Nick Kroll | Trump Mocked in China During Trip, Australia Scraps Trump Tower Due to "Toxic" Brand: A Closer Look
Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast
NBC
4.3 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 15 May 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Seth takes a closer look at Chinese social media users openly mocking Trump during his high-stakes summit with President Xi Jinping.
Then, Nick Kroll talks about going to the Netflix Is a Joke Festival, shows off his navigation app impressions and shares the raccoon story that inspired him to write his show, "Mating Season."
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| 0:00.0 | During his meeting today with President Trump, |
| 0:05.0 | Chinese President Xi Jinping said that the whole world is watching their summit, |
| 0:09.0 | and added, quote, |
| 0:11.0 | Can China and the United States overcome the Thucydidesi's trap |
| 0:15.0 | and create a new paradigm of major country relations? |
| 0:19.0 | Then Trump asked if you could have a translator for the translator. |
| 0:22.6 | Come on, man. You know Trump doesn't know what that is. |
| 0:26.6 | We're lucky if you got paradigm. |
| 0:29.6 | Paradigm, like when you have two dimes. |
| 0:33.6 | We need a 20 cent piece. And then we won't have to have the two dimes anymore. |
| 0:46.8 | From 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, please enjoy this podcast edition of Late Night with Seth Myers. |
| 0:53.4 | On today's show, Seth chats with actor and |
| 0:55.3 | comedian Nick Kroll. But first, a closer look. Donald Trump is in China for a high-stakes |
| 1:08.1 | summit with President Xi Jinping. and while Trump lavishes praise |
| 1:12.1 | on Xi, Chinese social media users are openly mocking Trump. |
| 1:15.7 | For more on this, it's time for a closer look. |
| 1:21.9 | Our economy might seem fairly rickety right now, but rest assured, Donald Trump is making |
| 1:26.6 | bank as president. |
| 1:28.0 | In his first year back in office, he and his family ranked in roughly $4 billion, |
| 1:32.6 | although in fairness, that's just a normal thing that all presidents do. |
| 1:36.0 | We all remember that by the time Jimmy Carter left office, |
| 1:39.1 | he had a Bugatti, a diamond pendant, and a 24-carat golden grill. |
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