He even closed things out with a surprising appearance by Sean Spicer, which could very well be the highlight of the show, coming only 15 minutes into things.
One can only imagine what the President’s response will be on his Twitter, as many know he is often not silent to criticism against him, and Colbert will be watching for it.
One thing that was surprisingly absent during the musical number were jabs out President Trump, which is something Colbert has found a lot of success and criticism with in the past year.
Not wanting to stray too far from his own status quo, Colbert more than made up for that in the latter half of his monologue, which was almost exclusively dedicated to the Commander In Chief.