“NO TALENT, NO RATINGS, 100% ANTI TRUMP, WHICH IS PROBABLY ILLEGAL!!!” the president wrote of the host
President Donald Trump claimed that mocking him on television is “probably illegal” in a new Truth Social post aimed at Late Night host Seth Meyers.
The 79-year-old president lashed out at Meyers, 51, on Saturday, Nov. 1, after the comedian joked about Trump’s recent comments on catapults during his trip to Asia. Trump called Meyers a “truly deranged lunatic” and questioned why NBC continues to employ him.
Trump Responds to Meyers’ Catapult Jokes
Meyers had mocked Trump’s remarks from Japan, where the president said he wanted to bring back steam-powered catapults for aircraft carriers. On Late Night, Meyers joked, “I’ll try my best to explain the gist of what he’s talking about in a new segment we’re calling ‘Seth Translates Trump to English.’”
He continued by playing a clip of Trump dancing, edited to make him look like an aircraft marshaller, and quipped, “Trump thinks he knows more about aviation than everyone else because he dances like one of those guys that holds the signaling sticks on the runway.”
“Probably Illegal,” Trump Writes
Trump fired back online, saying he watched Late Night “for the first time in years” and called Meyers “the least talented person to perform live in the history of television.”
“In it he talked endlessly about electric catapults on aircraft carriers which I complain about as not being as good as much less expensive steam catapults,” Trump wrote. “On and on he went, a truly deranged lunatic. Why does NBC waste its time and money on a guy like this??? — NO TALENT, NO RATINGS, 100% ANTI TRUMP, WHICH IS PROBABLY ILLEGAL!!!”
Ongoing Feud with Late-Night Hosts
Trump’s comments mark his latest attack on late-night comedians. In August, he criticized NBC for renewing Meyers’ contract, calling him talentless and “the personality of an insecure child.”
The president also previously celebrated the cancellation of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and has targeted Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel. After Jimmy Kimmel Live! returned from suspension in September, Meyers voiced his support for Kimmel, saying it’s “possible to stand up to this kind of bullying and censorship.”
Reps for Meyers and Late Night have not yet commented on Trump’s post.
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