Marion McKeone: By getting him fired, Trump has unwittingly cemented Stephen Colbert’s stature as a cultural icon

As the billions of views Colbert draws on YouTube and other social media outlets illustrate, there is an enormous thirst for his brand of political satire, one that Trump’s authoritarian tendencies have not sated

Anti-Trump protesters outside the Ed Sullivan Theater, home of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, to protest CBS's reported decision to fire the longtime host. Picture: Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images

“Thank You Stephen. And f**k you Trump and CBS.”

The message, etched in giant chalk lettering outside the Ed Sullivan theatre on the final night of Stephen Colbert’s Late Show was about as New York as it gets.