--- --- # Seth Meyers Roasts President Trump's 'Fake News' Accusations by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Feb 17, 2017 5:44 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Feb 17, 2017 5:44 PM UTC After President Donald Trump [held a solo press](http://time.com/4674107/donald-trump-press-conference-media/?xid=homepage) on Thursday, like other late night hosts, Seth Meyers ditched his planned _Late Night_ segment in order to take aim at Trump’s “bizarre” talking points. Trump’s first weeks in office have been [roiled in controversy](http://time.com/4672974/donald-trump-white-house-chaos/?xid=homepage), and during the conference, Trump made a [ false claim](http://time.com/4673993/donald-trump-campaign-electoral-college-win/?xid=homepage) about the size of his electoral college win and dismissed reports of links between his administration and Russia as “fake news.” But Meyers saw a silver lining to it all. “If there has been anything good in this, it’s been watching Trump develop techniques to avoid questions about that Russian contact,” said Meyers, playing video showing off some of those avoidance tactics, including moves Meyers dubs “The Drift Away” and another called the “Pretend I Don’t Hear You.” Watch the full clip below. Seth Meyers Roasts Donald Trump A Closer Look ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4674492/seth-meyers-on-trump-claims/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4674492/seth-meyers-on-trump-claims/"},"headline":"Seth Meyers Roasts President Trump's 'Fake News' Accusations","datePublished":"2017-02-17T17:44:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:41:13.962Z","description":"Seth Meyers has strong feelings about Donald Trump's plan to kick off the 2020 election campaign","url":"https://time.com/4674492/seth-meyers-on-trump-claims/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","politics","Seth Meyers","Late Night with Seth Meyers","Donald Trump","Late Night Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4674492/seth-meyers-on-trump-claims/","name":"Seth Meyers Roasts President Trump's 'Fake News' Accusations"}}]}] ```