Brett Goldstein | Trump’s Online Meltdown After Jan. 6 Slush Fund Blocked, Artists Bail on Freedom 250: A Closer Look
Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast
NBC
4.3 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 2 June 2026
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Seth takes a closer look at Trump lashing out with social media posts including attacks on judges, political rivals and the pope.
Then, Brett Goldstein talks about working with Jennifer Lopez on their new Netflix movie "Office Romance," being excited for the World Cup and getting to meet the Muppets.
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| 0:00.0 | In a new interview with Fox News, President Trump demanded that the straight of Hormuz be opened, |
| 0:07.0 | but added, quote, we don't need the straight, in case anyone was looking for a new slogan for Pride Month. |
| 0:19.0 | From 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City. |
| 0:23.9 | Please enjoy this podcast edition of Late Night with Seth Myers. |
| 0:27.6 | On today's show, Seth talks to actor and comedian Brett Goldstein. |
| 0:31.0 | But first, a closer look. |
| 0:43.4 | Well, we're back from a two-week break, and once again, the news has been very chill. |
| 0:51.0 | We asked our crack team of researchers to spend the entire two weeks scouring every newspaper in the country, and it turns out nothing's happening. |
| 0:54.8 | Brings us to our recurring new segment, |
| 0:55.9 | everything's great. |
| 1:00.1 | Nothing bad can happen. It can only good happen. |
| 1:03.9 | That's right. It's been a relaxing and normal two weeks, and nothing is really... |
| 1:06.0 | Sorry, was that? Iran suspended peace talks with the U.S. |
| 1:09.7 | Iran and the U.S. exchanged more fire. |
| 1:11.5 | The Strait of Hormuz is still close. The president claimed he was near a deal with Iran for the 37th time and told everybody to sit back and relax. All right, well, yeah, that's fine. That's just the Middle East. What's that? A judge said the president can't put his name on the Kennedy Center. The president set up a $1.8 billion slush fund for criminals who stormed the Capitol to overturn the results of an election after he sued |
| 1:29.7 | his own administration for something that The president set up a $1.8 billion slush fund for criminals who stormed the Capitol to overturn the results of an election |
| 1:28.9 | after he sued his own administration for something that happened |
| 1:31.9 | while he was president? |
| 1:33.1 | Oh. |
| 1:33.9 | What? The Secretary of Health and Human Services wrestled a bunch of snakes |
| 1:37.1 | like a zombie Jack Hanna. |
| 1:39.0 | The GOP called the Democratic nominee for Senate |
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