Facing mounting political pressure at home, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau used his debut appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Monday to reiterate his intent to run for another term despite acknowledging some frustrated Canadians might be ready for new leadership.

For Canadians who bypass nightly newscasts and head straight to late-night American TV, there was Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert, making the case for Canada. Or more to the point, for himself and his party as it faces down the barrel of a non-confidence motion in the House of Commons this week.

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Stephen Colbert spent years mocking politicians on The Colbert Report. He took a more measured approach to interviewing when he graduated to hosting The Late Show, but even still, the comedian has maintained a certain nimbleness when dealing with sensitive political topics.

A couple of weeks after that tête-à-tête, Trudeau was set to appear as a guest on A Little Late with Lilly Singh, a short-lived NBC talk show hosted by the Canadian entertainer born of YouTube fame. However, the pre-taped segment was quickly cut after Trudeau’s 2001 brownface scandal came to light the same day it was set to air.

Trudeau will then meet with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and co-founder of Malala Fund, Malala Yousafzai, before preparing for his U.S. late-night television debut on “The Late Show” with Stephen Colbert.

The prime minister's official itinerary says the interview will be shot during his trip to New York, where he is meeting with other world leaders ahead of the 78th gathering of the United Nations General Assembly.

Canadians and Americans scuffle over “small issues that matter.” These were our late-night-sized learnings from Prime Minister JUSTIN TRUDEAU ‘s celebrity turn next to STEPHEN COLBERT on Monday’s edition of “The Late Show.

Justin Trudeau's interview on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" began with the expected jokes about bacon and Canadians saying sorry a lot, but the prime minister acknowledged it's "a really tough time" in the country when the host asked about an expected confidence vote in Parliament this week.