Olivia Munn | Trump Slammed for Qatar Bribe, Caves on China Tariffs, Insults Pirro and Oz: A Closer Look

Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast

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4.5 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Seth takes a closer look at Trump holding a rambling press conference where he defended accepting a blatantly corrupt gift from a foreign country and talked about his decision to de-escalate his trade war against China.

Then, Olivia Munn talks about how she celebrated Mother's Day, finding out that the name she gave her daughter was actually her mom's made-up nickname and the success of her series Your Friends & Neighbors.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Mr. Ballin, the host of Mr. Ballin's medical mysteries.
0:03.5	And each week on my podcast, you can expect to hear stories about bizarre illnesses no one can explain,
0:09.4	miraculous recoveries that shouldn't have happened, and cases so baffling, they stumped even the best doctors.
0:15.1	Listen to Mr. Ballin's Medical Mysteries on the Wondery app or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:20.0	When Luigi Mangione was arrested for allegedly shooting the CEO of United Healthcare,
0:25.4	he didn't just spark outrage.
0:27.5	He ignited a cultural firestorm.
0:30.5	Is the system working or is it time for a reckoning?
0:34.7	I'm Jesse Weber.
0:35.8	Listen to Law and Crimes Luigi exclusively on Wondery Plus.
0:42.4	President Trump confirmed that he's planning to accept a super luxury Boeing 747 Jumbojet from the
0:48.4	Qatari royal family and said it will be a, quote, gift free of charge. Dude, it's a bribe.
1:00.2	It couldn't be any more obvious a bribe if they had put the plane inside a giant manila envelope.
1:07.1	From 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, please enjoy this podcast edition of Late Night with Seth Myers.
1:13.6	On today's show, Seth chats with actor Olivia Munn.
1:16.6	But first, a close time. the terrorists that Trump raised in the first place. Also, he repeatedly called a friend of his neurotic and fat, his words.
1:46.4	For more on this, it's time for a closer look.
1:52.5	As usual, there's just too much happening, and that's by design.
1:56.0	The Trump administration wants us to feel overwhelmed and exhausted by a million simultaneous outrages.
2:01.6	So when we speak up about them, they can call us crazy.
2:04.6	It's the same strategy as airlines use.
2:06.6	You wait on hold for an hour and then you tell a customer service rep,
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