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Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast

Billie Eilish | Trump Praises Putin’s "Genius" and "Savvy" as Ukraine Crisis Worsens: A Closer Look

Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast

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

4.33.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Seth takes a closer look at Trump praising Vladimir Putin's "savvy" and "genius" amid U.S. warnings of an imminent full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine as Republicans and right-wing pundits claim President Biden is showing weakness.

Then, Billie Eilish talks about getting emotional playing Madison Square Garden, the signs her fans bring to concerts and returning to live concerts.

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0:00.0

Let's say you love sports, but are also, you know, a busy person.

0:04.1

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0:08.8

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0:12.9

Listen to the lead starting five on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:18.2

President Biden has reportedly met with at least three Supreme Court candidates in the hopes

0:26.6

that one of them will prove worthy to join the elite group of the most respected legal

0:31.3

minds in the country and Brett Kavanaugh.

0:38.3

From 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, please enjoy this podcast edition of Late Night

0:42.5

with Seth Myers.

0:43.5

While today's show, Seth Chatsby's musician, Billy Eilish, but first, a closer look.

0:56.5

Former President Donald Trump praised Vladimir Putin's savvy and genius amid U.S. warnings

1:01.3

of an imminent full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, and yet even as he was doing that

1:06.0

Republicans and right-wing pundits claimed it was President Biden who was showing weakness

1:10.8

for more on this, it's time for a closer look.

1:16.9

I do not profess to be a foreign policy expert by any stretch.

1:21.2

Most of my foreign policy experience comes from my magical semester, broad and roam, when

1:25.2

I don't, out of control, Vespas and felon with Dickie Greenleaf and that creep-town Ripley

1:29.6

and oh, wait, that's a movie.

1:31.8

I'm remembering a movie.

1:32.8

Anyway, I'm no foreign policy expert, but even I can see that virtually no one in the

1:38.0

world thinks what Russia is doing right now is a good idea.

1:40.8

Apparently, not even Putin's own advisors who looked frozen and terrified during a bizarre

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