Seth Meyers in full-blown rant mode is always an entertaining spectacle.
In the Late Night clip above, the host reacts to footage of Trump explaining how he came up with the idea of sending ICE agents to airports by comparing it to "the story of the paperclip," telling an unfortunate reporter – somewhat incongruously – that "182 years ago a man discovered the paperclip."
"Now, if you're thinking to yourself, 'Is Trump right that the paperclip was invented 182 years ago?', the answer is yes, he is correct," says Meyers in the clip above. "In fact, Trump went on to explain that in the year 1844, an Icelandic cobbler named Magnus Olsen invented an early prototype of the paperclip, consisting of two wooden triangles fastened with twine— AND OF ****ING COURSE IT WASN'T 182 YEARS AGO!! He's just pulling numbers out of his ass!"
Meyers then returns to the clip to further pick it apart, focussing in particular on Trump's use of the word "discover."
"Nobody discovered the paperclip," Meyers says. "It was invented. Do you think Steve Jobs just found an iPod sticking out of the sand at the beach one day?"
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