{"id":153264,"date":"2025-11-26T04:29:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T04:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/153264\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T04:29:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T04:29:08","slug":"david-letterman-never-been-more-proud-of-dictator-trumps-late-night-foe-seth-meyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/153264\/","title":{"rendered":"David Letterman \u2018Never Been More Proud\u2019 of \u2018Dictator\u2019 Trump\u2019s Late-Night Foe Seth Meyers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">David Letterman thinks the kids are alright.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The late-night vet praised Seth Meyers in a new video when the topic of Donald Trump making Meyers his newest target emerged. \u201cThe president of the United States now wants to fire Seth Meyers,\u201d Letterman said. \u201cAnd I thought, \u2018This is just delightful. How do you think that\u2019s going to go? So anyway, I\u2019ve never been more proud of Seth Meyers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Meyers is the latest late-night host to ruffle Trump\u2019s feathers, following the president\u2019s social media rants against Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert\u2014both of whom had their shows taken off the air in the aftermath, although Kimmel\u2019s suspension was brief. Letterman defended both hosts at the height of their showdowns, and he was equally passionate about supporting Meyers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cBut just remember, Seth, things happen,\u201d Letterman added. \u201cYou know what I\u2019m saying?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Late Night with Seth Meyers, Meyers reacting to Trump's post.\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/OO5X6NGFYJBQTP3Q5D3FO73PF4.png\"  width=\"800\" height=\"444\"\/>Late Night with Seth Meyers, Meyers reacting to Trump&#8217;s post. NBC <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Trump wrote on Truth Social that Meyers \u201cmay be the least talented person to \u2018perform\u2019 live in the history of television\u2026 In fact, he may be the WORST to perform, live or otherwise.\u201d He added, \u201cWhy does NBC waste its time and money on a guy like this???\u201d and questioned whether legal intervention should come into play over the host\u2019s jokes about him. He wrote, \u201cNO TALENT, NO RATINGS, 100% ANTI TRUMP, WHICH IS PROBABLY ILLEGAL!!!\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Trump was incensed after a Late Night segment in which Meyers had declared, \u201cIf anyone dares to say anything less than glowing, Trump loses his s&#8211;t.\u201d The president responded by essentially doing just that. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Previous blow-ups over Meyers\u2019 show included Trump\u2019s string of insults against the host in January, when he called him \u201cMarble Mouth Meyers\u201d and \u201cmerely a slot filler for the Scum that runs Comcast.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"FCC Chairman Brendan Carr reshares President Donald Trump's Truth Social post attacking Seth Meyers.\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/PKS6LPAWNNFVLCP5WMNAESIZ5Q.png\"  width=\"800\" height=\"671\"\/>FCC Chairman Brendan Carr reshares President Donald Trump&#8217;s Truth Social post attacking Seth Meyers. X <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">After Trump\u2019s online meltdown, Meyers <a onclick=\"_sendArticleBodyInlineLinkClickAnalytics(&#039;https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/seth-meyers-fires-back-at-trump-for-calling-his-jokes-illegal\/&#039;)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/seth-meyers-fires-back-at-trump-for-calling-his-jokes-illegal\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/seth-meyers-fires-back-at-trump-for-calling-his-jokes-illegal\/\">went after the president<\/a> on his show: \u201cWhat we should be talking about instead is the government shutdown you\u2019re not solving or the food assistance you refuse to fund. Working families are struggling while you renovate your bathroom and you build your ballroom, and that\u2019s why your approval ratings are in the toilet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Letterman, who\u2019s frequently traded verbal blows with Trump, including calling him a <a onclick=\"_sendArticleBodyInlineLinkClickAnalytics(&#039;https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/david-letterman-sounds-off-on-big-tubby-goofball-trump\/&#039;)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/david-letterman-sounds-off-on-big-tubby-goofball-trump\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cbig tubby goofball\u201d<\/a> in September, said he\u2019s \u201cproud\u201d that the new generation of late-night continues to stand up to the Trump administration. Letterman said Tuesday that Trump is \u201cjust a wonder of idiocy. It\u2019s just fantastic. It knows no bounds. And it\u2019s never-ending. He\u2019s our dictator. He\u2019s not going anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He concluded, referencing Trump\u2019s <a onclick=\"_sendArticleBodyInlineLinkClickAnalytics(&#039;https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/testy-trump-lashes-out-at-female-reporter-asking-about-epstein-quiet-piggy\/&#039;)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/testy-trump-lashes-out-at-female-reporter-asking-about-epstein-quiet-piggy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cQuiet, piggy\u201d insult<\/a> to a reporter last week, \u201cIt\u2019s like 18 times the worst behavior anyone has witnessed, ever, anywhere. And everyone seems fine. Think of the worst thing that you\u2019ve ever seen humans accomplish. This is so much worse.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"David Letterman thinks the kids are alright. 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