Seth Meyers: ‘Trump clearly has no answer to Putin’s aggression’ | Late-night TV roundup

As a number of late-night hosts take a break for the Emmys – which went to the Late Present with Stephen Colbert on Sunday night time – Seth Meyers appeared into Donald Trump’s lack of worldwide management.Seth MeyersOn Monday’s Late Evening, Meyers identified the hypocrisy behind the Trump’ administration’s international coverage agenda. “Trump and the GOP spent years whining that Democrats have been supposedly main from behind, and have now declared that America will probably be setting the world’s agenda,” he defined. “No extra ready for different nations to behave – America acts first and different nations observe us. You bought that, world?”Besides earlier this week, Trump introduced on Fact Social that he was able to enact sanctions in opposition to Russia for flying drones into Poland’s airspace … however not till all Nato nations had agreed to cease shopping for oil from Russia. As he put it: “I’m able to do main Sanctions on Russia when all NATO Nations have agreed, and began, to do the identical factor.”Meyers needed to chortle. “I assumed America was again? And now you’ll solely act if everybody else does it first?” he stated. “Trump is utilizing the identical logic for American international coverage that eighth graders use for smoking pot within the native college parking zone – ‘I’ll do it first in case you do it first.’ ‘No manner, man, you first!’ ‘OK, let’s do it on the similar time. I’m able to go if you find yourself, simply say when.’”Meyers additionally questioned: “Why does the president of america write with the uneven grammar and syntax of a scammer sending you a faux job itemizing?”The sanction speak heated up as a result of Russia invaded Poland’s airspace with drones, “a harmful incursion”, Meyers defined, provided that Poland is a Nato ally. “However don’t fear, the president reassured everybody and put our minds comfortable.”Properly … not fairly. Requested final week what he thought of Russia’s actions, Trump answered: “It might’ve been a mistake. However regardless I’m not blissful about something having to do with that entire state of affairs. However hopefully it’s going to return to an finish.”“What do you imply ‘hopefully’? I assumed you have been going to finish the battle on day one and get the Nobel peace prize!” Meyers laughed. “Now you’re speaking in obscure generalities like a dad whose daughter is courting a biker who did doughnuts in your entrance garden – ‘As for the doughnuts, it may need been a mistake, I don’t know. Additionally would possibly’ve been a mistake when he was screaming fuck you outdated man and giving me the finger.’”It’s not that Meyers was in opposition to sanctions – “I might find it irresistible if we had a president who truly pursued critical diplomacy and obtained Putin himself to return out and reassure the world after encroaching on Nato airspace and threatening world battle,” he stated. “As a substitute, we have now a president who’s much less involved with the boundaries of Nato than he’s with the boundaries of the White Home ballroom.”“Trump clearly has no reply to Putin’s aggression,” Meyers concluded. “Diplomacy is nice, de-escalation is nice, however you’ll be able to’t have both with out competence and management, and people are simply not Trump’s sturdy fits.”