Seth Meyers bashes Trumps World Cup appearance in back-to-back late-night rants

Comedian Seth Meyers bashed President Trump during his late-night monologues this week, mocking the commander-in-chief for staying onstage during the celebrations and comparing himself to soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo. During his NBC show “Late Night with Seth Meyers” Tuesday, Meyers took aim at a Truth Social post from the president over the weekend praising Andrew Giuliani, the White House’s point person for the tournament, for “elevating the World Cup to a level that nobody thought was possible.”“Alright, calm down,” Meyers said.“It was already the biggest sporting event in the world.

It’s not like he sold 7 million pickleball tickets.”Meyers also jabbed at Trump’s comments during a pre-game interview before Sunday’s World Cup Final, when the president said Ronaldo has “a much easier life” and that he’d like to trade places with the Portuguese soccer star for “about a month or so.”“‘Or longer!’ yelled Melania,” Meyers said.“You ever watch Ronaldo, like, run full speed up and down a soccer pitch and you’re like, ‘That guy doesn’t work as hard as President Trump?’”During his show Monday, Meyers also took aim at Trump’s World Cup appearance over the weekend – when Spain won its second World Cup title in an extra-time thriller against Argentina.“Lately he’s [Trump] had an especially tense relationship with Spain.

He’s mad at them because they won’t support his pointless war with Iran,” Meyers said, rolling footage of Trump saying he doesn’t “want anything to do with Spain” and to cut off all trade with the nation.“Spain is a hopeless country full of bad people and we will no longer talk to them, do business with them or trade with them, and he for damn sure isn’t gonna be caught dead with them on stage celebrating –” Meyers said.He then cut to a video of Trump on Sunday standing on stage with Spain’s team after their World Cup win.“If you’re surprised he’s up there, you ...