Article continues below advertisementThe feud between late-night television and President Donald Trump's orbit has become so familiar that it now functions as its own kind of media storyline. The latest example came this week when White House Communications Director Steven Cheung unleashed a viral tirade against The Late Show host Stephen Colbert.Cheung's attack - posted on X alongside an article about Colbert's final season before the show ends May 21 - called the host "a sad and pathetic excuse for a human being" and predicted that he would soon be forgotten.