Seth Meyers took “A Closer Look” at Donald Trump’s recent catapult-focused press comments on Thursday’s Late Night, a longtime favourite topic of the president’s.
That’s despite what happened the last time Meyers responded to Trump’s catapult fixation in 2025, when the president accused the host on social media of being the one who’s catapult-obsessed — the ol’ “I know you are but what am I” strategy.
“In case you’re not familiar, this is a long-running obsession for Trump,” said Meyers. “And I’m loath to even bring up his catapult obsession because the last time I did, the president posted on Truth Social that I, your beloved talk show host, ‘talked endlessly about electric catapults on aircraft carriers.'”
Nonetheless, Meyers unpacked Trump’s latest rant about steam catapults on U.S. aircraft carriers, on Wednesday, during a defense summit at the U.S. Army War College. In particular, the host remarked on Trump’s use of the word “catapulter” to describe a technician he talked to about the project.
“Is there actually a person with the job title catapulter, or did he just make that up?” said Meyers. “Because I could definitely see Trump saying, ‘I want to meet the catapulter,’ and everyone’s like, ‘Who?’ and Trump’s like, ‘The catapulter, the guy who does the catapult,’ and they say, ‘What does he look like?’ and Trump says, ‘You got a long green body and a red head, and they call him The Very Hungry Catapulter. Very hungry. He’s not done with the leaf.”
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