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Donald Trump's latest target: Seth Meyers

"Late Night" host Seth Meyers has never been shy about how he feels about Donald Trump.

The host has long lampooned Trump on his show. Meyers was, in fact, the comedian at the 2011 White House Correspondents' Dinner where both he and President Barack Obama roasted Trump. The New York Times reported that that night was an important spark in Trump's decision to actually mount a campaign for the 2016 election.

On Tuesday, Meyers (jokingly) announced he was banning Trump from his show on Tuesday night in response to Trump's ban of The Washington Post.

“So, ball is in your court, Donald,” Meyers said on Wednesday night while reiterating the ban. “Either rescind your Washington Post ban or you’re not allowed to appear on a show you have no interest in appearing on. Although maybe now that you can’t have it, you’re changing your mind.”

Trump responded in a statement to Variety, saying he's repeatedly declined invitations to appear on the show.

“He has begged me to do the show for the last two years. I have told him emphatically ‘no,'” Trump said in the statement. “I only like doing shows with good ratings, which as everybody knows, I only make better [by a lot].”

Despite Trump's comments, Meyers is actually a ratings leader against competition James Corden's "The Late Late Show" on CBS. And Meyers' average nightly ratings, ranging from 1 million to 2 million viewers, is higher than many cable news television shows Trump calls in to on a regular basis.

Trump, of course, has appeared frequently on the late night talk shows, and is a daily target of the host's barbs. It's Meyers' particular brand of comedy, or perhaps that 2011 WHCD, that seems to rub him the wrong way.

Hadas Gold is a reporter at Politico.