Sean Hayes | Trump Backs Down on Greenland After Global Defiance, Claims NATO “Deal” Is “Infinite”: A Closer Look
Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast
NBC
4.3 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 23 January 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Seth takes a closer look at Trump announcing a deal with NATO that settles a dispute over Greenland that he started.
Then, Sean Hayes talks about his one-man show, "The Unknown," and the podcast SmartLess before playing a round of Hayes’ game Quick Quick Quick.
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| 0:00.0 | According to the latest numbers, the Eagles album, |
| 0:05.0 | their greatest hits, 1971 and 1975, |
| 0:08.0 | is the best-selling album of all time, |
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| 0:20.0 | From 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, please enjoy this podcast edition of Late Night with Seth Myers. |
| 0:26.5 | On today's show, Seth chats with actor and comedian Sean Hayes. |
| 0:30.0 | But first, a closer look. |
| 0:49.6 | Donald Trump announced that he has made a deal with NATO to settle a dispute he started over Greenland, which only he wants, but he can't say the specifics of the deal or how long it lasts, or even if there is a deal. |
| 0:51.5 | For more on this, it's time for a closer look. |
| 0:57.4 | You guys remember the whole F-Sea Files thing? |
| 1:02.5 | You know the trove of secret documents detailing the various crimes of the world's most notorious sex trafficker. |
| 1:06.2 | You know, the files pretty much everyone across the political spectrum has been demanding to see in which the administration is required by law to release. |
| 1:09.9 | Well, Donald Trump has found something. |
| 1:11.3 | People hate even more than his handling of those files, |
| 1:15.7 | his quest to take over Greenland. |
| 1:18.5 | Trump's not approval rating on the Epstein files. |
| 1:20.7 | Look at that. |
| 1:21.3 | Just absolutely awful. |
| 1:22.9 | 38 points below water. |
| 1:25.0 | But any try to buy Greenland is somehow even more unpopular. Look at this. It's 40 points below water. But any try to buy Greenland is somehow even more unpopular. |
| 1:29.6 | Look at this. |
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