“The three very weak and untalented late night ‘hosts’ are ‘fighting over table scraps. [Johnny] Carson did a great job, it wasn’t political,'” Trump wrote, referring to the late, iconic dean of late-night TV, whose run spanned three decades.

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The implication, as many saw it, was that the president thought Carson would never poke fun at Trump. Cue the video of Carson . . . doing just that.

Comedian Mike Drucker, who writes for the show “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee,” posted footage of Carson in 1989 joking about the short-lived game show, “Trump Card.”

“He’s on everything. He’s got his name on buildings, he’s got his name on boats,” Carson said, before his punchline about Trump’s reputation as a hard-driving landlord. “And this show, apparently, is a lot like ‘Wheel of Fortune,’ but instead of Vana White, Leona Helmsley comes out and flips a homeless person into the street.”

As the crowd hooted its approval and Carson continued: “And one of the features each week is called the ‘Eviction of the Week.’ Trump stands under a tenement window with a bullhorn and yells, ‘Come on down!’”

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A couple years later, Carson included Trump in another bit, one that jokingly tied him to the Clinton family.

“Don’t worry about Gennifer Flowers,” Carson said, referring to a woman who alleged a sexual relationship with Bill Clinton in the 1990s. “She got a new job today as a Donald Trump backup mistress.”

The tension between Trump and comedians not named Johnny Carson, especially those who appear on “Saturday Night Live,” is long-running and mutual.

“They’re not, like, talented people,” Trump said, of modern-day late night hosts at a 2018 rally. “Johnny Carson was talented.”

On “The Late Show,” in June, host Stephen Colbert responded to that sideswipe.

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“He is right, Carson was a legend,” Colbert said, before playing more footage of Carson making a Trump joke.

It is not just the president’s gripes that are getting recycled — comedians seem to be reusing their jokes. Johnny Carson would never have done that.