Seth Meyers isn’t buying President Trump’s excuse for not attending the Super Bowl.
After Trump told the New York Post he wasn’t attending the Super Bowl because it is “just too far away,” Meyers joked during his opening monologue on Late Night With Seth Meyers Wednesday (Feb. 4) that there may be other reasons why the president will be skipping the big game.
“Given Trump’s love of football and attention, you might have expected him to show up to the Super Bowl on Sunday, especially since he went to last year’s Super Bowl,” Meyers said during his opening monologue.
“It’s too far away? You know you have your own plane, right? Like, we weren’t expecting you to pile into a station wagon with Eric, Don Jr., and Melania,” he joked.
Meyers noted that Trump’s “excuse doesn’t track.”
“This is the same guy who has done multiple trips to the Middle East and Asia, but San Francisco is too far away?” the NBC star pointed out. “Or is it because they won’t give you a dumb gift for making the trip? Because we know you love a dumb gift.”
The former Saturday Night Live star went on to slam Trump’s presidency.
“I wonder if it’s because there’s another reason he might not want to attend a football game in the current political climate,” he said before airing a clip of Trump being booed at a football game.
“Of course Trump is worried about getting booed,” Meyers said. “His approval ratings are at all-time lows, his party is getting shellacked everywhere.”
Speaking to the New York Post, President Trump gave several reasons for not attending the Super Bowl.
“I would. I’ve [gotten] great hands [at] the Super Bowl. They like me,” he said, before adding, “I would go if, you know, it was a little bit shorter.”
He also went on to criticize Bad Bunny and Green Day, who are set to perform during the big game.
“I’m anti-them,” Trump said. “I think it’s a terrible choice. All it does is sow hatred. Terrible.”
Late Night With Seth Meyers airs weeknights at 12:35 a.m. on NBC.
