Will Forte | Trump Scraps Jan. 6 Slush Fund After GOP Outcry, Keeps IRS Immunity from Unpaid Taxes: A Closer Look
Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast
NBC
4.3 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 4 June 2026
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Seth takes a closer look at the Trump administration backing down on their January 6 slush fund after national outrage and a revolt from Republican senators and voters.
Then, Will Forte talks about the time his daughters got into their mom's makeup, why the text chain for "The Four Seasons" stresses him out and the time he took over 81,000 steps in one day.
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| 0:00.0 | President Trump posted an image I say on truth social of himself |
| 0:05.0 | next to a mirror with the caption, quote, Trump-O-7. |
| 0:09.0 | I don't know. I think he's more of a bond villain. |
| 0:12.0 | You know, I think he's Oldfinger. |
| 0:19.0 | Like, not even close, my favorite joke in the monologue. |
| 0:22.8 | Has it done as well with you as I hoped? |
| 0:25.2 | Absolutely not. |
| 0:26.9 | Is it still my favorite joke in the monologue? |
| 0:29.3 | It is. |
| 0:35.7 | From 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City. |
| 0:38.4 | Please enjoy this podcast edition of Late Night with Seth Myers. |
| 0:42.4 | On today's show, Seth Chats with actor and comedian Will Forte. |
| 0:45.7 | But first, a closer look. |
| 0:53.7 | The Trump administration backed down on its January 6th, a slush fund after national outrage and a revolt from both Republican senators and voters. |
| 1:03.0 | For more on this, it's time for a closer look. |
| 1:08.5 | They were primaries across the country on Tuesday, which offered an early indication of how the |
| 1:12.9 | GOP might fare in November, but don't worry, Republicans are confident that everything will be fine. |
| 1:18.6 | The president has made America safer by taking out virtually the entirety of the Iranian |
| 1:25.0 | military. Do you think that that will hold in the midterms, |
| 1:28.7 | meaning that the idea of national security, which I think is where you would argue, |
| 1:33.4 | versus whatever you think the implication is for inflation, for the price of gas, all of the, |
| 1:41.4 | the, I don't know if it, unintended consequences of that? I don't know, the unintended consequences of that? |
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