The late-night host ponders the possibility of a meaningful conversation with Donald Trump, who he famously eviscerated five years ago at the White House Correspondents Dinner. In 2011, Seth Meyers gave the ultimate indictment of a Donald Trump presidential candidacy. ? Donald Trump said that he was running for president as a Republican,? Meyers said, at the time hosting the White House Correspondents Dinner. ?That?s funny, because I thought he was running as a joke.