Seth Meyers wants Donald Trump to drop out of the presidential race.
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On Thursday, the late night host joked that if the presumptive Republican nominee would do so, NBC would offer him a television show.
“The idea,” Meyers said, “is that Trump never actually thought he would get this far; he just wanted the publicity and the ego boost that came from running. And now that he’s actually succeeding, he’s trying to undermine his own campaign, so that he’ll lose.”
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“If you drop out of the presidential race any time between now and the beginning of the G.O.P. convention on July 18, NBC will award you a 13-episode scripted series where you would play the president of the United States of America,” he added.
After Trump revoked press credentials for the Washington Post earlier this week, Meyers said he was banning Trump from his show in a move of solidarity for the publication.
“We here at ‘Late Night’ believe in freedom of the press so therefore have decided to stand in solidarity with them,” Meyers said.
Trump hit back by saying Meyers “begged” him to come on the show before. (RELATED: Donald Trump Calls Out Seth Meyers After He Gets BANNED From His Show)
“He has begged me to do the show for the last two years,” Trump said in a statement. “I have told him emphatically, ‘No.’ I only like doing shows with good ratings, which as everybody knows, I only make better.”
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