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Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast

Jake Tapper | Russia Probe Clouds Trump's G20 Summit: A Closer Look

Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast

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

4.53.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2018

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Seth takes a closer look at President Trump freaking out about the Russia investigation after returning from a very awkward international summit.

Then, Seth talks to CNN's Jake Tapper, who sticks around for a few questions backstage at Studio 8G.


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0:45.6

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

0:49.2

Late Night with Seth Meyers. On today's show, Zethan Reviews CNN Anchor Jake Tapper.

0:53.8

Plus, just for this podcast, Jake continues the conversation backstage at Studio HG.

0:58.3

But first, a closer look.

1:03.2

President Trump freaked out about the Russian investigation this morning after returning from

1:07.8

a very awkward international summit for more on this. It's time for a closer look.

1:17.5

Trump was at the G20 summit in Argentina over the weekend as he faced his most serious legal

1:22.2

threat yet from the Russian investigation, which right off the bat has to be weird.

1:26.5

Every time Trump goes to one of these international summits, he's under a cloud of suspicion.

1:30.9

He's like a guy who goes on a date and tries to ignore the fact that his ankle bracelet is beeping

1:36.4

like crazy. What? No, that's just like a fit bit. That always means it just means I got my steps in.

1:44.8

And from day one, the constant and increasingly damning revelations from the Russian investigation

1:49.3

and made Trump's relationships with other world leaders super awkward.

1:52.7

For example, in Bob Woodward's book Fear Woodward describes Trump calling his Egyptian counterpart

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