Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast Joel McHale | Trump Lies About Ilhan Omar Attack; Bondi Claims ICE Resistance is "Organized": A Closer Look
Jan 30, 2026
Joel McHale, actor and comedian known for Community and The Soup, chats about a wild Super Bowl bet he won and working with Rob Gronkowski on Animal Control. He shares on-set animal stories like riding a camel and wrangling a zebra. The conversation also tackles Trump's misleading claims about Ilhan Omar and claims of organized resistance after local protests.
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Presidential Misinformation Normalizes Noise
- Seth Meyers highlights how President Trump spreads frequent false claims confidently and benefits from the resulting noise.
- This pattern undermines the presidency as a trusted public resource and normalizes misinformation.
Office Of The Presidency Should Be Reliable
- Seth compares the presidency to a public utility like Google Maps but says the current president is unreliable like old Apple Maps.
- The metaphor highlights how misleading official statements can misdirect the public.
Ilhan Omar Town Hall Attack Recap
- Seth recounts the town hall attack on Representative Ilhan Omar where a man sprayed a liquid toward her and security tackled him.
- Omar described thinking it was a spit and instinctively trying to punch the attacker before being stopped by security.