Overview
- In a Late Show monologue, Stephen Colbert told President Trump "F‑‑k you" after Trump labeled Chicago "the worst and most dangerous city in the world" and called it the "murder capital."
- Trump has signaled a possible National Guard deployment to Chicago, telling reporters "we’re going in" before adding he did not say when, and no deployment has occurred.
- Illinois officials were reported to have rejected the idea of federal intervention as "unhinged," following Trump’s posts citing a holiday weekend surge in shootings.
- Colbert defended Chicago and cited FBI figures saying 22 major cities have higher murder rates, a point conservative outlets noted came from a Newsweek list limited to cities over 100,000 residents.
- The White House escalated the back‑and‑forth, with spokeswoman Liz Huston telling Fox News Digital that Colbert is a "talentless hack" as partisan media amplified the dispute.