Seth Meyers is pretty sure Jared Kushner is 'the white Steve Harvey'
With the Russia investigation continuing to cast shadows over his administration, President Trump is trying to further his domestic agenda and drum up support for issues like tax reform, but with a special counsel reportedly "going for the kill," there's not much he can do to make things at the White House look good, Seth Meyers said on Wednesday's Late Night.
Just glancing at Special Counsel Robert Mueller should be enough to convince you he means business. "He looks like the police chief from every 1950s noir film," Meyers said. "He looks like he should be holding a bullhorn and shouting, 'You're surrounded, McMurphy.' … He doesn't even get haircuts, he just looks at his hair in the mirror and says, 'Get shorter.'" The federal probe has ensnared many key Trump aides, including his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who failed to disclose several meetings he had with Russians. The Wall Street Journal reported that members of Trump's legal team thought it would be best for Kushner to resign because of his many ties to Russia, but that's difficult for someone who's been tasked with basically saving the entire world.
"Jared Kushner resign?" Meyers asked. "But then who would be in charge of U.S.-China relations, U.S.-Mexico relations, criminal justice reform, opioid crisis management, veteran care reform, the White House Office of American Innovation, revamping the entire federal government, painting the Easter eggs for the Easter egg hunt, and peace in the Middle East? Jared Kushner has more jobs than Steve Harvey — he's the white Steve Harvey." As if that's not enough to deal with, people like InfoWars' Alex Jones are trying to help Trump in the worst possible ways — in Jones' case, that involves claiming Trump's Diet Cokes are being laced with an addictive sedative that causes him to start slurring his words at 6 p.m. "That's how bad things are right now," Meyers said. "The president's allies are defending him by saying he's not incompetent, he's being secretly drugged." Watch the video below. Catherine Garcia
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Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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