” Colbert said on _The Late Show_. “It’s barely the way to deal with a co-worker who keeps stealing your yogurt from the fridge.” He then slipped into his [Trump](http://time.com/author/aaron-d-miller-richard-sokolsky/) impersonation to add: “‘To the person who keeps stealing my yogurt: NEVER EVER TOUCH MY YOPLAIT WHIPS AGAIN OR YOU WILL SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES THE LIKES OF WHICH FEW THROUGHOUT THE BREAK ROOM HAVE SUFFERED BEFORE. I AM NO LONGER A PAYROLL ASSISTANT WHO WILL STAND FOR YOUR DEMENTED THEFT OF MY HEALTHY DESSERT ALTERNATIVES. BE CAUTIOUS!’” In his tweet, Trump urged Rouhani to “be cautious” when it comes to taunting the United States. “Yes, be cautious!” Colbert joked. “You cross Donald Trump, you’re gonna get what other [dictators](http://time.com/5346555/north-korea-sohae-launch-pad/) got: a friendly summit, a handshake, and if you’re not careful, an invitation to the White House.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5346761/stephen-colbert-on-trump-iran-tweet/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5346761/stephen-colbert-on-trump-iran-tweet/"},"headline":"Stephen Colbert Thinks Trump's All Caps Tweet Looks Something Most People Recognize","datePublished":"2018-07-24T14:40:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:53:59.903Z","description":"”An all-caps note is not necessarily the way to deal with a hostile foreign leader,” Colbert said","url":"https://time.com/5346761/stephen-colbert-on-trump-iran-tweet/","keywords":["Newsfeed","stephen colbert","Donald Trump","the late show","Late Night Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt25ef55d4a6e634fe/6989360fe76ad2aca863291f/colbertontrumpirantweet.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt25ef55d4a6e634fe/6989360fe76ad2aca863291f/colbertontrumpirantweet.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"ColbertonTrumpIranTweet","caption":"","creditText":"","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/5346761/stephen-colbert-on-trump-iran-tweet/","name":"Stephen Colbert Thinks Trump's All Caps Tweet Looks Something Most People Recognize"}}]}] ```