Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast Zoë Kravitz | Trump's Rambling Kennedy Center Announcement and Threat to Send Troops to More Cities: A Closer Look
Aug 14, 2025
Zoë Kravitz, an Emmy-nominated actress and director, shares her colorful experiences finding New York City apartments on Craigslist and working with Austin Butler in 'Caught Stealing.' She hilariously recounts a mishap where she destroyed Taylor Swift's bathroom during the L.A. fires. The conversation also touches on the political landscape, with Seth humorously critiquing Trump's National Guard announcement and the disconnect between crime rates and political rhetoric.
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Vanity Over Governance
- Seth Meyers highlights Trump's vanity-driven behavior, like claiming he wanted a Kennedy Center honor then making himself chairman to award it.
- That pattern ties into a broader tendency to prioritize spectacle over policy.
Urban Crime Narrative Challenged
- Seth Meyers debunks the claim that big cities are experiencing record crime, citing falling murder rates in many major cities.
- He notes higher violent crime rates in several predominantly Republican states, undermining the urban-crime narrative.
Crime Rhetoric As Political Theater
- Meyers calls out the political playbook that exaggerates urban crime to score points, pointing to selective rhetoric.
- He connects that rhetoric to Trump's plan to send troops selectively to Democrat-run cities as theater rather than policy.