Was his joke the reason why Donald Trump ran for president? Some say so, and it torments him
When the definitive history of Donald Trump’s presidency is written, it’ll likely begin on April 30, 2011, long before he was actually elected.
That’s when Seth Meyers, then the anchor of “Weekend Update” on “Saturday Night Live,” told a joke that, some believe, so infuriated Trump he resolved to run for president.
Jon Rineman, a comedian who grew up in New Hampshire and graduated from Emerson College, wrote the joke. “I’ve been in therapy over this,” he says.
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