The national tragicomedy known as the Trump presidency has been tremendous fodder for politically inclined late night hosts. Stephen Colbert has soared up the ratings charts, and Seth Meyers, too, has seized the moment. So it was again last night, as Meyers teed off on the bizarre spectacle of President Trump's first solo press conference in office. The theme was that Trump really seems to hate this new job he's got—and that things may be coming apart upstairs as a result:

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This protracted airing of grievances, the moaning about his coverage, the knee-jerk reactions to questions, like the one he got about a rise in anti-Semitism, in which Trump doesn't even seem to comprehend the issues—it all indicates the job might be getting to him. Further proof lies in the fact that he's holding a campaign event one month into his time in office, signaling the start of the 2020 campaign, God help us all.

"Your birthday is over," Meyers slammed last night. "Get to work."

Except, it seems, he can't. One of many takeaways from this first month is that Trump seemed to think that once he was in office, the criticism would stop and the admiration would start rolling in. Trump likely believes his press conferences should be like rallies—and when they weren't, he brought in staffers to clap and cheer. But that hasn't helped stifle the negativity, and neither has his administration's rank ineptitude and growing ties to a hostile foreign power.

President Trump has been unable to handle it, which culminated in his declaration Thursday that he was not "ranting and raving" at the press, and in fact, he was "enjoying this." As anyone who's been on the Internet knows, saying "I'm not mad, this is funny to me," is the surest sign that you are in fact mad. Meyers pounced on the statement:

"What president hasn't had to say, 'I'm not ranting and raving'? Who could forget Lincoln's Tirade at Gettysburg, or FDR's Fireside Meltdowns, and of course, Ronald Reagan's famously saying, 'Mr. Gorbachev, if you don't tear down this fuckin' wall, I'm gonna lose my shit."

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Later, the president melted down when asked about provocative Russian military actions, veering off into a discussion of a hypothetical nuclear holocaust and fantasizing about shooting a Russian ship that's 30 miles offshore "right out of the water."

"Everyone in this country's gonna say, 'Oh, it's so great," the president said, of his conjectural military strike against a fellow nuclear power.

Meyers saved some of the best material for the end of the segment, when he tackled Trump's interaction with a black reporter at the presser. The reporter, April Ryan, asked if he would include the Congressional Black Caucus in his discussions about confronting the issues facing inner cities. Trump asked, "Are they friends of yours?" and wondered if she could set up a meeting.

"It's racist to assume all black people know each other," said Meyers, still a little shocked. "You don't know all orange people. Hey Donald—can you set up a meeting with Snooki and the Lorax?"

Whether or not the president is cracking up, one thing's for sure: Soon, we all will be.

Jack Holmes Politics Editor Jack Holmes is the Politics Editor at Esquire, where he writes daily and edits the Politics Blog with Charles P Pierce.

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