‘Fire him, IMMEDIATELY!’ Trump takes aim at ‘no talent’ late-night host

President Donald Trump appears to have had enough of jokes at his expense from late-night NBC TV host Seth Meyers, according to NPR.

“NBC’s Seth Meyers is suffering from an incurable case of Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS),” the president posted on Truth Social on Saturday, according to NPR. “He was viewed last night in an uncontrollable rage, likely due to the fact that his ‘show’ is a Ratings DISASTER. Aside from everything else, Meyers has no talent, and NBC should fire him, IMMEDIATELY!”

Meyers has been regularly targeting Trump with jokes on his show. Some recent examples include Meyers mocking a decline in Republican support for Trump and Trump’s comments to Fox News host Laura Ingraham that America doesn’t have enough skilled workers for certain jobs, according to NPR.

Shortly after Trump made his comments about Meyers on Truth Social, the message was reposted on X by Brendan Carr, chairperson of the Federal Communications Commission, according to NPR. The FCC regulates radio, TV, wire, satellite and cable across the country.

The agency can fine broadcasters for indecency, but has limited authority over content, NPR said. Carr’s reposting of Trump’s comments drew criticism.

Lisa Macpherson, policy director at the consumer advocacy group Public Knowledge, said in an email to NPR that Carr’s actions are a distortion of the FCC’s authorities and an effort to force the media to support Trump.

“Abolish the FCC. The government shouldn’t be pressuring companies with respect to late night hosts, comedians, or anyone else for monologues, commentary, or jokes—whether their words are insightful, ignorant, funny, boring, politically neutral, or politically biased,“ former Michigan Rep. Justin Amash wrote on X, according to Fox News.

Amash left the Republican Party and is a strong critic of Trump.

Trump has previously criticized other late-night hosts including Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert. Carr has weighed in during some of those episodes as well.

Carr said during a podcast earlier this year that there were “avenues” the FCC could pursue against ABC and Disney after Kimmel made comments on the alleged assassin of Charlie Kirk, which Carr said was “some of the sickest conduct,” according to Fox.

“Look, we can do this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find ways to change conduct, to take action, frankly, on Kimmel, or, you know, there’s going to be additional work for the FCC ahead,” Carr said, according to Fox.

Kimmel was suspended by Disney in September, but later reinstated. He apologized if anyone thought he was making light of Kirk’s murder, according to Fox.

Kimmel faced criticism for suggesting Kirk’s alleged killer was a supporter of Trump’s Make American Great Again movement.