Seth Meyers Mocks Trump Administration Over Cabinet Health Focus and Catapults

Testosterone and the Cabinet’s New Priorities

While the administration faces mounting pressure over inflation and global instability, Seth Meyers noted that the president and his team appear preoccupied with unconventional policy areas. During the July 17 episode of Late Night, Meyers highlighted a recurring interest among cabinet members in American men’s hormone health. He specifically pointed to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., who has repeatedly voiced concerns regarding the sperm counts of teenage males.

“Is this a meeting with the president, or are you a gym teacher subbing in for health class?”

Seth Meyers, host of Late Night

The critique extended to Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, following an announcement that military personnel aged 30 and older will undergo mandatory annual health assessments. Meyers questioned the necessity of this focus, contrasting it with the ongoing conflict in Iran. As NBC reported, Meyers framed these administrative choices as distractions from broader national concerns such as rising costs for housing, gas, and groceries.

The Electric Catapult Controversy at the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit

Meyers returned to a long-running comedic thread involving the president’s fixation on aircraft carrier launch systems. During a July 15 appearance at the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit, Donald Trump criticized the use of magnetic and electric catapults, suggesting they malfunction when exposed to water. Meyers used the segment to dismantle the technical logic of the claims.

The host also focused on the president’s use of the term catapulter to describe a technician he consulted. Mashable noted that Meyers compared this to a character from a children’s book, questioning whether the job title exists or was an invention of the moment. The segment emphasized that despite previous public clashes over the subject, the president continues to prioritize steam-based systems over modern magnetic alternatives.

For more on this story, see Seth Meyers Mocks President Trump’s Comments on Naval Catapult Technology.

Affordability Rhetoric and Cognitive Testing

Beyond military hardware, Meyers addressed the president’s recent comments regarding the Democratic platform. At the Pennsylvania summit, Trump dismissed affordability as a fake word invented by opponents. He instead proposed his own term, dumocrats, explaining the spelling logic to the audience. This rambling prompted Meyers to suggest the 80-year-old president may be overdue for a fifth cognitive assessment.

The president has previously claimed to have aced four such tests, most recently at the Walter Reed Military Medical Center in late May. Meyers, however, maintained that the repeated need for these screenings is not a positive indicator of fitness for office.

The White House Teleprompter Betting Scandal

The segment concluded by addressing a controversy involving a White House technical advisor, Gabriel Perez. The staffer has been placed on unpaid leave following accusations that he used insider knowledge of the president’s speeches to profit on the prediction market Kalshi. NBC reported that the advisor allegedly made approximately $100,000 from these bets. Meyers’ cue card operator, Wally Feresten, appeared during the segment to joke that the incident was unsurprising, characterizing teleprompter operators as bad people.

This report follows earlier segments where Meyers advised media outlets to just hang up on the president during phone-in interviews. The host pointed to recent interviews regarding the late Senator Lindsey Graham, where the president pivoted away from the topic to discuss Trump Derangement Syndrome and voting procedures. Meyers compared the difficulty of managing these calls to the experience of speaking with an elderly relative who has nowhere to be and prefers to fill time with small talk.