Amy Sedaris | MAGA in Turmoil Over Epstein; Trump Slams His Own Base, Won't Appoint Special Counsel: A Closer Look

Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast

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🗓️ 18 July 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Seth takes a closer look at MAGA supporters being called "weaklings" who are "foolish" and "stupid people" by Donald Trump himself.

Then, Amy Sedaris talks about coping with the loss of her rabbit Tina, playing a magical talking book in Smurfs and the time Cole Escola thanked her in their Tony Award acceptance speech.

Plus, exclusively for this podcast, Amy continues the conversation backstage at Studio 8G.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Misha Brown, and I'm the host of Wondery's podcast, The Big Flop. Each episode, comedians
0:06.0	join me to chronicle one of the biggest pop culture fails of all time and try to answer the
0:11.5	age-old question, who thought this was a good idea? Follow the big flop wherever you get your
0:16.5	podcasts. My name is T.J. Raphael. I'm the host of Liberty Lost, a new podcast about who gets to be a mother and the control of young women hidden behind the veil of faith.
0:29.5	Binge all episodes of Liberty Lost ad free right now on Wondery Plus.
0:37.5	During an Oval Office press conference yesterday, President Trump criticized the coverage of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation and said the media should focus on former President Joe Biden's use of the auto pen, adding, quote, that's the scandal you should be talking about.
0:51.7	Yeah, you don't want that story about the super secret
0:55.8	pedophile ring. You want that pen story.
1:04.4	From 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, please enjoy this podcast edition of Late Night
1:09.8	with Seth Myers. On today's show,
1:12.1	Sethcast with actor Amy Sedaris. Plus, exclusively for this podcast, Amy continues the
1:17.0	conversation backstage at Studio 8G. But first, a closer look. A lot of nasty things are being
1:24.3	said right now about Donald Trump's MAGA supporters. They're being called weaklings who are foolish and stupid people. And I just want to say, hey, as much as I might not
1:32.7	always agree with the people who voted for Donald Trump, no one should insult their character
1:37.0	or their intelligence. I mean, who's saying this kind of stuff anyway?
1:40.5	The president going on social media calling some of those supporters, quote, weaklings. Some stupid Republicans and foolish Republicans fall into the net. They're stupid people.
1:50.5	Oh my God. It's Trump derangement syndrome, and it's infected Donald Trump. Donald Trump.
2:05.2	For more on this, it's time for a closer look. You guys, so much is going on today.
2:11.2	Republicans are pushing devastating cuts to PBS and NPR despite overwhelming public opposition.
2:16.0	And Democrats walked out of a hearing on one of
2:18.7	Trump's wildly corrupt and unqualified judicial picks, but Trump is focused on the important
2:22.6	stuff, reminding everyone that he once took a test where he was asked to identify a drawing of a
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