"Late Night" show host Seth Meyers had a field day skewering Donald Trump for various senior moments and especially for stepping into it on-stage when he botched Sioux Falls, South Dakota for Sioux City, Iowa — where he was actually stumping.
"A very big hello to a place where we've done very well... Sioux Falls," the 45th president said during a rally speech at the Orpheum Theatre on Sunday. "Thank you very much, Sioux Falls."
The crowd reacted with mixed laughter among some boos and awkward jeers.
Trump then welcomed a man to the stage, who was later identified as state Sen. Brad Zaun, who spoke about his pride to being the first person to endorse the former president. Both men embraced and Zaun could be heard on the hot mic telling Trump: "You're in Sioux City, not Sioux Falls."
Trump could be seen gathering himself and telling him, "Oh. Oh, all right."
He then returned to the lectern to seemingly dress up the gaffe.
"So, Sioux City, let me ask you how many people come — how many people come from Sioux City," Trump asked as the crowd cheered. "How many? Huh? Who does't come from Sioux City?"
More cheers.
The entire slip-up had the host pouncing during his "Closer Look" segment on "Late Night With Seth Meyers" show.
"Nice save dude," said a grinning Meyers. "As soon as someone told him he was wrong, he came back to the mic and said the words 'Sioux City' as many times as possible."
Channeling Trump's voice, Meyers said, "Sioux City. We Love Sioux City. And what better time to be in Sioux City than the fall?"
He continued the bit by pushing Trump's brand, along with his strength and smarts.
"Nothing beats Sioux City in the Fall," he said, still in Trump mode. "Nothing beats Sioux City Falls. Or as I call them: Sioux Falls. So, as you can see earlier, that was not a mistake. It was an abbreviation."
To cover his bases, Meyers suggested Trump would then turn to quickly ad-lib, an absurd alternative excuse to convince any doubters in the Sioux City crowd.
The comedian cajoled: "Also, if you're not buying that, here's a quick hello to my friend in the front row — Sue Falls. We call her that because she trips a lot, and also, it's her given name."
The entire monologue came after Meyers plead a lengthy blooper reel where Trump was featured mistaking Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán for Turkey (Turkey's prime minister is Recep Tayyip Erdoğan), taking a bow for defeating former President Barack Obama (when he actually defeated Hillary Clinton), and claiming windmills were driving whales "batty" to score some energy points.
"Normally, you have to stay till after the credits to get a blooper reel that long," Meyers mused.
One of his favorites form the reel was a Tulsa speech where Trump was mocking Biden and said, "You know, when you do that, you may as well just walk off the stage because the speech is a disaster."
He compared the moment when "Biden so much as stumbles" to Trump's ignorance and confusion. For Biden, Democrats freak out and start talking about who else they can get to run. Republicans are a little different.
"When Trump screws up, Republicans are like, 'Ok, we live in Sioux Falls now. Who cares?' When Trump's president, he's going to rename it on a map with Sharpie," Meyers said, harkening back to the days when Trump doctored an official hurricane map simply because he had no idea what was actually unfolding. It ultimately became known as "SharpieGate." Trump then took the map with him to Mar-a-Lago, as if no one would then remember it happened.
See the clip in the video below or at the link here.
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