Trump Avoids Reporters and Lies About His Tariffs: A Closer Look | Bo Burnham | Nimesh Patel
Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast
NBC
4.3 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 27 July 2018
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Seth takes a closer look at President Trump’s mounting legal and political troubles, his escalating war on the press and his lies to supporters about his economic agenda.
Bo Burnham talks about why being 13 is horrifying and fun (among other things) and reads aloud a letter he wrote to himself when he was in sixth grade. He also takes a few more questions backstage at Studio 8G.
Plus, hear Late Night warm-up comedian Ryan Reiss interview his fellow comic Nimesh Patel, and then hear Nimesh's set on Late Night.
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| 0:58.9 | please enjoy this podcast edition of Late Night with Seth Meyers. On today's show, Seth talks to |
| 1:03.1 | comedian writer and director Bo Burnham. Plus, Bo keeps the conversation going backstage at Studio AG. |
| 1:08.2 | Then as a bonus, Late Night Warm Up comedian Ryan Reese interviews his friend, comic, |
| 1:11.7 | Neemish Patel, followed by Neemish's stand-up set Live on Late Night. But first, a closer look. |
| 1:17.7 | As President Trump's legal and political troubles continue to mount, he's stepping up his war |
| 1:23.1 | on the press and line to his supporters about his economic agenda. For more on this, it's time for |
| 1:27.7 | a closer look. Just this week, the White House has been hit with a secret tape recorded by Trump's |
| 1:37.4 | ex-loyer and is racing to meet a court deadline to reunite the migrant families they separated |
| 1:43.1 | at the border. And on top of all that, it was reported today that special counsel Robert Mueller's |
| 1:46.9 | Russia probe is zeroing in on Trump's use of social media. Breaking news now in the special counsel |
| 1:53.0 | Russia-Medley investigation in New York Times, just posting a story, quoting sources saying the |
| 1:57.2 | special counsel Robert Mueller and his team of prosecutors looking at the president's tweets. |
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