A Closer Look Back: Trump Demands A Ballroom While Americans Suffer, Spirit Collapses and RFK Jr Counts Sperm

About this episode

The episode discusses Trump's demand for taxpayer funding for a ballroom amidst economic struggles and features a discussion on RFK Jr and Mr. Met's visit.

A Closer Look Supervising Writer/Producer Sal Gentile and Supervising Producer Emily Erotas discuss Trump's new demand that taxpayers fund his golden ballroom even as inflation spikes and the economy struggles due to the Iran war. They also discuss Mr. Met's visit to the Late Night studio and Seth's RFK Jr impression. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Host: Seth Meyers

Guests: Sal Gentile, Emily Erotas

Topics covered

• Trump
• inflation
• economy
• RFK Jr
• comedy
• Late Night

Keywords

• Trump
• ballroom
• inflation
• economy
• RFK Jr
• Mr. Met
• Late Night

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NBC

Places: Late Night studio

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