--- title: Late-Night Hosts Roast Howard Schultz's Presidential Bid description: In the wake of Howard Schultz announcing a potential presidential bid, the late-night world had some choice words for the former Starbucks CEO. canonical: https://time.com/5515337/howards-schultz-late-night/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-01-29T16:00:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:57:09.849Z og:title: Late-Night Hosts Roast Howard Schultz's Presidential Bid og:description: The former Starbucks CEO was in for some piping hot takes og:url: https://time.com/5515337/howards-schultz-late-night/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf490909ce8cf3ed7/69894423e76ad21644634106/howard-schultz-starbucks.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: howard-schultz-starbucks og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Late-Night Hosts Roast Howard Schultz's Presidential Bid twitter:description: The former Starbucks CEO was in for some piping hot takes twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf490909ce8cf3ed7/69894423e76ad21644634106/howard-schultz-starbucks.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Late-Night Hosts Fully Roasted Howard Schultz's Presidential Bid With Piping Hot Starbucks Jokes > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 29, 2019 4:00 PM UTC  Starbucks Chairman and CEO Howard Schultz speaks during Starbucks annual shareholders meeting March 18, 2015 in Seattle, Washington. Starbucks Chairman and CEO Howard Schultz speaks during Starbucks annual shareholders meeting March 18, 2015 in Seattle, Washington. Stephen Brashear—Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 29, 2019 4:00 PM UTC In the wake of [Howard Schultz](http://time.com/5515050/howard-schultz-presidental-campaign/) telling _60 Minutes_ that he is considering running for president as a [“centrist independent”](http://time.com/5514417/howard-schultz-starbucks-trump/) in 2020, the late-night world shared their piping hot takes on the [former Starbucks CEO](http://time.com/5301100/howard-schultz-starbucks-resign-president/). During Monday’s episode of _The Late Show_, Stephen Colbert roasted Schultz for his connection to the coffee chain. “That’s right, Howard Schultz could be running for president in 2020\. Or as they call it at Starbucks, ‘venti venti,'” Colbert quipped before turning to [Trump’s response to Schultz’s announcement](http://time.com/5514457/trump-howard-schultz-guts/). “Howard Schultz doesn’t have the ‘guts’ to run for President!” [Trump tweeted](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1089881244312178688) on Monday. “Watched him on [@60Minutes](https://twitter.com/60Minutes) last night and I agree with him that he is not the ‘smartest person.’ Besides, America already has that! I only hope that Starbucks is still paying me their rent in Trump Tower!” “Fun fact: Their coffee is Trump’s only black tenant,” Colbert said. [_The Daily Show_ host Trevor Noah](http://www.cc.com/video-clips/mipzah/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-howard-schultz-s-potential-2020-bid--facebook-s-whatsapp-integration---peace-efforts-in-afghanistan) also had some coffee-related humor up his sleeve. “So it would be Mr. Pumpkin Spice Latte taking on an actual pumpkin spice latte,” he joked about a potential runoff between Trump and Schultz.. > [](https://twitter.com/TheDailyShow/status/1090099721610412032) Seth Meyers, on the other hand, went after one Starbucks custom in particular. “That’s right, former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is seriously considering running for president in 2020,” the _Late Night_ host said. “First, he just has to find someone to keep an eye on his laptop.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5515337/howards-schultz-late-night/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5515337/howards-schultz-late-night/"},"headline":"Late-Night Hosts Fully Roasted Howard Schultz's Presidential Bid With Piping Hot Starbucks Jokes","datePublished":"2019-01-29T16:00:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:57:09.849Z","description":"The former Starbucks CEO was in for some steamy takes","url":"https://time.com/5515337/howards-schultz-late-night/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","stephen colbert","TV","Late Night Television","the late show with stephen colbert"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf490909ce8cf3ed7/69894423e76ad21644634106/howard-schultz-starbucks.jpg?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/bltf490909ce8cf3ed7/69894423e76ad21644634106/howard-schultz-starbucks.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"howard-schultz-starbucks","caption":"Starbucks Chairman and CEO Howard Schultz speaks during Starbucks annual shareholders meeting March 18, 2015 in Seattle, Washington.","creditText":"Stephen Brashear—Getty Images","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/5515337/howards-schultz-late-night/","name":"Late-Night Hosts Fully Roasted Howard Schultz's Presidential Bid With Piping Hot Starbucks Jokes"}}]}] ```