--- title: Seth Meyers on Donald Trump Charlottesville Press Conference description: Seth Meyers took President Donald Trump to task for his controversial comments at his Charlottesville press conference. canonical: https://time.com/4904579/seth-meyers-on-trump-charlottesville-press-conference/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-17T15:43:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:46:34.763Z og:title: Seth Meyers Slams Donald Trump as 'Desperate for Praise' og:description: "There are no fine people marching with Nazis and white supremacists" og:url: https://time.com/4904579/seth-meyers-on-trump-charlottesville-press-conference/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc3dd2e63e1da8ef8/6988da1e0b72e3068f6ef109/meyers.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1500 og:image:height: 844 og:image:alt: meyers og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Seth Meyers Slams Donald Trump as 'Desperate for Praise' twitter:description: "There are no fine people marching with Nazis and white supremacists" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc3dd2e63e1da8ef8/6988da1e0b72e3068f6ef109/meyers.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Seth Meyers Slams Donald Trump as 'Desperate for Praise' After Charlottesville Press Conference > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Aug 17, 2017 3:43 PM UTC   by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Aug 17, 2017 3:43 PM UTC [Seth Meyers](http://time.com/4785882/seth-meyers-on-kellyanne-conway-interview/) has never been shy about telling his viewers exactly how he feels about the President, something that was abundantly clear on his Wednesday night episode where he took the President to task for his comments during a [press conference](http://time.com/4785882/seth-meyers-on-kellyanne-conway-interview/) about the violent rallies in Charlottesville that faced widespread bipartisan criticism. Meyers didn’t mince words on his “A Closer Look” segment as he addressed Trump’s assertion that there were “some very fine people on both sides” at the rallies. “After being pressured into reading a carefully scripted statement denouncing Nazis on Monday, President Trump has spent the rest of the week showing us who he really is — and this is exciting — a lying racist,” Meyers said. “No, there are no fine people marching with Nazis and white supremacists. No one gets accidentally caught up in a white supremacist rally.” Meyers went on to say he viewed Trump’s desire for approval was especially dangerous, given the support that the white nationalist movement has shown him. “He defends the white nationalist movement both because he’s racist and because they show up and they chant his name and the show him love,” he said. “And his brain disease makes it impossible for him to denounce anyone who supports him. What Tuesday showed is that Donald Trump will never change. 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