Trump Calls Seth Meyers ‘Dumb and Untalented,’ Says Comcast Ought to Pay ‘Huge Value’ for Insulting Him

Whereas it isn’t a stunning response from the president-elect to the Late Night time host, it did seem considerably random when Trump blasted him and Comcast in a late-night social media publish, going as far as to seemingly virtually threaten the mother or father firm.

In a publish shared at 1:24 a.m. ET on Reality Social, Trump wrote, “How dangerous is Seth Meyers on NBC, a ‘community’ run by a really dangerous group of individuals — Bear in mind, additionally they run MSDNC.”

“I obtained caught watching Marble Mouth Meyers the opposite evening, the primary time in months,” the publish continued, “and each time I watch this moron I really feel an obligation to say how dumb and untalented he’s, merely a slot filler for the Scum that runs Comcast.”

“These guys must be paying some huge cash for the best to offer these ‘in sort’ contributions to the Radical Left Democrat Get together,” Trump added. “These aren’t exhibits or leisure, they’re merely political hits, 100% of the time, to me and the Republican Get together.”

He concluded by declaring, “Comcast ought to pay a BIG worth for this!”

Whereas he does not name out any particular commentary from Meyers, the publish did come simply as his Monday episode with friends Graham Norton and Alex Wagner was wrapping up, the place his first monologue joke was about Trump.

He talked about that on Monday, Trump could be sworn in for his second time period, joking, “‘Nicely I am out,’ mentioned everybody doing dry January.”

Then, he later opened his “A Nearer Look” section about what he referred to as the erupting “MAGA Civil Warfare” with an much more blistering takedown of the president-elect.

“We all know little or no about what Trump’s second time period might be like on condition that he has no fastened principals or core beliefs or coherent concepts or constructive options or plans or proposals or insurance policies or values or ideas of any sort,” mentioned Meyers.

His subsequent line was maybe a bit prescient, as he went on to say, “He watches TV after which he scream-posts about what he simply noticed on TV> He is principally an mental Roomba. He goes in a single path till he bumps into one thing after which he goes off into one other path.”

The hard-hitting assaults are nothing new for Meyers, who’s most most just lately criticized Trump’s social media posts in regards to the Los Angeles wildfires, his talks of annexing Greenland and Canada, and … nicely, most of his “Nearer Look” segments these previous few months or extra have been about Trump.

Trump has additionally been constant in his assaults on Comcast and its networks NBC and MSNBC, even going as far as to counsel pulling its FCC license after an unflattering NBC Information report, as famous by Deadline.

His FCC chair appointee Ajit Pai made it clear shortly thereafter that the company has no authority over community licenses, and that information programming is protected by the First Modification.

His subsequent appointee, Brendan Carr, has prompt the FCC can look into complaints of reports protection, together with complaints that 60 Minutes edited a Kamala Harris interview to be extra flattering to the then-candidate.

He additionally referred to as out NBC for permitting Harris on Saturday Night time Dwell of their closing present earlier than the election, citing the equal time guidelines. Trump was given equal time on the community the next day, however Carr nonetheless warned third-party candidates weren’t included.

In the meantime, Comcast is within the midst of making an attempt to spin off its cable networks, together with MSNBC and CNBC, right into a separate firm as media conglomerates proceed to try to pivot with the rapidly-changing business, and cable income continues to say no.

It stays to be seen if Meyers will reply to Trump’s newest assault on him and his mother or father firm, however followers will get their probability to seek out out tonight. It is laborious to think about him staying quiet for lengthy.