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Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast

Tracee Ellis Ross | Trump Bullies Canada but Gives China a Pass, GOP's Dumb Olive Garden Voting Analogy: A Closer Look

Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast

NBC

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

4.33.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2026

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Seth takes a closer look at Trump lashing out at Canada for no apparent reason but giving China a pass after he claimed they meddled in the 2020 election while he was president.

Then, Tracee Ellis Ross talks about making her Broadway debut in the play Every Brilliant Thing, casting audience members to participate in the show before each performance and traveling to multiple countries for her Solo Traveling series.

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0:00.0

During an Oval Office event yesterday, President Trump congratulated his administration on hosting

0:07.5

a successful World Cup and added that it was, quote, like having many, many Super Bowls.

0:12.7

And yeah, I mean, I guess so. There were all over 70 games and the Jets weren't in any of them.

0:23.5

From 30, Rockefeller Plaza in New York City,

0:26.4

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

0:30.0

On today's show, Seth Katz with actress Tracy Ellis Ross.

0:33.4

But first, a closer look.

0:41.3

Yeah. But first, a closer look. Donald Trump lashed out at Canada for no apparent reason, but gave China a pass after he claimed they meddled into 2020 election while he was president.

0:49.6

For more, and this is time for a closer look.

0:55.0

I know what you're thinking the Trump presidency so far

0:58.0

has been awesome, inflation is over, groceries are cheap,

1:01.0

gas is $2 a gallon, everyone has a job, a house, and health care.

1:04.0

There are no wars, no weirdos, and no one has explosive diarrhea.

1:08.0

But hear me out.

1:10.0

Hear me out, and this may shock you. Somehow, the president's poll numbers, despite all this, are not great. Net approval writing for 21st century presidents in term two, at this point in term two, where do we see Trump at? Well, he's 22 points below water. Where was Barack Obama at this point in term number two? He was only eight points below water.

1:28.3

How about George W. Bush?

1:29.6

We were in the middle of the Iraq war at this point.

1:31.9

Bush was 20 points below water.

1:34.0

President Trump is in the worst position of any, any 21st century president at this point in term number two.

1:43.6

Trump is doing worse than Bush during the Iraq War.

1:46.1

And remember, Bush had a pair of shoes thrown out of.

1:50.2

That was the moment you could tell Bush played baseball.

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