Trump’s Late-Night Meltdown About Stephen Colbert Is Actually a Threat

Donald Trump is angry at late-night talk show host Stephen Colbert after watching a PBS interview with him Tuesday night.

Trump took to Truth Social late at night to vent about Colbert, who seems to have gotten under the former president’s skin after saying that Trump would not be returning to The Late Show With Stephen Colbert as a guest.

“I briefly watched an interview of Stephen Colbert on highly government subsidized PBS, and found it fascinating for only one reason—Why would they be wasting time and the public’s money on this complete and total loser?” Trump posted Tuesday. “He is not funny, which he gets paid far too much to be, he is not wise, he is VERY BORING, and his show is dying from a complete lack of viewers—Gutfeld, on cable, is killing him

“CBS should terminate his contract and pick almost anyone, right off the street, who would do better, and for FAR LESS MONEY—Or I could recommend someone, much more talented, and smarter, who would do it for FREE! The good news for Stephen is that the two DOPES on NBC & ABC are not much better than him!” Trump added.

Trump’s post was very over-the-top compared to what Colbert actually said about Trump in a Monday interview with PBS Newshour ’s Amna Nawaz.

“I have had him before, and he was kind of boring. So, no,” Colbert said in response to a question about if Trump would appear again on the CBS show. Colbert was on PBS with his wife, Evie, to talk about their new cookbook, Does This Taste Funny?

This isn’t the first time that Trump has attacked a media network or journalist over their less than flattering coverage of him. It’s also the second night in a row that Trump has complained about late-night TV hosts. On Monday, he ranted against Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon, and called for the return of Johnny Carson to The Tonight Show . It’s unclear whether Trump was just reminiscing about the legendary TV host, who passed away in 2005, or if he thought Carson was still alive and could actually return.

After all, Trump has been showing signs of cognitive decline for quite a while and has mistakenly referred to famous dead people as alive, most famously abolitionist Frederick Douglass . Of course, the former president and convicted felon has also been known to lash out at celebrities who slight him, like Taylor Swift , bothering even his ardent supporters.