A Closer Look: Trump's War with the Press and Conflicts of Interest / Seth Interviews Van Jones

Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast

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🗓️ 13 January 2017

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Seth takes a closer look at Donald Trump's war on the free press and unprecedented conflicts of interest. Then, Seth talks to CNN's Van Jones about why Trump won and what progressives can do going forward. 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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0:53.1	From 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, please enjoy this podcast edition of Late Night
0:58.0	with Seth Meyers, airing weeknights at 1235-1135 Central on NBC right after the Tonight Show.
1:09.2	This week has been a wake-up call for anyone who still held out hope that Donald Trump
1:12.8	might change his president.
1:14.0	From his war on the free press to his sprawling and unprecedented conflicts of interest, Trump
1:18.6	has proven that his presidency will be a major test for our democracy for more than
1:22.4	this its time for a closer look.
1:28.7	Trump of course held his first press conference as president-elect yesterday, and it was clear
1:33.0	Trump was interested in one thing above all else picking a fight with the media.
1:37.8	As far as BuzzFeed, which is a failing pile of garbage, writing it, I think they're going
1:44.8	to suffer the consequences.
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