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Seth Meyers responds to the President donald trump‘s latest social media tirade, in which he claimed that the TV host The “anti-Trump material” was “likely illegal”.
In a statement shared via Truth Social on Saturday, Trump wrote that late night with seth meyers The host “could do the worst in performance, live or otherwise” after Meyers came under fire. Trump’s speech to members of the US military During an episode on Thursday last week.
Meyers faulted Trump’s post, specifically claiming that Meyers “talked endlessly about electric catapults” by playing a compilation video of the President repeatedly saying “catapults.”
“I’m not a guy who talks about Slingshot. Just ask my friends,” Meyers said, adding that it was Trump who had been discussing Slingshot for years.
Meyers quipped: “Oh, friends are… how would I describe it to you? Okay, so they’re like that… They’re like people who enjoy spending time with you, independent of whether you can give them financial and legal support.”
Meyers acknowledged that Trump had the right to post about him, saying: “It’s your First Amendment right, which I have too, right? We all have it, right?”
The TV host also rejected Trump’s repeated claims that he does not regularly watch Meyers’ show, despite saying that he attended the program in January.
“You wrote, ‘I saw his show the other night for the first time in years,’ but just ten months ago you wrote, ‘I got stuck watching Marble Mouth Meyers,'” Meyers said.
“Stuck?” Meyers addressed Trump. “I find it hard to believe that you let other people decide what to wear. Everything about your vibe screams, ‘I call the clicker!'”
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Meyers demanded an answer from the President, saying: “Which is it? You saw me this week for the first time in years, or you saw me in January for the first time in months? Don’t you remember?”
“We should instead be talking about the government shutdown you’re not solving or the food aid you’re refusing to fund,” she said, calling Trump’s posts a distraction.
Trump wrote on Truth Social Saturday: “NBC’s Seth Meyers may be the least talented person to ‘perform’ live in the history of television… In fact, he may be the worst person to perform, live or otherwise.”
“I watched his show last night for the first time in years,” Trump wrote. “In it he talked a lot about the electric catapults on aircraft carriers, which I complain are not as good as the less expensive steam catapults. He really went off as a deranged lunatic.”
He added: “Why does NBC waste their time and money on a guy like this??? – No talent, no ratings, 100% anti-Trump, who is possibly illegal!!!”
Independent NBC has been contacted for comment. When asked about the post, a White House official cited Independent For Trump’s comments.
During Trump’s speech to members of the U.S. military aboard the USS George Washington aircraft carrier in Japan, the President asked the audience to vote on what type of catapult is better for an aircraft carrier: steam or electric. Many spectators shouted: “Steam!”
“They’re spending billions of dollars to build stupid power,” Trump said. “And the problem is, when it breaks down, you have to send up to MIT, get the most talented people in the world, weed them out, it’s ridiculous.”
Trump added, “Steam, they said they could fix it with a hammer and a blowtorch, and it works just as well if not better.” “And I love the view of the beautiful steam coming off that deck – with electricity, you don’t have that.”
While mocking the speech during his show, Meyers played a portion of Trump’s dialogue for his audience before commenting: “Guy spends more time thinking about slingshots than Wile E. Coyote.”
“After that, they start complaining about how our soldiers don’t arm themselves with rockets anymore,” Meyers said.
“We used to tie our soldiers to rockets and they loved it, but then everybody woke up and they said, ‘You can’t tie a person to a rocket,’ ” Meyers said, imitating Trump. But we remember those days and we are bringing them back.”