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Losing Ground
President Trump took a walk on the White House roof on Tuesday, where he shouted responses to questions reporters lobbed up from the lawn, such as “Sir, why are you on the roof?”
On Wednesday’s “Late Night,” Seth Meyers said the incident was a case in point for “the constant tension of the Trump era: Republicans doing something nefarious that will undermine democracy while the president does something weird and dumb that distracts us.”
“And it’s not like you can just ignore it. If the president pops up on the roof of the White House out of nowhere, that’s at least worth a mention on the news. I mean, if Obama had been caught climbing out a window in the middle of the night, I’m pretty sure Fox News would have covered it.” — SETH MEYERS
“Well, I’m supposed to be getting beamed back to my spaceship, but I guess I got the day wrong.’” — SETH MEYERS, imitating Trump
“Although I think I know why he went up there. He can’t answer your questions if he can’t hear them. I mean, if his poll numbers get any worse, he’s going to start doing press conferences on top of the Washington Monument.” — SETH MEYERS
“Meanwhile, if I saw Trump on my roof, I would assume he’s pulling a reverse Santa Claus — you know, going house to house taking toys away from kids. ‘[imitating Trump] I just signed an executive order that allows me to take your Labubu collection.’” — SETH MEYERS
The Punchiest Punchlines (Come On Down, Grandpa! Edition)
“President Trump yesterday was seen walking on the White House roof for nearly 20 minutes. Man, he is so desperate to distract people from the Epstein files, he’s literally doing ‘Hey, look over here.’” — SETH MEYERS
“Yesterday, President Trump jokingly said he is ready to install nuclear missiles on the White House roof. Why not? Under the same roof they just had four years — years of nuclear waste.” — GREG GUTFELD
“In a new interview, Trump said that he’d like to run for a third term, but will probably not seek one. Trump said that he might not be sharp enough in his mid-80s, and then went back to wandering around on the roof of The White House: [yelling toward the roof] ‘Come on down, grandpa!’” — JIMMY FALLON
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