The Corporations Will Always Knuckle Under to Trump

Silence and complicity are good business

When Stephen Colbert first took over The Late Show on CBS back in 2015, he flopped.

For most of his first year behind the desk that had been David Letterman’s home base since 1993, Colbert seemed to struggle to find his own identity as a late-night host, and the ratings reflected his discomfort. The Late Show was often in third place, behind Jimmy Fallo…