On CNN Monday morning, Donald Trump tsk-tsked Chris Cuomo for not congratulating him on winning the Republican nomination. On Monday's Late Night, Seth Meyers said Trump had a good point. "So if you're watching Mr. Trump, congratulations," he said. "You did it! You are a big boy who did a big boy thing, and we are so, so f---ing proud of you." With that out of the way, Meyers took a look at Trump's audacious flip-flopping for the general election. He began by noting that Trump warned us it was coming: "In some ways, Trump reversing himself as soon as he wraps up the nomination might be the least surprising development of the campaign."
All candidates pivot toward the center for the general electorate after their primary race is won, Meyers said, though usually they are a little more subtle about it. On exception was Mitt Romney, whose aide infamously compared him to an Etch-A-Sketch in 2012. "But unlike Romney, Trump is no Etch-A-Sketch," Meyers said. "Trump is a Magic 8 Ball: You shake it up and you can get one answer, shake it again, you get something completely different." He ran through some big reversals on the minimum wage and taxes for the wealthy.
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