Donald Trump<\/a> has branded Seth Meyers’ jokes about his trip to Asia on Late Night “probably illegal”.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Donald Trump has hit back at Seth Meyers over his jokes about the president’s trip to Asia<\/p>\n
In the A Closer Look segment aired on October 30, 2025, the late-night talk show host zeroed in on the US President\u2019s remarks aboard the USS George Washington in Japan, where he criticised electric catapults used on aircraft carriers. <\/p>\n
Meyers joked: \u201cTrump\u2019s out here campaigning against magnets like they personally wronged him.\u201d <\/p>\n
He added: \u201cThis is a man who thinks steam catapults are the hill to die on. Not the economy, not healthcare\u2014catapults.\u201d<\/p>\n
The segment also featured Meyers impersonating Trump\u2019s delivery, saying: \u201cI like steam because you can fix it with a wrench. Magnets? You need a wizard.\u201d <\/p>\n
\nThe audience erupted in laughter as Meyers continued: \u201cHe\u2019s ranting about catapults like he\u2019s auditioning for a role in a steampunk reboot of Top Gun.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nIn response, Trump called Meyers “a truly deranged lunatic”. <\/p>\n
\nHe reacted on his Truth Social platform on Saturday (01.11.25): \u201cSeth Meyers of NBC may be the least talented person to \u2018perform\u2019 live in the history of television.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cIn fact, he may be the WORST to perform, live or otherwise. I watched his show the other night for the first time in years. 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.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nHe went on: “On and on he went, a truly deranged lunatic.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cWhy does NBC waste its time and money on a guy like this??? – NO TALENT, NO RATINGS, 100 per cent ANTI TRUMP, WHICH IS PROBABLY ILLEGAL!!!\u201d<\/p>\n
\nMeyers was among the late-night TV hosts to rally around Jimmy Kimmel when his show was taken off air by ABC over comments he made about the killing of political campaigner Charlie Kirk.<\/p>\n
\nSeth dedicated Late Night’s A Closer Look to the president’s relationship with free speech and the media and warned that the broadcaster’s decision to pull the plug on Jimmy Kimmel Live! was a “big moment in our democracy”.<\/p>\n
\nHe said of the president: “His administration is pursuing a crackdown on free speech \u2014 and completely unrelated, I just want to say, before we get started here, that I\u2019ve always admired and respected Mr. Trump.<\/p>\n
\n“I\u2019ve always believed he was a visionary, innovator, a great president, and an even better golfer. And if you\u2019ve ever seen me say anything negative about him, that\u2019s just AI.\u201d<\/p>\n
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