Trump calls Seth Meyers ‘dumb’ and ‘untalented’ amid latest threats against Comcast
The IndependentSign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Donald Trump scolded Seth Meyers and NBC, branding the host as “dumb and untalented,” before attacking NBC’s parent company Comcast. The President-elect lambasted the comedian as “Marble Mouth Meyers” stating that he is “merely a slot filler for the Scum that runs Comcast” in a late-night Truth Social rant Monday. Meyers spoke out on Trump’s sentencing on his late-night show Monday telling viewers: “It’s always so weird to hear reporters read Trump’s remarks. On the fires last week, Meyers hit out at Trump’s inaccurate claim about California governor Gavin Newsom when Trump claimed Newsom refused to sign a “water restoration declaration put before him that would have allowed millions of gallons of water” to extinguish the fires.