It seems a week of âBlack Lives Matterâ painted on Manhattanâs Fifth Avenue in front of Trump Tower has softened US President Donald Trump. After calling the street mural a âsymbol of hate,â Trump actually approves of it now, âLate Nightâ writer Amber Ruffin cracked on the show Tuesday.
In a segment of âJokes Seth Canât Tell,â in which Meyers gives the setup to jokes he might avoid as a straight white male, the host spotlighted the âBLMâ painting.
âAnd because it was in the middle of Fifth Avenue, Trump shot it,â Ruffin said, referring to a claim Trump once made about being able to gun down someone on the famous thoroughfare and still not lose voters.
Meyers then asked Ruffin if Trump was upset by the new street art.
âNo, he doesnât know how to read,â Ruffin replied. âHe thinks it says Blake Lively Matters. And he loves it!â