Stephen Colbert turned the tables on Donald Trump on Thursday’s (February 26) edition of The Late Show by poking fun at the president’s State of the Union ratings. According to Nielsen figures, Trump’s record-breaking 108-minute speech on Tuesday (February 24) averaged 32.

Stephen Colbert gleefully lampooned the Trump administration’s wartime doublespeak, poking fun at its comical avoidance of the word "war," and its desperate attempts to relabel the conflict in Iran as anything but.

The "Late Show" host mocked the president for slipping in the one area that matters most to him.

"He was asked about what the war's 'worst case scenario' might be, and his answer was not the best," says Stephen Colbert in the Late Show clip above, playing footage of Trump telling reporters the worst case would be "we do this, then someone takes over who's as bad as the previous person."

Stephen Colbert roasted Donald Trump after his State of the Union address saw a decrease in viewers from the year prior, prompting the late night host to call out his own ratings surge. The comedian weighed in on Trump's State of the Union ratings during Thursday's episode of "The Late Show,

Colbert gleefully zeroed in on Trump's SOTU ratings decline, and couldn’t help but point out his own ratings jump by comparison.

Late-night television has always been a battlefield of wit, ratings and egos — a world where jokes sting harder than politics and punchlines spark viral chaos. In America, where billionaires launch rockets and politicians often resort to Truth Social posts,