Trump Doubles Down on Calling Putin 'Smart,' Gets Confused on Fox News: A Closer Look

Seth takes a closer look at Russia launching a full-scale military assault on Ukraine, surprising everyone except the leader of the Republican Party Donald Trump.


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[JoeEnglandShow]

Zelensky's message to the world was heartfelt and stirring, an earnest appeal to humanity. To dismiss it as "pathetic" is to demonstrate a lack of it.

[maxsalmon]

My favorite new piece of irony poisoning is when FOX complains that Biden is being soft on Russia, EVEN AS Trump is backpatting Putin and egging him on. Great look, guys. We luvya.

[edforest]

President Zelens, y has shown nothing but grace, intelligence and strength under fire … any country would be lucky to have a leader like him.

[awjelfs]

Zelensky has more courage in his little finger than Trump will ever have.

[christinamaria]

I know it's not the most important f* up in Laura Ingram's pitiful show, but Zelensky speaks fluent Russian and is perfectly comfortable addressing Putin and the citizens of Russia in their native language, he was an immensely popular comedian there as well as in Ukraine before becoming president. There was nothing pathetic about his appeal - THAT was the display of smart leadership in this situation: using his career popularity to appeal to an enemy nation, compared to Putin's sweaty erratic address that same night trying to convince his own country that he's justified to wage an illegal, expensive, and unpopular war after his own deranged aims.

(edit: many thanks to the folks below who point out that Russian is in fact Zelensky's first language!)

[SayAhh]

The way Trump heard Laura say something and started using that information for his own benefit even though he heard it wrong is how I imagine his daily security briefings in the WH happened every day.

[mikeyd]

My boss puts these sayings up on a white board hanging from his office door. When Dufus found himself as president in 2016, the saying on my bosses door was: "When I was growing up, my mom said anybody could be president. Now I'm starting to believe it."

[GreyCrowe]

I like how Laura dropped "No..no..no... *THAT* would be news..." Like what she was presently doing wasn't 😂

[DrWhteCat]

"There is no Purgatory for war criminals. They go straight to hell, Ambassador." That is a chilling statement to be making.

[KrisBest]

#CORRECTIONS: Zelensky isn't "pleading in a second language", he's from a Russian-speaking part of Ukraine and Russian IS his native language. But to be fair, Ingram said it first. It was also incorrect of her to say that Zelensky hates speaking Russian. He literally became famous as a Russian-speaking TV personality.

[mrmateojones]

I can see how he got confused there though lol. She said, “US officials are looking at a potential amphibious assault in Odessa, Ukraine.” She should’ve said “a potential Russian amphibious assault”

[PanicbyExample]

"weakness arouses evil"... there is something central to the permissive myopia in that quote, blaming the victim is a step to far of introspection because "weakness" IS to blame, then they full stop

[emiebex]

Trump's the only person on Earth who'd make an illegal Invasion of a Sovereign country all about himself.🤦🏿‍♂️

[kaylinsmith]

Calling an attempt at peace "pathetic" sent me over the edge. Blind loyalty is pathetic. Making excuses for war criminals is pathetic. Spending your life peddling lies for money is pathetic. That man is probably going to be killed standing in solidarity with his people, and if you think that's pathetic, there's really no hope for you as a person.

[jacknusanporter]

we need this kind of humor. Bravo Seth Meyers!

[anikmonette]

What is pathetic about "pleading" to end a situation that would certainly cost the life of your citizens?!

If I was richer I'd put together a reality show where people like this are forced to endure harsh realities(like working a job in retail or get sent into a war zone!)

[oonis.aucoix]

Lol. I remember saying awhile ago: when our teachers told us in grade school "ANYONE could be president, " I didn't realize they were warning us!

[desmofan]

The most shocking thing was that Ingraham corrected him.

[Tigerhawk]

So, which is it?

Are we weak because we're not doing anything or we're crazy because we're (supposedly) launching an amphibious assault...?

This guy continues to confirm that he's nuckin' futs.

[billkaliviotis]

Given recent events in Ukraine, you have to ask the question, “Has Putin gone mad?” Also, given the usual Fox media crap that is typically aired, it was refreshing to to watch Seth Myers’s take on the recent Russian Leader’s Hitler-like approach with the unbelievable threat of an escalation to nuclear solution. My estimation of Putin has dropped to an unrecoverable level.