Late-night comedian Seth Meyers mocked presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden for the nickname he gave President Trump during a recent campaign event.
While speaking to the Asian American and Pacific Islanders Victory Fund on Monday, the former vice president debuted the nickname, “President Tweety,” despite previously saying he was hesitant to do so. The moniker was mocked on Twitter, and Meyer added to the pile-on during his show Wednesday night.
“So we take you live now to President Trump’s resignation speech — what’s that?” the Late Night With Seth Meyers host joked. “Oh, he’s not resigning? Why? Oh, because it’s a super lame nickname, and Melania calls him worse things in her sleep? Oh, and I can’t go live because I filmed this on an iPad five hours ago? How’s the future, by the way? Is anything any better? Oh, a little bit worse? OK, well, see you soon.”
Meyers also compared Biden to “your friend who wants to watch your favorite TV show with you but didn’t see the first season.”
In bestowing the nickname upon the president, Biden said, “Trump was out there tweeting again this morning. I call him President Tweety. ‘Reopen the country.’ How are we supposed to do that if you’re sitting on the money small businesses need in order to stay alive? Stop tweeting about it. Get the money out to Main Street.”
Trump has developed a variety of monikers for his political rivals, including “Sleepy Joe” Biden, “Crooked Hillary” Clinton, and “Crazy Bernie” Sanders. He also created for nicknames for several Democrats who have since dropped out of the 2020 race for the White House, calling former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg “Alfred E. Neuman” and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren “Pocahontas.”
