Paramount announced last week that “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” would be ending in May 2026. While the company claimed the move was a purely “financial decision,” speculation has swirled over whether Colbert’s sharp criticism of Trump had anything to do with his ouster as Paramount looked to get its merger approved.

Loss of Stephen Colbert’s show is another sign of how we are losing our shared ties.

They wrote that the series of events raises “fresh questions about corruption in the Trump administration and President Trump’s willingness to accept payments from entities with significant policy in...