Trump Claims He Could End Ukraine War by Pressuring Ukrainians to Give Land to Russia

-Good night. I'm Seth Meyers. This is "Late Night." We hope you are well. And if you don't mind, let's move on to the news. Today there was a total solar eclipse over North America, and just as vision of him was returning from the last one. Former President Trump compared himself in a Truth Social post over the weekend to the late South African president Nelson Mandela, and if there's one thing Truth Social users hate, it's when you force them to Google something. After the earthquake in New York last week, Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene said, in a post on X, she quote: "God is sending America strong signals telling us to repent." Strong signals?

It was a 4.8. If that's a sign, then the F train has been telling us to repent for years. South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott on Friday launched a new talk show co-hosted with four other Black Republicans. Sorry, to the other four black Republicans. While speaking at his Palm Beach fundraiser over the weekend, former President Trump complained that immigrants don't come to the United States from, quote, "nice countries, like Denmark, Switzer

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or Norway." And then, too late, he added: "Or Slovenia." Former President Trump attended a fundraiser over the weekend at hedge fund billionaire John Paulson's Palm Beach home with former first lady Melania Trump, where he finally met an actual billionaire.

Former President Trump reportedly told people privately that he

could

end the war in Ukraine by

pressuring

Ukrainians to cede territory to Russia. Oh yeah, the guy who still

claims

he won in 2020 wants someone else to

give

up. According to a new report, Florida homeowners pay five times more for insurance than the national average, presumably due to the threat they face from hurricanes, floods, sinkholes and, of course, other Floridians. A comic book featuring the first appearance of Superman recently sold at auction for $6 million, while a comic book featuring the first appearance of Aquaman was used as scrap paper to score the bid.

And finally, a firefighter in Florida was arrested for indecent exposure after he allegedly exposed himself to a woman at a 7-Eleven store. The last thing that place needs is another strange looking sausage. And that was a monologue. Everyone, we're up and running for you tonight. She is a Tony, Emmy and Academy Award-winning actress currently starring in "Mother Play" at Second Stage's Hayes Theater here in New York. The only one, Jessica Lange, will be here. And he's an incredible actor, you know him from "House of Cards," "Billions" and "Ant-Man." He is in a fantastic play, "Appropriate" at the Belasco Theater, also here in town.

I saw it, I loved it. Corey Stoll will be joining us. But before we get to all that, a very exciting announcement. I want to mention a new podcast that launched today. It's called "The Lonely Is

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and Seth Meyers Podcast." It will be me, my friends and former "SNL" castmates Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone, aka The Lonely Island, talking about our time on the show. Since that show is "SNL," and episode by episode, we'll discuss how each digital short was made and what happened on the show that week. Why do we need another podcast?

Well, it's mostly an excuse to talk to these guys. Please welcome everyone via Zoom to Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone. -Hello. -Hi guys. -Hey. -Hey, it's good to see you. Well, this is very exciting. I can tell by your glasses. What did you think of the eclipse? -The fact that? -What did you think of the eclipse? You're wearing glasses for it. -Are? This is just a fashion choice for us, Seth. -You're just wearing those glasses for fashion. -I literally have no idea what you're talking about. -You are also... I want to know. You're all looking a little up there, huh?

Andy, if you don't know about the eclipse, why did you send me this photo today? -That's AI. -This is not you? Is this an AI photo? -Yes, that's from the movie "AI". -I can't believe you guys didn't know there was an eclipse today. -Can I be honest with you, Seth? -Yeah. -I can not see. -Yeah. You're wearing... -Should we take them off? So your argument is that you're wearing these glasses for style and you can't see through them and you just realized it. -Although we look great. -Is this good television? -That? -He asked if it is good television.

I will answer that. No no. -No. -Okay, count to three, take them off guys. Ready? -I just did it. -We already did it. Oh no. Wait wait. Slow down, Andy, slow down. -On the count of three... -One- -Let's take them off. Two. I can not see. -One. Two. -What the hell?! -This is great. This is really... Now, Andy... -Can I tell you something? I can tell you something? When your brothers sell you like this, it makes me sad. -Well. Oh no. Found a new button on your Zoom? -Yeah. You're in trouble, Seth. He finally figured it out. -This is very exciting.

We launched a new podcast today. -We did it. -Finally. And, and just for complete transparency, this is something that I've been excited about. Akiva has been enthusiastic. Jorma has been enthusiastic about it. And Andy, why don't you tell everyone what you think about podcasts? -I don't like them and I don't think they are good. -And you have thought that from the beginning. -Yeah. From the jump. And as it progresses, that hasn't changed. -Good. So he just wants the audience to know that we have a new podcast, but he wasn't excited about doing it and he didn't get any more excited while we were doing it. -Yeah.

That's right. But this is "SNL." Yeah! -Oh! -Oh! -Wow. -Wait. Excuse me. Are you using our podcast promotional space to say Frisbee sucks? And besides, you've never

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n him a new post-it note. -Same post-it. -Uh, no, Akiva and Jorma, I'll let you talk real quick about the podcast. Have you at least enjoyed going back and reminiscing about our time together on the show? -Yes I love it. It's my only chance to see friends. So. Yes absolutely. -I listened to episode one this morning and I didn't like the sound of it. I don't like the way I sound now.

I think I'm going to become much calmer in life now. -Understood. And, Andy, I noticed you put your glasses back on. -Yeah. It's just because these guys are putting me to sleep and I don't want anyone to see that I have my eyes closed. -Save it for the podcast. -Now, Andy, I will say, I mean, I think collectively, you might be the one that shows up with the least energy when we record our podcast and sometimes it takes a lot of extra energy on our part just to try to get your energy up. -That sounds good, but in an entertaining way. -You've been... -Seth.

Set. Set. Set. Set. -Yeah. -Let's see if you can guess what digital short this is. Are you guys ready? One two. Three. -I think I heard someone understand it. -Yeah. Laser cats. -No. -What is it? -"In my pants." -Oh, is it "in my pants?" -That

could

have been a laser cat in the background doing a laser cat. I think that's fair. -Well, I mean, honestly... -Let's do it a second time. Let's do it a second time. Guess which one this is. Three. Two. One. Oh, are you going to make us guess the same thing we know? -But this time.

Guess the... guess the other one this time. -" in my pants?" -No laser cats! -You edit this, right? -You ruined it, man! -So overall, do you think this is... the back and forth we've had so far will make people more inclined to listen to the module? -I do not think. -Yeah. I mean, I think the timing on the module is better than the delay we're having here. -Yeah. That's true. -Are you... Are you very angry, Andy, that we launched the podcast on the day of a historic eclipse? -Yes, I think we have our priorities backwards. -Yeah.

In terms of weirdness, the opposite of an eclipse is a new podcast. -Yes, they basically appear every day, while an eclipse occurs once every 50 years. -Andy, be honest. How good was the eclipse? -I would say, like out of the eclipses I have seen. -Do you remember them all now? -Return. Like second or third. -Fairly good. -Yeah... I mean, pretty good or pretty bad, depending... -Who took this photo? Who did you force to take this photo? -My wife, Juana. She took it. -Did you enjoy this part? Was your wife laughing while she took this photo of you? -I would say not. -Thank you for her honesty.

Guys, I'm very excited. I've really enjoyed doing this podcast. I should also point out that we started doing this about a year and a half ago. So if people hear it and we're talking about 2022, it's because we've really been scheduling them. -It is very difficult to bring us all together. -Uh, then everyone should go see it. It's a pleasure to talk to you now. Thank you so much. And by the way, I think it speaks to how much you care about the podcast that none of you got on a plane to come here and promote it. -Absolutely. -We love you so much.

Yes. -You know what? Is a celebration. -Congratulations, Seth. -Check out “The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast” on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. And on April 15, Andy will host a conversation with me at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles for a PaleyFest event celebrating our 10th anniversary of "Late Night." For tickets, visit Paleycenter.org.