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Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel have responded to claims that former president Donald Trump wants to punish them if he wins the presidential election in November, with both using the opportunity to take a dig at fellow late-night host Jon Stewart.

“Finally, I made an enemies list!” Colbert said at the top of Monday night’s (September 9) episode of The Late Show.

The comedian was referring to a recent Rolling Stone article that reported that if Trump becomes president, he will look for a way to go after the late-night hosts who have made fun of him over the past few years.

“During his 2024 campaign, according to a source with direct knowledge, Trump has raised this topic again, venting about the need to punish late-night comedians for giving ‘illegal’ campaign contributions to the Democratic Party — in the form of jokes and on-air satire,” the report states.

Colbert and Kimmel were both named directly in the report (alongside Saturday Nig