Trump reignites feud with CBS over 'deleted' Colbert interview - years after his claim was debunked

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Independent

Saturday 31 May 2025 13:41 EDT


President Donald Trump posted a video claiming that CBS “deleted” his 2015 interview with Stephen Colbert, resurfacing a debunked claim against one of his favorite recent rivals. Late on Friday, the president reposted a Facebook video on his Truth Social account containing heavily edited clips of his September 2015 interview on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

A message next to the video states: “You are not supposed to see this video. CBS DELETED this entire episode from their official website. You will not find these segments on YouTube either.” However, a quick search on YouTube showed otherwise. Clips from the Trump-Colbert interview are still available to be watched on the official Late Show account. One video has 17 million views. The Independent has reached out to the White House and CBS for comment.

Both the YouTube video and Trump’s post include a portion of the interview in which Trump, then a candidate, touts his plans to build a wall, prompting the audience to cheer. “Oh, listen to this, even with your crowd –” Trump begins. Colbert interjects: “They love the wall. People love the wall.”

Strangely, this isn’t the first time that Trump has made this claim. The president appears to have reposted that same video in his first term in October 2018. Hours later, Colbert posted on X: “I don't know why the president would take time on a National Day of Mourning to retweet something weird like this, but the original clips have always been online. 16 million views.”

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-cbs-feud-colbert-interview-b2761320.html

[kimbutgar]

1. I wondered when the orange Hitler would go after Colbert

And Kimmel and Seth Myers are also probably going to be attacked.

I’m glad the women on the View also gave him the middle finger and still mention his horrendous evil presence.

[Lovie777]

2. He's lost..,,

Next

[BootinUp]

3. This story is what Trump wants you to cover. nt

[SunSeeker]

8. Bingo. nt

[patricia92243]

4. I don't understand this at all. I did read the link article. What is supposed to be said or not said.

[Deuxcents]

6. I don't know if it even matters..it's just a distraction so we won't look into his daily grifting, pardons, etc

[BumRushDaShow]

7. He's (45) referencing an episode from 2015

when he was a guest and talked about immigration and "the wall".

Rewinding from now, he apparently tweeted out some crap about this episode being "missing" 3 years later (in 2018, tweet was deleted) while he was President and Colbert responded to it then -

Link to tweet

Stephen Colbert
@StephenAtHome
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I don't know why the president would take time on a National Day of Mourning to retweet something weird like this, but the original clips have always been online. 16 million views. Here they are:

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
So Revealing!
12:23 AM · Oct 30, 2018

So here it is 7 more years later and Wash. Rinse. Repeat.

[republianmushroom]

5. Yup, total bull shit but the attention he will

on the talk shows. Me, me. me.