Donald Trump often rants about various late night hosts he doesn't like, with Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert being two of his favorite targets. But recently on his own Truth Social, the U.S. president turned his attention to Seth Meyers, calling him "the least talented person to 'perform' live in the history of television." (Meyers does not broadcast live, but tapes Late Night in the afternoons and early evenings.)
On Monday, Meyers host responded to Trump's targeted post during his show.
"The president jeopardising food assistance for tens of millions of Americans matters. What matters far less is when the president posts about me, which he did over the weekend, saying, among other things, that I may be 'the least talented person to 'perform' live in the history of television,' calling me a 'deranged lunatic,' and commenting that I 'talked endlessly about electric catapults in aircraft carriers,'" he says in the clip above.
"And look, in general I try to live by the New Yorkers' creed: When someone is ranting and raving about you, ignore them, chances are they're just going to move on and rant about something else. But there is one thing that I simply have to address: You can say I'm untalented, you can say I'm deranged, but I'm not the one who talks endlessly about catapults on aircraft carriers! You're the one who talks endlessly about catapults on aircraft carriers!"
Meyers then played a montage of Trump talking incessantly about catapults.
"Until you said something, I didn't even know that aircraft carriers had catapults! I'm not the talk-about-catapult guy. Just ask my friends. Oh, er, friends are, how would I describe this to you? OK, so they're like people who enjoy spending time with you independent of financial or legal favors you can grant them."