Overview
- Trump posted on Truth Social that Seth Meyers has an “incurable” case of “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” called his ratings a “disaster,” and urged NBC to fire him immediately.
- FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr reposted Trump’s message verbatim on social media, drawing criticism from journalists and commentators over a regulator boosting a call to oust a TV host.
- Public figures including Gregg Nunziata, NPR’s David Folkenflik, and scholar Norman Ornstein rebuked Carr’s move, calling it inappropriate for a senior broadcast regulator.
- Meyers’ recent segments highlighted newly public Epstein-related materials and criticized Trump’s comments on H‑1B visas, which the coverage identifies as the trigger for Trump’s latest broadside.
- NBC and Meyers had not issued a public response at the time of reporting, while Trump has dismissed renewed focus on Epstein documents as a partisan “hoax.”