--- title: Colbert Slams Trump's Response to New Zealand Mass Shootings description: Stephen Colbert slammed President Donald Trump's response to the mass shootings at two mosques in New Zealand during 'The Late Show.' canonical: https://time.com/5554248/colbert-on-trump-on-new-zealand/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-03-19T15:36:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:58:11.818Z og:title: Colbert Slams Trump's Response to New Zealand Mass Shootings og:description: "The president is anti-Muslim" og:url: https://time.com/5554248/colbert-on-trump-on-new-zealand/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2ce0d726b9bce7e7/698946ea096a94d2426a4c39/colbert-calls-out-trump-new-zealand-response.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: 2019 PaleyFest LA - CBS's 'An Evening with Stephen Colbert' og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Colbert Slams Trump's Response to New Zealand Mass Shootings twitter:description: "The president is anti-Muslim" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2ce0d726b9bce7e7/698946ea096a94d2426a4c39/colbert-calls-out-trump-new-zealand-response.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'Trump Has Trouble Showing Love For Things That Aren't Him.' 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(Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/NurPhoto via Getty Images) NurPhoto—NurPhoto via Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Mar 19, 2019 3:36 PM UTC [Stephen Colbert](http://time.com/5500358/stephen-colbert-trump-national-emergency-conference/) critiqued President [Donald Trump’s response](http://time.com/5552850/donald-trump-white-nationalism-global-threat-new-zealand/) to the [mass shootings](http://time.com/5552219/new-zealand-shooting-what-to-know/) that happened on Friday at two mosques in New Zealand during _The Late Show with Stephen Colbert_ on Monday night. Colbert began his opening monologue on a more serious note than his usual jokes, sending his condolences to those who belonged to the Al Noor and Linwood mosques, as well as the people of New Zealand. He then addressed Trump’s reaction to the shootings, after reviewing comments made by New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern, who asked of Trump in the wake of the tragedy to “send sympathy and love for all Muslim communities.” “Trump has trouble showing love for things that are not him, and he has a particularly bad record with Muslims,” Colbert said. “So he’s in a bind. On the one hand, after a terror attack to condemn the extremist ideology of the terrorist should be a slam-dunk. On the other hand, he can’t jump.” Colbert later turned to comments made by Trump’s chief of staff Mick Mulvaney during an interview with _Fox News Sunday_. To Mulvaney’s statement, “The president is not a white supremacist…I’m not sure how many times we have to say that,” Colbert rejoined by saying “having to say it once is a problem.” Later, revisiting another assertion that Mulvaney made about Trump where he claimed, “I don’t think anybody could say that the president is anti-Muslim,” Colbert didn’t even try to be glib about his thoughts on the matter, offering up this jab: “The president is anti-Muslim.” Watch Colbert’s take on Donald Trump’s response to the New Zealand shootings below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5554248/colbert-on-trump-on-new-zealand/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5554248/colbert-on-trump-on-new-zealand/"},"headline":"'Trump Has Trouble Showing Love For Things That Aren't Him.' 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