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Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, and Conan O'Brien joined forces to respond to Trump digs

How's this for some collusion — on Tuesday, late night hosts Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, and Conan O'Brien joined forces to respond to President Trump's earlier tirade against them.

On Monday night, Trump was in South Carolina for a rally in support of Gov. Henry McMaster, but ended up going on a rant about Colbert ("the guy from CBS" who is a "low-life"), Fallon ("a lost soul"), and their comrade Jimmy Kimmel ("terrible" with "no talent"). "Honestly, are these people funny?" Trump asked. "And I can laugh at myself. Frankly, if I couldn't, I'd be in big trouble."

Fast forward to Tuesday night, when Colbert and Fallon opened their shows with the exact same opening, featuring their video chat with O'Brien — who was not a target of Trump's, and implored everyone to be civil because "if we're not careful, this thing could start to get ugly." Watch the clip, as shown on The Late Show with the Guy on CBS, below. Catherine Garcia