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Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast

Reneé Rapp | Trump Contradicts Himself on Shutdown Blame, Declares "War" on U.S. Cities: 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

🗓️ 2 October 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Seth takes a closer look at who's to blame for the government shutdown and Trump’s speech to military leaders threatening “war” on American cities.

Then, Reneé Rapp talks about playing a sold out show at Madison Square Garden, how her dad inspired the title of her album Bite Me and her fans calling out her posting to the same song again.

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0:04.4

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0:11.6

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0:16.0

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0:37.5

President Trump announced the deal yesterday with the pharmaceutical company Pfizer to sell drugs directly to consumers at discounted prices through a website operated by the federal government called Trump RX. I don't know, I don't want to get caught buying drugs from a convicted felon.

0:46.3

From 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City,

0:49.7

please enjoy this podcast edition of Late Night with Seth Myers.

0:53.5

On today's show, Seth Katz was singer, songwriter, and actress Renee Rapp.

0:56.0

But first, a closer look.

1:07.0

The government is officially shut down after President Trump refused to negotiate with congressional leaders a day after Trump threatened war against Americans living in cities.

1:11.1

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

1:16.5

Well, we're in day one of the government shutdown.

1:19.2

The last one happened in 2018, which means this is yet another Trump shutdown.

1:23.4

There was never a shutdown under Joe Biden, mainly because whenever lawmakers came to his

1:27.4

office to negotiate,

1:28.3

he'd just tell a long-winded story about Scranton

1:31.2

until they just gave up and made a deal.

1:33.0

Yeah, I remember when the old shoe factory shut down.

1:36.8

We all had to walk around barefoot. No Joe. No Joe.

1:40.8

I was the original shoeless Joe. This is before the ball player.

2:00.4

Ray Leota played him in a movie. Ray Leota. Ray Leota was in a lot of movies. I'm going to tell you about another Rayleighota movie, unless we can get this deal, John. And then Republicans would just scream, fine, we'll keep the government open. Just stop talking. And then Biden would sit up and say, Good, now go home and get your shine box. That's a line for Goodfellas, really ought to move.

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