Trump Breaks Silence on MRI, Claims It Was Part of a “Standard” Physical

Trump Breaks Silence on MRI, Claims It Was Part of a “Standard” Physical

-Good evening, everybody.
I’m Seth Meyers. This is “Late Night.”
We hope you’re doing well. And now, if you don’t mind,
we’re going to get to the news. President Trump spoke today
at the McDonald’s Impact Summit. But remember, that’s just
what they call his physical. [ Laughter ] When asked on Friday
why he got an MRI, President Trump said that it was
a standard part of his physical and added “The doctor said it
was the best result he has ever seen as a doctor.”
Sure, sure. But who knows what he’ll see
on his second day of work. [ Laughter ] President Trump over the weekend traveled to his golf club
in Palm Beach in what Fox News is calling “the only news
that happened last week.” [ Laughter ] After working
to suppress documents from the Jeffrey Epstein
investigation, President Trump reversed
course last night and called on Republicans
to vote for the release of the Epstein files. It’s a little suspicious,
though, because his hands were
just covered in black marker. [ Laughter ] [ as Trump ]
Oh, these are good now. They’re all good now.
[ Laughter ] [ Normal voice ] President Trump
over the weekend announced that he’s withdrawing
his support and endorsement of Republican Congresswoman
Marjorie Taylor Greene in a development
that’s so crazy, Marjorie Taylor Greene
believes it. [ Laughter ] President Trump on Saturday tested out a new nickname
for Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene — “Marjorie Taylor Brown,” and said it was because “green grass turns brown
when it begins to rot,” which is as close as we’re going to get to seeing
those MRI results. [ Laughter ] Democratic Senator John
Fetterman was hospitalized last week after he fell
during an early morning walk. Fetterman is okay,
but the sidewalk was totaled. [ Laughter ] That’s right. Democratic Senator John
Fetterman was hospitalized last week after he fell
during an early morning walk and left with the fanciest
outfit he’s ever owned. [ Laughter ] U.S. airports were set today to resume normal operations
following the government shutdown, and travelers are going to be
so relieved to have their flights canceled
for normal reasons. [ Laughter ] And finally,
residents of Wooster, Ohio, have reported
seeing a rare black squirrel with a white tail
and white paws. That’s right,
some people in Ohio saw a cat. [ Laughter ] That was a monologue, everybody. [ Cheers and applause ] We’ve begun, I tell you. We’ve got
a great show for you tonight. He’s a multi-talented artist you love from iconic movies
like “Jurassic Park,” “The Fly,”
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in “Wicked for Good,” which opens in theaters
and IMAX Friday, November 21st. Jeff Goldblum is back
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[ Cheers and applause ] There’s no one like him. And you know her from her work as the very funny Jenna Maroney
on “30 Rock,” as well as her starring roles on “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”
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on Broadway as Mary Todd Lincoln
in the fantastic “Oh, Mary!” which is playing at the Lyceum
Theatre here in New York City. Jane Krakowski is back,
everybody. [ Cheers and applause ] Very excited
to see our guests. But before we get to all that, tensions are mounting
within the MAGA movement after Donald Trump attacked
two MAGA favorites for their push
to release the Epstein files. But you know what?
It worked. The media has now moved on
from the Epstein story. -A trove of Epstein e-mails. -Disturbing
new Epstein e-mails. -Jeffrey Epstein e-mails. -New Epstein e-mails.
-Epstein e-mails. -Epstein e-mails.
-Epstein e-mails. -Epstein e-mails.
-Explosive trove of Epstein e-mails. -Oh, brother.
You know what this means. Donald Trump has his
own e-mail scandal. Next, he’s going to go
full Hillary and start wearing the pantsuits. [ Laughter ] For more on this,
it’s time for “A Closer Look.” ♪♪ You know, in our increasingly
isolated digital age where we spend more time
scrolling apps than shaking hands, a true moment of genuine
human connection can be rare, which is
why I deeply appreciated this thoughtful piece of
fan mail I got over the weekend. -“NBC’s Seth Meyers is
suffering from an incurable case of Trump Derangement Syndrome. Aside from everything else,
Meyers has no talent, and NBC should fire him
immediately.” -You guys! They said my name on TV! [ Cheers and applause ] It’s not often… It’s not often you hear
the name Seth Meyers on TV before midnight. [ Laughter ] Now, as I’ve said before, I prefer to handle
these situations the way you handle
an angry driver who honks and flips you off
on the highway. You just ignore them. You know,
unless you’re in New Jersey. Then technically,
that’s a marriage proposal. “I do, Angelo, you stupid
son of a bitch! I do!” I’m also aware that being
attacked by the president
this weekend doesn’t make me special
in any way, shape or form. I was simply on the same [bleep]
list as Christopher Wray, James Comey, Indiana
Republicans, Thomas Massie, Rand Paul,
Marjorie Taylor Greene, and former President Joe Biden. In fact, the only person who
Trump didn’t seem to be mad at was Sean Connery,
as he posted a 2008 article about Connery
praising Trump’s golf course with the words
“Blast from the past.” And I think it’s a bad sign
when the most positive thing someone said about you
this weekend was from an article 17 years old by a man
who died five years ago. But who am I to say, to quote
the late, great Sean Connery, “You’re the man now, dog”? I want to clarify that I take no issue
with the president voicing his displeasure with my show. That is his right, and on a lot
of nights he’s got a point. But I would like
to unpack this sentence from Trump’s post about me. Not to repeat something
I’m sure you’ve heard many times over the years
from your English teachers, but what’s with
the passive voice, my man? I was viewed by who? Was it you who viewed me? And did you view me exhibiting
an uncontrollable rage, or did viewing me send you
into an uncontrollable rage? I’m only asking
because I want to be helpful. “He was viewed last night in
an uncontrollable rage,” said he. [ Laughter ] Sounds like something
a dowager countess says in a Victorian murder mystery while she’s staring out
the drawing room windows. “My nephew would never take
a human life. At the same time,
he was…viewed last night in a uncontrollable rage.” [ Laughter ] Now, I will also admit
to being confused as to what set Trump off this time. A few weeks ago, he posted
his displeasure with me and was very specific
that he was upset about how I talked endlessly
about electric catapults on aircraft carriers. So catapult set him
off last time. What was it this time? Well, he posted on Saturday
and referred to “last night,” which means it was probably
something I said on Friday, but our Friday show
was a repeat. Which repeat?
The catapult show. So…
[ Laughter ] So it was the catapults again. And with respect, Mr. President, you can’t get mad
a second time for the same thing when it’s in a repeat. That would be like Rachel
getting mad at Ross for cheating on her every time someone watched
that episode on streaming, and in his defense,
he thought they were on a break. But when you accuse me
of Trump Derangement Syndrome, I take that diagnosis seriously. You know, because you’re
clearly a medical expert, as evidenced by your
description of your recent MRI. -Because it’s part
of my physical. The doctor said it was
the best result he has ever seen as a doctor. And the result was outstanding. No. I have no idea
what they analyzed. But whatever they analyzed,
they analyzed it well. -You know,
when you get an MRI, they almost always tell you
what they analyze. And if you don’t remember, then they definitely
analyzed your brain. [ Laughter ] You know that cognitive test
Trump claims he aced? I guess the first question
wasn’t… [ Laughter ] Although that’s probably
a follow-up Trump would prefer
to get instead of the questions he got this weekend, which were mostly
about his feud with Republicans over the Epstein files. -The latest MAGA civil war
has begun, and it is between Donald Trump
and Marjorie Taylor Greene all over the Epstein saga. Trump shocked
the political world last night when he officially un-endorsed
the congresswoman, who has been calling for the
release of the Epstein files. Greene fired back at Trump’s
attacks on X, writing, “He’s coming after me hard to make an example to scare
all the other Republicans before next week’s vote
to release the Epstein files.” -Greened now says she’s facing
threats that are, in her words, being fueled and egged on by the
most powerful man in the world. -Her life is in danger?
Who’s that? -“Marjorie Traitor Greene.” Uh, I don’t think her life is
in danger. I don’t think… Frankly, I don’t think
anybody cares about her. -You spent all weekend
attacking her, and now you’re saying
nobody cares about her? You sound like a jealous ex. “Oh, Jessica’s posting photos
from Cancún with her new fiancé? I didn’t even see those. Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!” Second, I can’t believe
I’m saying this, but I finally have
something in common with Marjorie Taylor Greene. You know, Trump’s really
bringing the country together. The only difference is, you
know, she got a cool nickname. Marjorie Traitor Greene is way
cooler than Marble Mouth Meyers. [ Laughter ] To be fair, he had time
to workshop his nickname for Greene. Before he came up with
Marjorie Traitor Greene, he posted, and this is real… And as a rule,
a nickname isn’t a banger when it needs a super-long
parenthetical to explain it. It’s like if I posted… Now, you might be surprised that the president is beefing
with members of his own party, but it’s because they spent
years calling for the release of the very same Epstein files that Trump has since called
a hoax. -Seriously, we need to release
the Epstein list. -Who has Jeffrey Epstein’s…
-Black book? -…black book?
-FBI. That’s under direct control
of the director of the FBI. -Would you declassify
Epstein files? -Yeah. Yeah, I would. -We have flight logs, we have information,
names that will come out. -Everything’s
going to come out to the public. The public has a right to know. Americans have a right to know. -Why do they want to make this Jeffrey Epstein story go away
so bad? That Jeffrey Epstein
story is a big deal. Please do not let that story go. -First of all, cool shirt, dude. I’m sorry they didn’t have it
in your size. I didn’t know the Founding
Fathers even had merch. Personally, I’m a fan of
the Ben Franklin beach blanket, but I also love the matching
beer koozie that says… Second, that was Dan Bongino, who is now
the deputy director of the FBI. And yet anyone who thought
an FBI under his leadership would get to the bottom
of the Epstein scandal has been disappointed. -A new Justice Department
memo reveals that the Justice Department
has no evidence that convicted sex offender
Jeffrey Epstein blackmailed powerful people
or kept a client list, or was murdered in prison. The memo,
first reported by Axios, is a sharp turn from
the Trump administration’s insistence that there was
much more to uncover. -Investigators say they found… -What? You can’t rile everybody up
with a bunch of podcasts, and then expect them
to be happy with a memo. That’s like
if after the Rock yelled “Can you smell what
the Rock is cooking?” you got a text that said… [ Laughter ] So this weekend, Trump sought
to quell the MAGA furor by ordering an investigation, but only into Democrats, which even some Republicans fear
could be another delay tactic. -You know, the president’s
been saying this is a hoax. He’s been saying
that for months. Well, he’s just now decided
to investigate a hoax, if it’s a hoax. And I have another concern
about these investigations that he’s announced. If they have ongoing
investigations in certain areas, those documents
can’t be released. So this might be
a big smokescreen, these investigations,
to open a bunch of them, as a last ditch effort
to prevent the release of the Epstein files. -How dare you accuse
the president of setting up a smokescreen? For one thing, I don’t think
he’s nimble enough for that. If Trump threw down a smoke
pellet, he wouldn’t run away. He’d just stand there coughing
until the smoke cleared. [ Coughing ] [ As Trump ] “Oh.
I was hoping you’d leave.” [ Laughter ] So reporters asked Trump last
night about Massie’s statement. All Trump had to do
was make clear that he is sincerely interested
in getting to the truth. -Well, I don’t want to talk
about it because fake news, like you —
you’re a terrible reporter — and fake news like you, they just keep bringing that up
to deflect from the tremendous success
of the Trump administration. -Nailed it. [ Laughter ] Everyone knows the least
suspicious thing you can do when someone asks you
about a scandal is to say “I don’t want to talk about it” and then immediately
insult them. Try that next time your spouse
asks why you got home so late. “I don’t want to talk about it. Also, you’re a [bleep] cook. [ Laughter ] And I think that puts
an end to that.” [ Laughter ] Nothing seems to be
tamping down the story. Even when Trump did a 180 and called on Republicans
to vote for releasing the files, it raised more questions. -A major flip-flop
from President Trump has just supercharged the effort to make more Jeffrey Epstein
files public. The president
is now telling House Republicans to go ahead and vote
for a discharge petition demanding the release
of the files. This after he spent
months opposing the measure. -But the whole point
of the House vote was to force you
to release the files, which you can do on your own. So if you’re in favor
of releasing the files, then just do it. This new position makes
even less sense. “Okay, fine. I’m telling everyone
to vote in favor of a bill forcing me to do
something I can do on my own but won’t, thus requiring
a vote to force me to do it, which I was against,
but I’m happy…” Oh [bleep]. [ Laughter ] Take it back, Wally. [ Cheers and applause ] [ Bleep ] Classic Marble Mouth Meyers. [ Cheers and applause ] [Bleep] Marble Mouth’d it. [ Laughter ] You — You do have me pegged. [ Laughter ] [ Laughs ] [ Applause ] Ah, [bleep]. Go to the end.
We’ll keep it. [ Laughter ] We’re keeping all this. [ Laughter ] [ Cheers and applause ] The president is trading barbs
with members of his own party, including some who were not too
long ago, his closest allies. And in perhaps
the greatest irony of all, Trump finds himself
dealing with a controversy that’s all about…
-E-mails. -This has been “A Closer Look.” ♪♪

Seth addresses Trump withdrawing his support of Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene and more in his monologue for Monday, November 17, before taking a closer look at Trump lashing out at MAGA Republicans over their push to release the Epstein files and his sudden reversal on the House vote.

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Trump Breaks Silence on MRI, Claims It Was Part of a “Standard” Physical
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