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Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast

A Closer Look: Donald Trump's False Claims and Foreign Policy Moves

Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast

NBC

Politics, Seth Myers, Seth Meyers, News, News Commentary, Authors, Books, Political Comedy, A Closer Look, Comedy, After Shows, Tv & Film

4.53.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 December 2016

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

(Mon, 12/6/16) Seth takes a closer look at Presidential-elect Trump's willingness to make false claims and his shoot-from-the-hip foreign policy approach. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:43.9

From 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, please enjoy this edition of A Closer Look

0:48.4

from Late Night with Seth Meyers, hearing weeknights at 12.35, 11.35 Central on NBC right

0:54.6

after the Tonight Show.

0:59.2

In the last week we've gotten glimpses of what will likely be two of the most important

1:03.2

features of Donald Trump presidency, his willingness to make false claims with no evidence

1:08.1

and his shoot from the hip approach to foreign policy and those two things do not mix well.

1:12.6

For more on this, it's time for A Closer Look.

1:19.0

When you're dealing with foreign powers and unstable regions, you need sober, analytical

1:23.9

thinking and a firm grasp of reality.

1:26.4

Qualities you definitely do not associate with Donald Trump.

1:29.4

The only qualities less associated with Donald Trump are monstery and a dancer's body.

1:35.6

And it looks like Trump's victory has a no way stopped him from peddling conspiracy theories

1:39.2

that have no basis in reality.

1:41.4

For example, last week he tweeted, in addition to winning the Electoral College in a landslide,

1:45.4

I won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally.

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