Seth Meyers, Jimmy Kimmel aren't thrilled about Trump amping up his North Korea hellfire threats, have suggestions

Seth Meyers and Jimmy Kimmel are scared about North Korea
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After President Trump ad-libbed his threat to bury North Korea under "fire and fury" this week, "the adults around Trump tried to tamp down that rhetoric," starting with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Seth Meyers said on Thursday's Late Night. He didn't find Tillerson's advice all that soothing. "Sleep well tonight?" he said. "We haven't been sleeping well since November. Tossing and turning has officially passed baseball as America's pastime."

Other aides suggested that everybody just kind of ignore Trump's threat, so naturally, Trump doubled down, saying maybe his first threat wasn't tough enough. "Not tough enough? What would be tougher than 'fire and fury'? 'Fire and fury and bees'? 2 Fire 2 Furious?" He noted that the whole improvised threat was apparently because Trump was looking at an opioid fact sheet, which he relied on for his sage advice on beating the opioid crisis. "You know, if you don't want people to start taking drugs, stop making them think the end of the world is imminent," Meyers said.

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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.