Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast Jodie Foster | Trump & Miller Threaten Greenland; MAGA Dumps "America First" for "Law of the Jungle": A Closer Look
Jan 8, 2026
Jodie Foster, an Academy Award-winning actress and director known for classics like The Silence of the Lambs, opens up about her latest film, A Private Life. She shares fascinating insights about her role as a psychoanalyst and the freedom of French cinema. Jodie also reminisces about her childhood, attending a French immersion school, and her shocking experience at her first awards show, where she broke out in hives. Plus, she shares her surprising passion for the Green Bay Packers and reflections on her early work with Martin Scorsese.
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Global Alarm Over Unilateral Claims
- The international community reacted strongly to Trump's claim of unilateral power over Venezuela and threats to Greenland.
- Seth Meyers argues this moment requires seasoned diplomacy, not bluster.
International Law Dismissed As 'Fake'
- MAGA allies publicly dismissed international law as nonexistent and promoted force as governing relations.
- Seth Meyers condemns this as a turn from rules-based order to 'law of the jungle.'
From Rules To Predator Rhetoric
- The U.S. long helped build a rules-based international order that MAGA rhetoric now rejects.
- Seth Meyers frames the shift as abandoning cooperative norms for raw power politics.