NBC Late Night time host Seth Meyers has a principle on Wednesday as to why the practice carrying poisonous chemical substances in East Palestine, Ohio, derailed: Donald Trump. This principle was mainly a retelling of the speaking factors being spouted off by Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.

Throughout his “Nearer Look” phase, Meyers declared, “And by the way in which, rail staff and their unions have been warning for years about deteriorating security situations and demanding higher work requirements. As an alternative, these massively worthwhile rail corporations poured cash into inventory buybacks and dividends and lobbied for security rules to be repealed. For instance, in 2018, the Trump Administration rolled again a practice braking rule meant to maintain oil tankers from exploding close to communities. I imply, of [bleep] course he did.”

Meyers additionally claimed that call proves that “We have been executed a disservice by films that taught us evil guys have been all geniuses and scientists, and we forgot you will be an evil dummy in a ball cap that does not match. What else did Trump do whereas we weren’t wanting? I would not be shocked to learn a headline that mentioned, ‘Trump rolls again rule meant to maintain dastardly villains from tying damsels in misery to railroad tracks.’”

Launching into an prolonged Trump impression, Meyers instructed, “he mentioned to me, ‘sir, please make it simpler for trains to explode close to communities.’”

Transferring on from Trump to Republicans usually, Meyers proclaimed, “So there’s a whole lot of precise coverage Republicans may very well be discussing proper now, like we may power rich corporations to pay for cleanups after disasters, or we may impose stiffer monetary penalties, we may tax them extra and redistribute that cash to staff and security enhancements, require electrical braking methods, or perhaps we may reimpose a few of these foolish little rules designed to, you already know, cease trains from exploding.”

Rule or no rule, since 1990 there was a median of 1,704 derailments per 12 months. Meyers additionally doesn’t clarify why the Biden Administration, with all of its love for trains and infrastructure, didn’t reverse Trump’s determination within the two years they’ve been in workplace.

This phase was sponsored by Arby’s.

Here’s a transcript for the February 15 present:

Late Night time with Seth Meyers

2/16/2023

12:47 AM ET

SETH MEYERS: And by the way in which, rail staff and their unions have been warning for years about deteriorating security situations and demanding higher work requirements. As an alternative, these massively worthwhile rail corporations poured cash into inventory buybacks and dividends and lobbied for security rules to be repealed. For instance, in 2018, the Trump Administration rolled again a practice braking rule meant to maintain oil tankers from exploding close to communities. I imply, of [bleep] course he did.

And I am certain we did not hear about it, as a result of it was the identical day he tried to purchase Greenland or challenged Angela Merkel to a placing contest or drank water bizarre.

We have been executed a disservice by films that taught us evil guys have been all geniuses and scientists, and we forgot you will be an evil dummy in a ball cap that does not match.

What else did Trump do whereas we weren’t wanting? I would not be shocked to learn a headline that mentioned, “Trump rolls again rule meant to maintain dastardly villains from tying damsels in misery to railroad tracks.” 

“We do not have damsels anymore, and it is very unhappy, it is very unhappy, as a result of with no damsels, the villains do not have anybody to tie to the tracks and also you see — and now you see the villains, they’re simply milling about within the practice station with their massive hat, and they’ve a giant coil of rope with nobody to tie to something one of many villains got here as much as me, tall man, evil man, tears operating down his face, after which taking pictures down his handlebar mustache prefer it was a waterslide. Tears flying up after which down. And he mentioned to me, ‘sir, please make it simpler for trains to explode close to communities.’ 

So there’s a whole lot of precise coverage Republicans may very well be discussing proper now, like we may power rich corporations to pay for cleanups after disasters, or we may impose stiffer monetary penalties, we may tax them extra and redistribute that cash to staff and security enhancements, require electrical braking methods, or perhaps we may reimpose a few of these foolish little rules designed to, you already know, cease trains from exploding.