Seth Meyers perfectly breaks down the government shutdown and Trump's terrible presidency

Meyers doesn't hold anything back.
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Kellen Beck
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Seth Meyers perfectly breaks down the government shutdown and Trump's terrible presidency
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Seth Meyers took on President Donald Trump and the government shutdown during Late Night with Seth Meyers Monday, digging into all the ways the president is poorly handling the country and how much impact the government shutdown is having.

"Our political system feels like it's at a breaking point," Meyers says in the segment. "It was always fragile but then Donald Trump came along and wrecked it. He's like the guy at a party watching a game of Jenga going, 'Take that one. No that one.' And then finally someone says 'You know what? If you think it's so easy, you try it.' And then he just lights the Jenga tower on fire."

Meyers goes on to explain how Trump has repeatedly failed, lied, and negatively affected tons and tons of people in the country. It's a brutal takedown by Meyers, and he backs it up with a whole bunch of video and factual evidence.

Of course, Meyers manages to take the depressing material and make it funny, otherwise we would surely lose all of our collective minds.

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Kellen Beck

Kellen is a science reporter at Mashable, covering space, environmentalism, sustainability, and future tech. Previously, Kellen has covered entertainment, gaming, esports, and consumer tech at Mashable. Follow him on Twitter @Kellenbeck


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