Donald Trump exploded on late-night tv host Seth Meyers Saturday (November 1), branding him a “deranged lunatic” and suggesting his anti-Trump comedy is perhaps “illegal.”

Trump’s fury erupted on Truth Social after Meyers mocked Trump’s obsession with plane provider catapults throughout Thursday’s (October 30) episode of Late Night with Seth Meyers. The comic had performed clips of Trump’s current speech to navy members aboard the USS George Washington in Japan, the place the president complained about electromagnetic catapults versus steam-powered ones.

“Seth Meyers of NBC may be the least talented person to ‘perform’ in the history of television. In fact, he may be the WORST to perform, live or otherwise,” Trump wrote in his Truth Social rant.

Trump continued his assault, claiming he watched Meyers’ present “for the first time in years” and was appalled by the comic’s prolonged phase about catapults. “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.”

“On and on he went, a truly deranged lunatic,” Trump added, earlier than questioning why NBC continues to make use of Meyers.

Trump’s most controversial declare got here when he advised Meyers’ criticism crossed authorized boundaries: “NO TALENT, NO RATINGS” and is “100 [percent] ANTI-TRUMP, WHICH IS PROBABLY ILLEGAL.”

Meyers had joked that Trump “spends more time thinking about catapults than Wile E Coyote” and carried out an impression of the president complaining about navy modernization. The comic additionally mocked Trump’s broader Asia journey, saying it gave him “the royal treatment he so desperately craves.”

This marks the most recent escalation in Trump’s conflict in opposition to late-night tv. In September, he declared Meyers could be the “next” host to face cancelation following Jimmy Kimmel’s temporary suspension. “That leaves Jimmy and Seth, two total losers, on Fake News NBC,” Trump had written.

The assaults apparently rattled Meyers, with business insiders reporting the host “has been freaking out” over Trump’s threats. Television specialists have advised Meyers might certainly be subsequent to go as networks shift away from politically charged content material.

But Meyers hasn’t backed down, accusing the Trump administration of “pursuing a crackdown on free speech” and providing mock reward for the president throughout Kimmel’s suspension disaster. “I just want to say, before we get started here, that I’ve always admired and respected Mr Trump,” Meyers joked to viewers laughter.

The comic maintained his defiant stance: “It is a privilege and an honor to call Jimmy Kimmel my friend, in the same way that it’s a privilege and honor to do this show every night. I wake up every day, I count my blessings that I live in a country that at least purports to value freedom of speech, and we’re gonna keep doing our show the way we’ve always done it: with enthusiasm and integrity.”

Trump has lengthy complained concerning the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) on Ford-class carriers, preferring the older steam-driven catapults. During his USS George Washington speech, he requested navy members which system they most popular, prompting shouts of “Steam” from the viewers.

“They’re spending billions of dollars to build stupid electric,” Trump informed the troops. “And the problem, when it breaks, you have to send up to MIT, get the most brilliant people in the world, fly them out, it’s ridiculous. The steam they said they could fix with a hammer and a blowtorch and it works just as well if not better.”

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