Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers watch Trump fiddle with banning TikTok as America burns

"With the coronavirus surging and the economy cratering, President Trump is turning his attention to what's really important," banning TikTok, Jimmy Fallon said on Monday's Tonight Show. "What is he doing? Is he the president of the United States or the preacher from Footloose? Apparently this is a very real national security threat, the Chinese government knowing which Americans can and can't dance. I'm sure it has everything to do with national security and nothing to do with the TikTok teens who sabotaged his Tulsa rally — either that or Sarah Cooper's TikToks."

"Trump is playing hardball with China," Fallon deadpanned. "If he bans TikTok, China will only be able to spy on our phones, TVs, cars and refrigerators, so that's where he draws the line." He poked fun at Microsoft's efforts to buy TikTok with a throwback to the '90s, "TikTok 95."

"Meanwhile, with the 2020 election right around the corner, people are now worried that Trump's trying to weaken the Post Office to delay mail-in voting," Fallon noted. "Trump's attacking TikTok and the Post Office. You've got to give him credit: Only he could alienate 18-year-olds and 88-year-olds in the same day. Trump has hated the Post Office ever since they made their logo look just like his hair."

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On top of that, "the Trump administration scrapped a nationwide testing plan because they wanted to blame Democrats for the coronavirus, and as the crisis deepens, the president has decided to focus on TikTok," Seth Meyers said on Late Night. "That's right, instead of stopping a pandemic or helping unemployed Americans, he's pretending he has the power to unilaterally ban a social media app," he said. "I'm almost certain Trump has no idea what TikTok is."

And not only is Jared Kusher reportedly scrapping a national testing plan for poltitical gain "evil, it's stupid," Meyers said. "This is an infectious disease. This virus has traveled all over the world — did they not realize it could travel to red states, too? 'It's a perfect plan, as long as no one from New York ever goes to Florida — @#*%!'" Watch below. Peter Weber