Seth Meyers turns to acting to convince 'broke' Donald Trump to accept hilarious fake TV show offer

Seth Meyers reads a scene from "Chicago President"
(Image credit: Late Night)

On Monday, certified billionaire Warren Buffett challenged Donald Trump to release his tax returns, amid speculation that Trump is a mere millionaire, and later that night, Trump tweeted out a photo of himself eating a bucket of KFC chicken (with a fork and knife) on his private jet. On Tuesday's Late Night, Seth Meyers connected the dots.

"Donald, I think you are not releasing your taxes because you don't have any money," he said. "I think you're broke." Meyers suggested that Trump was actually eating KFC in the back of a van, and joked: "I mean, no wonder you're acting so erratically — you're a man keeping a secret that, if exposed, will ruin you. You're like Walter White in Breaking Bad, staying one step ahead of the truth. By the debates, you're going to have a shaved head and a goatee." His team mocked up a photo, and it's not a bad look.

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Peter Weber, The Week US

Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.