Seth Meyers blasts Trump’s most controversial hire: ‘We gave him a chance — bye, chance!’
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Seth Meyers never fully embraced the about-face many of President-elect Donald Trump’s critics had taken since Trump won last week’s election, but the appointment of Steve Bannon to chief strategist has apparently diminished whatever hopes the late-night host had.
“They talk about giving him a fresh start like he was on a diet and ate a cupcake,” Meyers said of Trump on Monday’s “Late Night.” “Many in the media are doing everything they can to delude themselves and the nation into thinking this is a normal situation, that Trump’s behavior and campaign promises don’t pose a unique threat to fundamental American principles and norms.”
Meyers was willing to humor the idea of giving Trump a chance, but then over the weekend the president-elect announced the hiring of Bannon. In the position, Bannon will basically be Trump’s right-hand man. This has caused uproar among Trump’s critics, as Bannon is also the former executive chairman of the far-right website Breitbart News and has associations with the alt-right movement and white nationalism. Critics accuse him of promoting racist, sexist, and anti-Semitic views through the website.
“Well, we gave him a chance — bye, chance!” Meyers said. “Thank-you for stopping by. Good to see you, chance.”
He then added: “A quick sidenote to everyone referring to Bannon as ‘controversial.’ He’s not ‘controversial.’ He’s a white nationalist and an anti-Semite. Don’t talk about him like he’s pineapple on pizza.”
Watch Meyers take a closer look at Trump’s appointment of Bannon below:
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