--- title: Stephen Colbert Finally Agrees With Trump on Something description: Sarah Sanders has insisted that Trump is not a racist. But Stephen Colbert wants people to pay more attention to what Trump has said on the issue. canonical: https://time.com/5369117/stephen-colbert-trump-agree/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-08-16T16:00:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:54:21.408Z og:title: Stephen Colbert Finally Agrees With Trump on Something og:description: At last, some common ground og:url: https://time.com/5369117/stephen-colbert-trump-agree/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6417256a40fb1dd5/698937e122fb851d84e266fc/colbert-trump-racist.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Stephen Colbert Finally Agrees With Trump on Something twitter:description: At last, some common ground twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6417256a40fb1dd5/698937e122fb851d84e266fc/colbert-trump-racist.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Stephen Colbert Finally Agrees With Trump on Something  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Aug 16, 2018 4:00 PM UTC  Stephen Colbert hosts The Late Show on August 7, 2018. Stephen Colbert hosts The Late Show on August 7, 2018.Scott Kowalchyk/CBS via Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Aug 16, 2018 4:00 PM UTC Although White House press secretary [Sarah Huckabee Sanders](http://time.com/5367143/omarosa-manigault-donald-trump-tape-n-word-sarah-sanders/) has said that she can’t guarantee that there isn’t a tape of [President Donald Trump](http://time.com/5369061/president-trump-media-press-fake-news/) using a racial slur, [Stephen Colbert](http://time.com/5366573/nicki-minaj-stephen-colbert-barbie-dreams/) wants people to pay more attention to what Trump himself has said on the issue. During Wednesday’s episode of _The Late Show_, Colbert aired a compilation of all the times Trump has claimed he is the “least racist person” out there. “You can tell somebody is not something when they protest exactly the right amount,” he joked. However, the host then revealed that he does agree with Trump on one thing—a comment he made in 1989 about how he would love to be a “well-educated black.” “I would love if you were a well-educated black too. Specifically, this one,” Colbert said before showing a photo of Barack Obama. 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