On “The Late Show,” Colbert mocked Trump’s “magical carriage ride” with King Charles III, called out first lady Melania Trump’s choice of headwear and slipped in a Jeffrey Epstein–themed jab about the monarch’s disgraced brother, Prince Andrew. Colbert also seized on reports that Trump’s team had flown in his own bedsheets from the United States.

Stephen Colbert was the first presenter out of the gate at Sunday night’s Emmy Awards on CBS and he was met with a hero’s welcome by the crowd, who leapt to their feet to support the late-night host after his untimely cancellation earlier this year as an apparent gift to Donald Trump.

What we need right now are examples of people who understand the strength in empathy and the power of fair and even-keeled discussion.

Donald Trump ’s current state visit to the United Kingdom received the royal parody treatment on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” Tuesday night. In a spoof “The Crown”-esque teaser for a fake Netflix series called “The Clown,” a narrator promised viewers would see Trump meeting King Charles at Windsor Castle.

Stephen Colbert is taking a summer break, with The Late Show not expected back until early September. The comedian has had a lot to deal with in recent weeks following the news that CBS was cancelling The Late Show. On July 17, Colbert told his viewers ...