--- title: Seth Meyers Jabs Trump for 'DO NOT CONGRATULATE' Debacle description: Seth Meyers joined the masses in cracking a few jokes about Trump reportedly ignoring a warning from his advisers not to congratulate Putin. canonical: https://time.com/5210782/seth-meyers-trump-do-not-congratulate-putin/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-03-22T14:53:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:51:33.366Z og:title: Seth Meyers Torches Trump Over 'Do Not Congratulate' Debacle og:description: The President reportedly ignored an all-caps warning from his advisers og:url: https://time.com/5210782/seth-meyers-trump-do-not-congratulate-putin/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Seth Meyers Torches Trump Over 'Do Not Congratulate' Debacle twitter:description: The President reportedly ignored an all-caps warning from his advisers twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Seth Meyers Torches Trump Over 'Do Not Congratulate' Debacle > Sponsored content. 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During Wednesday’s episode of _Late Night_, Meyers took a closer look at Trump’s [reported](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trumps-national-security-advisers-warned-him-not-to-congratulate-putin-he-did-it-anyway/2018/03/20/22738ebc-2c68-11e8-8ad6-fbc50284fce8%5Fstory.html?utm%5Fterm=.0c5185d021aa) decision to ignore a note in the briefing materials for his Tuesday call with Putin that read, “DO NOT CONGRATULATE,” in all-caps—or as the host called it, “Trump’s native tongue.” Meyers then went on skewer Trump for saying he expects to meet soon with Putin to discuss the arms race and other matters. “Not only did Trump ignore the advice, he went 180 degrees in the other direction. They told him not to congratulate Putin and instead he invited Putin to a get-together,” he said. “That’s like if your wife says, ‘Your buddy Carl creeps me out, I don’t want him hanging around here anymore,’ and you say, ‘OK, totally got it, get it, problem solved—asked him to move in with us.'” Watch the full clip below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5210782/seth-meyers-trump-do-not-congratulate-putin/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5210782/seth-meyers-trump-do-not-congratulate-putin/"},"headline":"Seth Meyers Torches Trump Over 'Do Not Congratulate' Debacle","datePublished":"2018-03-22T14:53:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:51:33.366Z","description":"The president reportedly ignored an all-caps warning from his advisers","url":"https://time.com/5210782/seth-meyers-trump-do-not-congratulate-putin/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Seth Meyers","Late Night with Seth Meyers","TV","Late Night Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"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/5210782/seth-meyers-trump-do-not-congratulate-putin/","name":"Seth Meyers Torches Trump Over 'Do Not Congratulate' Debacle"}}]}] ```