Donald Trump has branded Seth Meyers’ jokes about his journey to Asia on Late Evening “in all probability unlawful”.
Donald Trump has hit again at Seth Meyers over his jokes concerning the president’s journey to Asia
Within the A Nearer Look section aired on October 30, 2025, the late-night speak present host zeroed in on the US President’s remarks aboard the USS George Washington in Japan, the place he criticised electrical catapults used on plane carriers.
Meyers joked: “Trump’s out right here campaigning in opposition to magnets like they personally wronged him.”
He added: “This can be a man who thinks steam catapults are the hill to die on. Not the financial system, not healthcare—catapults.”
The section additionally featured Meyers impersonating Trump’s supply, saying: “I like steam as a result of you possibly can repair it with a wrench. Magnets? You want a wizard.”
The viewers erupted in laughter as Meyers continued: “He’s ranting about catapults like he’s auditioning for a task in a steampunk reboot of Prime Gun.”
In response, Trump referred to as Meyers “a really deranged lunatic”.
He reacted on his Reality Social platform on Saturday (01.11.25): “Seth Meyers of NBC often is the least gifted particular person to ‘carry out’ dwell within the historical past of tv.
“In actual fact, he often is the WORST to carry out, dwell or in any other case. I watched his present the opposite night time for the primary time in years. In it he talked endlessly about electrical catapults on plane carriers which I complain about as not being nearly as good as a lot cheaper steam catapults.”
He went on: “On and on he went, a really deranged lunatic.
“Why does NBC waste its money and time on a man like this??? – NO TALENT, NO RATINGS, 100 per cent ANTI TRUMP, WHICH IS PROBABLY ILLEGAL!!!”
Meyers was among the many late-night TV hosts to rally round Jimmy Kimmel when his present was taken off air by ABC over feedback he made concerning the killing of political campaigner Charlie Kirk.
Seth devoted Late Evening’s A Nearer Look to the president’s relationship with free speech and the media and warned that the broadcaster’s determination to tug the plug on Jimmy Kimmel Dwell! was a “massive second in our democracy”.
He mentioned of the president: “His administration is pursuing a crackdown on free speech — and fully unrelated, I simply wish to say, earlier than we get began right here, that I’ve at all times admired and revered Mr. Trump.
“I’ve at all times believed he was a visionary, innovator, an awesome president, and a fair higher golfer. And in the event you’ve ever seen me say something damaging about him, that’s simply AI.”
