{"id":173053,"date":"2025-09-27T15:17:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T15:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/173053\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T15:17:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T15:17:10","slug":"david-letterman-shreds-dictator-trumps-attack-using-1-very-good-throwback-clip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/173053\/","title":{"rendered":"David Letterman Shreds ‘Dictator’ Trump’s Attack Using 1 ‘Very Good’ Throwback Clip"},"content":{"rendered":"

David Letterman<\/a> responded to Donald Trump<\/a> on Friday after the president attacked him and called him \u201cvery highly overrated\u201d in the wake of ABC yanking Jimmy Kimmel<\/a> off the air last week.<\/p>\n

The former \u201cLate Show\u201d host \u2014\u00a0in a video shared<\/a> to his YouTube channel \u2014 said he was \u201cthrilled\u201d to see Trump take to Truth Social<\/a> to question what happened to him and claim that his old show\u2019s ratings were \u201cnever very good.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe looks like hell, but at least he knew when to quit. LOSER!!!\u201d wrote Trump of Letterman.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s post arrived a day after Letterman took on the president<\/a> and Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr, who threatened to strip ABC of its broadcast license over Kimmel\u2019s comments on the Charlie Kirk assassination.<\/p>\n

On Friday, Letterman likened Trump\u2019s post to Santa Claus knocking at his door with a \u201cbig bag of gifts.\u201d<\/p>\n

He quipped that all of Trump\u2019s points were \u201ctrue\u201d before tossing to a 2008 clip of the future president<\/a> remarking on the ratings of the \u201cLate Show\u201d while bragging about his \u201cvery successful\u201d Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy the way, congratulations on your ratings, ratings have been very good,\u201d Trump told Letterman before the audience applauded.<\/p>\n

\"David<\/p>\n

David Letterman speaks on stage at Prospector Theatre in Ridgefield, Connecticut on Tuesday. (Photo by Slaven Vlasic\/Getty Images) Slaven Vlasic via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Letterman said Trump\u2019s remarking on his looks is like the \u201ckettle calling the pot black\u201d and urged Americans to stop being surprised by the president\u2019s \u201clunatic behavior.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a dictator, this is what dictators do, the real question is, \u2018What should we do?\u2019 We would rather not have a dictator,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Earlier in the video, Letterman declared that Kimmel has singlehandedly saved \u201cthe republic,\u201d calling his return monologue<\/a> on Tuesday \u201cperfect and moving.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a smart man and a funny and powerful and just word perfect. … Jimmy really went to work and I thought, in a pretty bleak landscape, his presentation offered a bit of hope,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He called on Americans not to wait until next year\u2019s midterms to respond to Trump.<\/p>\n

Related…<\/p>\n

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