US president Donald Trump on Saturday shared an AI-generated video of him lifting outgoing The Late Show host Stephen Colbert and tossing him into a dumpster, marking a new low in the months-long rivalry.
Following the final broadcast of The Late Show, Trump shared the video on X and Truth Social.
After Trump tosses Colbert into a dumpster on the sets of the show, the video cuts to Trump dancing to the Village People's YMCA before a cheering crowd.
The post drew mixed response, with some hailing it as a return to Trump's direct style of attacking opponents, while many arguing that it was another example of the Trump administration silencing a prominent voice.
"Gather here if you double checked if it was a parody account," said one user, while another added, "This made me laugh, especially the dance at the end."
Trump shared the AI-generated video hours after celebrating the end of Colbert's decade-long run hosting The Late Show.
“Colbert is finally finished at CBS. Amazing that he lasted so long! No talent, no ratings, no life. He was like a dead person," Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social.
“You could take any person off of the street and they would be better than this total jerk. Thank goodness he's finally gone,” his post further read.
CBS announced the cancellation of The Late Show in July last year, following which Trump said he loved that Colbert had been fired from the show.
"I absolutely love that Colbert got fired. His talent was even less than his ratings… I hear Jimmy Kimmel is next. Has even less talent than Colbert! Greg Gutfeld is better than all of them combined, including the Moron on NBC who ruined the once great Tonight Show," he wrote on his social media platform.
In April, Trump shared an AI-generated image of himself in a Jesus-like avatar. The post was deleted following backlash.
In February, the official Instagram account of Trump shared a seemingly AI-generated video of his vision for the embattled Gaza Strip.
The video showed a rebuilt "Riviera" in Gaza, golden balloons with Trump's face on them, golden statues of the President and AI images of him and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lounging on the beach.
