Seth Meyers Scolds the Media for Falling for the ‘Presidential Trump’ Trick Again

Here’s a clip from last night’s Late Night, where Seth Meyers takes “A Closer Look” at Donald Trump’s address to Congress earlier this week and how the insanely low bar news pundits have set for Trump – by praising him for things like his “new tone” and sounding “presidential” – led to them salivating over what they praised as a “normal moment” for the president, despite all the usual hateful and divisive rhetoric. “Guys, seriously, do you have amnesia? We have been here many times before for like a year and a half now. Did you forget all the other times you said the exact same thing?” Meyers says. “Trump did manage to sustain a more moderate tone last night, but he also offered the same empty solutions to nonexistent problems. Let’s not get fooled again – we’ve been here with Trump before.” Watch the full clip above.

Seth Meyers Scolds the Media for Falling for the […]