president donald trump is targeting another nocturnal host after previously attacking Jimmy Kimmel i Stephen Colbert.
“Seth Meyers of NBC may be the least talented person to ‘act’ live in the history of television,” the president wrote via his social media platform. Social Truth on Saturday November 1. “In fact, he may be the WORST at performing, live or otherwise. I saw his show the other night for the first time in years. In it he talked unnecessarily about the electric catapults on aircraft carriers which I complain about because they are not as good as the much less expensive steam catapults.”
He continued: “Once again he went, a truly deranged lunatic. Why is NBC wasting their time and money on a guy like this??? – NO TALENT, NO RATINGS, 100% ANTI TRUMP, WHO IS PROBABLY ILLEGAL!!!”
Meyers has yet to publicly respond to President Trump’s online rant, though it is one of many social media posts from the commander-in-chief aimed at various late-night talk show hosts.
Jimmy Kimmel returned to the night on September 23, 2025, after serving a week-long suspension that sparked a public debate about free speech. The Jimmy Kimmel Live! The host was pulled from the air “indefinitely” by ABC on September 17 for comments he made about the suspect in the shooting death of conservative political pundit Charlie (…)
After ABC briefly taken Jimmy Kimmel Live! out of the air after host Kimmel’s comments about the premature death of a right-wing influencer Charlie Kirkthe president openly celebrated the move, which appeared to be politically motivated after the chairman of the Trump administration’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Brendan Carrthreatened ABC, Disney and Kimmel.
“Great news for America: The Jimmy Kimmel Show challenged ratings have been CANCELED,” Trump wrote on September 17. “Kudos to ABC for finally having the courage to do what needed to be done.”
The president then set his sights on the remaining late night hosts, Meyers and Jimmy Fallon.
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Getty Images“Kimmel has ZERO talent and worse ratings than even Colbert, if that’s even possible,” Trump continued in the same post. “That leaves Jimmy and Seth, two total losers, at Fake News NBC. Their ratings are horrible too. Do it NBC!!! President DJT.”
An hour before The return of the show on September 23President Trump took to Truth Social again to threaten ABC for bringing back Kimmel’s show.
“Can’t believe ABC Fake News gave Jimmy Kimmel his job back,” Trump wrote at the time. “ABC told the White House his show was canceled! Something happened between then and now because his audience is gone and his ‘talent’ was never there. Why would they want to bring back someone who does so poorly, isn’t funny, and endangers the network by doing 99% positive Democrat trash.”
Rosie O’Donnell’s feud with President Donald Trump goes back nearly 20 years. Although the two used to be friends, O’Donnell has even claimed to have attended Trump’s 1993 wedding to his ex-wife Marla Maples, a very public spat on The View in 2006 turned into a nasty war of words that lead to (…)
He continued: “It’s another arm of the DNC and as far as I know it would be a major illegal campaign contribution. I think we’re going to test ABC on this. Let’s see how we do. Last time I went after them, they gave me $16 million. This one sounds even more lucrative. A real bunch of losers! Let Jimmy bad Kimmels rot.”
Kimmel it tripled its usual audience during his nightly return after his dubious suspension. According to an ABC press release, 6.26 million viewers tuned in to see him return to the stage on September 24. The host performed higher than normal in the 18-49 demographic, making the episode its “highest regularly scheduled episode in over 10 years”.