Trump "Livid" About NY Fraud Trial as Don Jr. Gets Grilled by Prosecutors: A Closer Look

[@shauniebnaturalista6672]

Fascinating that no one is in charge of the finances at the Trump org. Not the CEO, CFO, or 3 EVPs. No one.

[@j3i2i2yl7]

That's how tney taught people to do business at Trump University.

[@ladybeetle245]

Not even the MVPs.

[@debprobst330]

Amazing how that works 😅

[@samuelvimes5770]

why doesn´t he blame John M;iller & John Barron ?

[@SmilingIbis]

@@samuelvimes5770 Those guys haven't been seen in years. I suspect foul play by the deep state!

[@jinstinky501]

Seth Meyers, you're my hero.

[@chandak562]

Someone needs to point out to Trump that if Maralago is worth 1.5 billion, that means he’s been committing tax fraud for who knows how long because he agrued for the lower valuation for tax purposes

[@reesetorwad8346]

👍 Yeah, but ask him obliquely, like, "But sir...does that you HAVEN'T been paying the correct amount of property tax for all this time?" Just to see that 'caught' look he gets sometimes, when he knows he slipped up.

[@kerrynicholls6683]

Yes, someone should point that out to the IRS. It’s a charge that no one has mentioned, or I might have missed it. Idk 🤷‍♀️ But you would think that would be also on the list. Love ❤️ from Australia 🇦🇺

[@Mondfischli]

... guess that's why they wanna defund the IRS 😂

[@TulipIris7244]

Also, his insurance premiums should be a lot higher.

[@lockwoodpeckinpaugh9252]

He has, regardless.

[@roxannegrondin5703]

We have just binge-watched Friday Night Lights for the first time last month so this whole setup about Grandma Saracean and Julie was PERFECT. We burst out laughing, so yeah, it was worth it. Thank you A Closer Look writers.

[@nigelcurtis3421]

What I like about Fani is that she made EVERY ONE of the Guilty plea Defendents write an Apology to all the citizens of Georgia for their actions in Abusing their lawful VOTE . Extremely important

[@CommonSense1776US]

Humiliation is usually the price to pay to get off scot-free. All of them (Powell, Cheseboro and Ellis) walked away without a blemish. They had charges completely dismissed and new peripheral charges inserted (Powell) or plead to something peripheral to the main case (Cheseboro and Ellis) and in fact it was not even a true plea. It was a traffic court plea. Take a traffic school course, no admission of guilt or guilty judgment, expunged from record, walk way looking like nothing ever happened. They entered plea proceedings where the disposition was GA first offender status which holds in abeyance any guilty judgment until the terms of the program are fulfilled and then it all goes completely away like a traffic ticket plea!

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

It sounds nice, but it hasn't improved my life one bit. I haven't even seen the letter, where at least I could get some laughs off of its doubtlessly poor grammar.

[@tofu_golem]

Like it or not, plea deals are part of the American justice system. This is how she secured testimony against people higher up the food chain, and this testimony can be used in other court cases.

[@sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401]

​@Corn_Pone_Flicks Legal letters are grammatically perfect and to the subject. Personal apology letters are unedited and left as is, but these are very well-educated people who happen to have an errant moral compass.

[@mskateray]

@@CommonSense1776US I don't think it's quite scot-free. They were unindicted co-conspirators in Jack Smith's DC indictment, and pleading guilty even to these counts does not make it less likely that they'll be indicted eventually, and if they ARE indicted it makes it harder to mount a defense. That is probably why they insisted on those counts, which I think makes legal sense--it's not just this trial that matters for them.

[@BigVictor]

Thank you Seth for keeping up with this nonsense for the rest of us.

[@patriciamcclanahan2114]

If it wasn’t for Trump he wouldn’t have a job lol get a grip 😅

[@tylzzr]

yeah you people never know whats going on. watching a late night talk show for your politics says a lot about you lmao

[@SavagelyBadAtLosing]

​@@patriciamcclanahan2114he had this show before tRump even ran for president, bud. You should take your prescribed dosage of copium.

[@SavagelyBadAtLosing]

​@@tylzzrwhen did they say this was their only means of keeping up with politics? But thanks for giving the show that you don't like, views so you can comment about how you don't like it. Cope harder.

[@charlesasmith7836]

I agree

[@gamepapa1211]

So Don Jr., the man placed in charge of Trump Org's financing, does not know a single thing about the basics of financing. Sums up everything about the Trump presidency, really.

[@ichmeiner4531]

The art of -the deal- ✨nepotism✨

[@seffishestopal5950]

And MAGA.

[@terryt.1643]

Amazing we survived 4 years of Trump presidency…

[@mrvlsmrv]

No, we're still suffering. Will continue for years.

[@md61211]

He knows what GAAP stands for - doesn't know what it is or how it works, but he knows the words that make up the acronym

[@pvtJester]

Rudy didn't even mention how the other houses couldn't even store 20-30 boxes of classified documents in the bathroom.

[@gcheftjgfba2655]

Rudy being honored to be buried with Trump is f***ing hilarious. Him being there only to scare the rates is str8 killin me🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@elsaisabel6660]

Yeah, that is the one I laughed out more... It was perfection and is going to stay in my mind for the rest of my life 🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@RichS.74yroldbodybuilder]

Tell somebody at the IRS that you didn’t know the accountant that did your taxes this year made a mistake . So you’re not responsible you just signed it . See how far that goes with getting you off having to take responsibility for it.💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

[@camelsheit_on_the_walls446]

*_"I never worked for me, I only met myself a few times, I hardly even know me!"_* - trump, probably, in the not too distant future

[@richhopson6063]

😂 desperate times call for desperate measures.

[@johnandrews3568]

And about his kids when they eventually flip on him

[@daydreamer8662]

I'm not responsible for what I do

[@wabbajack2]

"I'm a low-level Covfefe boy. Probably the best of all time, you know. A man came up to me and said, 'Sir, you're much more humble than I can believe.' And that's true, ask anyone."

[@camelsheit_on_the_walls446]

@@richhopson6063 Indeed. I guess we should also be prepared to hear trump telling us: "I'm not my type"

[@FallenOne669]

Calling out the Monologue writers is why Late Night is my favourite Comedy Talk Show.

[@coomtothebroom778]

Harry Truman: the buck stops here. DJT: That’s not my signature even though I proudly displayed it every time I signed a bill. 🙄

[@richhopson6063]

His signature looks like a graph from a page from a lie detector.

[@danielgehring7437]

The hilarious part? We _all_ know DJT's signature, he demanded it be on our stimulus checks!

[@christinegarrett7257]

If it's not signed in sharpie, is it his signature?

[@SourGir1986]

The writers were on a ROLL with this episode, and Seth's delivery is just *chef's kiss*. A+, all.

[@HeySavio]

Lol not

[@prettyevil6662000]

I still remember all the comments trying to teach Seth, and even other late night hosts, how to do their makeup and set up a proper filming setup in their home. Was so wholesome.

[@m.w.976]

Trump is always "livid" when someone attempt to hold him accountable or call him out for his cons.

[@ZYX261]

45's rabid, old, bulldog face....

[@danielgehring7437]

...oh, he said 'livid'! I thought he said Trump always looks like liver! Which I had no problem with.

[@wallochdm1]

I'm livid that you've dared to insult Orange Mussolini.

[@KalenRudd]

​@danielgehring7437 777

[@KalenRudd]

​😅😅In

[@Praetor_Fenix420]

Newsmax and it's guests are so generous providing late-night writers so much material to work with.

[@hardcastle4419]

Late night writers are too stupid to come up with their own stuff.

[@TheSiladhiel]

Not to mention the occasional inadvertent confession.

[@chenzen1578]

And the courts with evidence

[@jjhpor]

I worked in management of medium sized corporations for 30 years and I feel that I knew the role that officers of the corporations held. The role of trustee the the Trump boys played during the Trump presidency is the same, I think. That role is "the buck stops here". If fraud is committed on your watch you are guilty. It's not complicated. As they say, that's why you get the big bucks.

[@Sandyg1961]

Exactimundo

[@kimberlyevans9160]

And, I am also thinking that if none of the other officers were actually in charge of running the company, then their father was. And he was supposed to have distanced himself from his companies. (Now , we all know he never did what he was supposed to do, and continued to benefit in lots of ways that he should not have, but I'm just following their logic and show that it is nit a favourable line of thinking.)

[@weremuppet7625]

What? And here I thought those big bucks were for the responsibility of telling who was responsible, ie not me 😜

[@ericwilliams1659]

I thought after Enron, they made laws holding the executive board accountable.

[@ihouseu3340]

@@ericwilliams1659 those laws were diminished and reduced during trump's presidency. Dodd Frank Act is an example. C-suit executives also need to be investigated to determine explicit awareness of financial statements signed for accountability.

[@trysometruth]

I guess they wrote this and/or taped this before Eric Trump went on the stand, which also happened 11/2/2023 - can't wait to hear the Closer Look assessment of that mess. It made Jr.'s testimony look like brilliant solid unimpeachable gold truth by comparison.

[@aphill2208]

As soon as Seth stop trying to do his monologue while standing, I was all in, he(his writers ) really kills it! One of my favorites 😅

[@canadaclaret]

I spent several years as the chair of two different not for profit boards of directors, one for a jazz festival and one for a music institute. I clearly understood that signing my name on the financial statements was a legally binding attestation that to the best of my knowledge those documents were accurate and honest. I knew that I bore a personal liability if they were not. I also made it clear to all new board members that accepting a position on such a board meant that one was liable "separately and severally" for the actions of those organizations. These were organizations with budgets less than $1 million annually, not the multi-million dollar businesses that the Trumps are signing off on.

[@janelliot5643]

Sounds like you are a grown up. Don Jr is just a tall kid

[@DukeFame88]

Of course people of integrity know this. But we're dealing with con men that know the system is rigged for them and playing dumb and making a mockery of the courts works in this country. AND to top it off, they have an army of deplorables paying their legal fees. Too easy.

[@robertlloyd122]

The Trump men don't wanna be bothered with all that boring stuff! Just give em a thing to sign so they can get back to whatever fills their days.

[@ruialexandre6197]

Yesterday on closer look, asking don jr: "what can you tell me about generally accepted accounting procedures? Don's reply: "that they are generally accepted?" 😂

[@artbargra]

If you're expecting profesionalism, respect for the law, actual knowledge or simple decency from a Trump, you're in for a nasty surprise.

[@anath7589]

As for Mar-a-Lago, it was built in the mid 1920s by Marjorie Post, daughter to the owner of General Foods Corp., as her winter home. When she passed away in 1973, she left it to the US government to be used as a winter home for the president, only none had any interest in using it. She left money to maintain it but it wasn't enough, so the government returned it to the Post family who decided to sell it. Trouble was no one wanted it & it sat vacant for years untl Trump bought it in 1985. He offered $15 million, but they rejected it so he bought the land next to it for $2 million to build a home which would block the beach view. The Post family ended up selling it to him for $7 million. The problems with the condition of the property along with it being zoned as commercial & the fact it was designated a historical landmark in 1980 are more than likely the reasons its property value is low. If it was a home like the others in the area, it probably would be worth more but it would never be worth $1 billion. The man's delusional to believe that.

[@awtistiaeth4699]

"The man's is delusional to believe that." He doesn't.. He knows he's lying.

[@bast713]

I was wondering if there were things about it that they weren't talking about. Specifically the type of stuff that would make the comparable properties Giuliani was touting incompatible.

[@curious615]

​@@bast713 It does have numerous encumbrances, and one is it isn't even supposed to be used as a residence! Also, parcels can't be sold off as separate properties.

[@buffycat4641]

@@bast713 basically you can’t compare a residentially zoned property to a commercially zoned property. One would think both trump and Rudy would know that…and they do, but persist in lying.

[@gregbors8364]

“Donald Trump? Never met the guy. I have pictures taken with a lot of different people.” - Donald Trump

[@samuelvimes5770]

"My name is John Miller, I never met this Trump person but I have to say he is a tremendously looking bigly strong man.... and his daughter ....!!!!"

[@charlesasmith7836]

Yes,agree that 🍊 orange fibber said that yes 🎉

[@Logan_Baron]

@@samuelvimes5770 Now that just made me wonder if he ever used his fake identities to try to "date" Ivanka. "If she weren't my daughter, I'd be dating her.............. Actually Ivanka, I'm not your father, I'm John Miller, completely different person, we should date".

[@Nevertoleave]

@@Logan_Baron ugh he’s so creepy. Like if someone was like, “this is my step mom, she’s seven years older than me.” That would throw some major red flags, yet Don Jr can say that and has since the late 90’s. And it’s only in the last year or so that step mom became the same age as Donald was when they met during his divorce

[@Quaker-tc8ue]

Well, she’s been his preferred bedmate for years, and he’d rather be married to her than date her. ICK!@@Logan_Baron

[@jess_n_atx]

I was on Friday Night Lights for 3 seasons. Thanks for keeping it alive Seth.

[@musashimiyamoto586]

I love it when Trump says "People say ..." as if he were talking about a secret group of experts everybody listens to. I think the "people" are the little men in his head or in his dreams or both.

[@Douglas-zd7mz]

Prematuredly Aged Old Fool of a.FART SLOWjo.Brib'em said "CORN POP said get the rusty chains and blah blah....."

[@tofu_golem]

To be fair, he probably got that from FOX News. As dumb as those statements are, he's not smart enough to come up with that on his own.

[@Lelffy]

The amount of restitution is pittance compared to the damage inflicted.

[@christopherweise438]

Working for Trump has destroyed Rudy's life......and yet he's STILL simping for him. Unfrickinbeleivable.

[@petepierre6458]

When he finally sobers up he may just realize!

[@willvasco6908]

It's all he has left

[@christopherweise438]

@@willvasco6908 - I suppose. He's so dug in at this point.

[@fdrstan]

It's a sickness and a cult.

[@infamousElle]

@christopherweise538 Cause he's the Renfeld here.

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

I absolutely love that video of Don jr not knowing what GAAP meant. I've never seen someone so proud to not know something. 😂

[@philbrown9764]

The apple didn’t fall far from the tree with Jr.

[@beckyboyt8535]

How could he graduate from Wharton and not know GAAP?

[@Joe_Narbaiz]

@@beckyboyt8535 Bribery?

[@TyrSkyFatherOfTheGods]

@@beckyboyt8535 "Cocaine is a hell of a drug."

[@tabathasheffroth7981]

@@beckyboyt8535 On a related note...How did his father graduate middle school without knowing that airports didn't exist in the 1700s?

[@curlygurl1263]

Love your Rhudy impersonation! 😂😂😂😂😅😅😅🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

[@dianas4797]

YOU ARE SO GOOD AT A CLOSER LOOK.... made my day. Writers , thanks to you too.

[@NewMessage]

Donnie Jr's so nervous his heart doesn't even notice he hasn't had a bump in 20 minutes.

[@daydreamer8662]

It could also be all the cocaine

[@danielgehring7437]

He actually didn't say that 'I should be wearing makeup' line. It was just gas expulsions from his liver, which suddenly discovered it could work again.

[@markmac2206]

thats the makeup he was talking about.

[@seffishestopal5950]

I can't help but gloat over the sight of Donald Trump sitting in a courtroom.

[@mahbubmo]

From white house to the big house😂

[@philbrown9764]

I want to see him in an orange jumpsuit.

[@petepierre6458]

@@mahbubmo And soon to the outhouse!

[@NZKiwi87]

It’s lovely isn’t it? 😊

[@annedouglas1456]

@@pizzaPUFF365No? But they might care about reproductive rights & school loan forgiveness. Ya’ think?

[@mayadesilva]

Seth, you and the writers are on fire! GREAT SHOW! I laughed out loud several times! All by my widdle self.

[@hardcastle4419]

Seth will be attacking Trump on the next show because he is a hack.

[@allisonjames2923]

Eh. Someone else somewhere else was also laughing loudly at Seth & his writers at the same time. So you weren’t really alone 😊

[@TheComedyChannel-oo5lk]

Seth talks too fast!

[@mfd641]

@@TheComedyChannel-oo5lk you know, you can adjust the video speed? Or, you can cc?

[@chrismcguirt4625]

Explains why u are “by your self” LOL

[@mortalclown3812]

I'm taking 'resting livid face' with me for all time. Love Seth.

[@millie1930]

Loved Friday night lights… was and still is amazing lol shocked for your Friday night lights reference, but your Matt and Julie interaction about his grandma was spot on! I was laughing so hard…

[@harvey3rdman464]

*Keith Olbermann* has the best description of Sidney Powell: _"a poorly drawn image of Lois Griffin's mother."_

[@funkenstien1155]

Ha! Babs...

[@harvey3rdman464]

@@funkenstien1155 excellent moniker, Doctor!

[@brendatruant7404]

Great episode of ‘a closer look’. 👏👏👏🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. Thanks for giving me the news and a laugh at the same time. It’s needed! Seth, you and your team rock! 😘

[@maxmaxwell343]

“Donald Trump’s tax broker was forced to admit to authorities in 2020 that Mar-a-Lago had a market value of just $27 million - not the $517 million claimed in other documents, trial evidence revealed Monday.”

[@A_Lion_In_The_Sun]

The most expensive condo on billionaires row in Manhattan is 60 million dollars. What made him think that his shitty golf course is worth more than that?

[@jb-vb8un]

@@A_Lion_In_The_Sun keep riding the NO FACTS DEMOCRAT DONKEY = = = An analysis of documents, some of which only became public in recent weeks, shows just how much Trump’s businesses raked in while he was in office. Dig through everything-including property records, ethics disclosures, debt documents and securities filings-and you’ll find about $2.4 billion of revenue from January 2017 to December 2020. If not for the pandemic, there would have been even more. Trump’s business was hauling in about $650 million annually during the first three years of his presidency. But in 2020, revenues plunged to an estimated $450 million as Covid infected the business. “It’s hurting me, and it’s hurting Hilton, and it’s hurting all of the great hotel chains all over the world,” Trump said in a March 2020 press conference at the White House. “It’s hurting everybody. I mean, there are very few businesses that are doing well now.” The biggest portion of Trump’s revenue flowed through his clubs and golf properties, which generated approximately $940 million over four years. Trump National Doral, the golf resort in Miami, contributed roughly $270 million to that total. Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s club in Palm Beach, brought in about $90 million. A New Jersey golf club, where the former president has been spending time this summer, took in $60 million or so. Those top-line figures didn’t all end up in Trump’s pocket, however. Golf clubs and resorts are expensive to manage, with operating profit margins running at 20% in good times. During the pandemic, Trump’s traditional courses fared reasonably well, but his golf resorts had to contend with long shutdowns, causing his overall golf and club revenues to drop 27% to an estimated $190 million in 2020.

[@AbsentWithoutLeaving]

maxmaxwell343 - Now come on, you're not being fair. You're disrespecting Trump's FEELINGS. I mean, he feels that his property is worth $517 million dollars. Who are YOU to say his feelings don't count for anything???

[@Steaminlidz]

@@A_Lion_In_The_SunHe didn’t think that. He wanted to borrow money against it at that value. Let’s not give him the benefit of thinking that he didn’t know exactly what he was doing.

[@TH-eb5ro]

@@A_Lion_In_The_Sun Location and it is the brand name, his name that he thinks brings it value. Something is only worth what it can be sold for but that is not what he is doing here.

[@naujaral2131]

Great monologue once again , thank you Seth 🙌👋👋👋

[@iphaze]

I haven’t belly laughed so much in ages. The whole thing is hilarious, I just hope when Rudy goes to jail you find a way to keep doing impressions.

[@paolovantassel1989]

I feel like there is a chance for Rudy to avoid going to prison. It's small, but he did used to be a federal prosecutor, pioneered the use of the same laws he's charged with breaking, and Fani Willis has already been pretty generous with Trump's other henchcreatures. Anything Rudy says or does will be handed to Jack Smith on a silver platter as well, so if Rudy were to make some kind of plea deal (a process he's been on the other end of many times before) and sell out his traitor of a boss, then his advanced age and previous service as a prosecutor could cause him to evade prison. If he does go that route though, I think there's an even chance of him avoiding prison as he does of ending up in some sort of retirement home or state hospital after his depositions revealed signs of dementia.

[@bazzie82]

Waiting till one am to hear this before bed from Ireland

[@jacklawer6389]

Hello buddy, from canada... Its 9 pm here

[@j.p.6932]

3:02 you know he’s WAAAY more interested in saving face and trying to prove something than he is about the welfare of any of his children.

[@NyxOleander]

Happy Thursday Jackals!🐾🐾

[@LindaC616]

🙂 🐾 🐾

[@daveg-Vancouver_Island]

I’d love the prosecutors to do a follow question to Eric after he claims he pours concrete, like the process for pouring concrete, the slump tests, etc etc.. make him stammer over it cuz we all know he doesn’t “pour concrete”, at the very most he may tell someone we need concrete but I even doubt that!

[@buffycat4641]

Got a good laugh when this idiot said he pours concrete, bet he doesn’t even know how to pour milk on his Captain Crunch.

[@geoffreybennett8912]

He would be too scared to deal with most of the concrete companies in New York ,especially face to face with the men with no necks. He pours concrete? Where and when would he even come in contact with a blue collar worker let alone talk to one. And his grifter fathers religious festivals don't count either.

[@mohar1513]

Resting livid face, scowls more than an apartment cat watching dogs pass by through the window. So spot on and hilarious!!

[@TheBioExplorer]

Considering the Fulton County Georgia jail is full to capacity and falling apart to the point prisoners are pulling off metal pieces to make shivs... I say they put that $2.7k into a fund to help Willis clear out some more backlog of cases. She's already cut it in half since taking her position. Let her clear out more so they'll have room for Trump in the jail.

[@gregorymiller8888]

Or just put trump in with the biggest worst criminal Georgia has and see what happens. What is the worst that could happen? Worst problem in the world goes away while nobody was watching?

[@davidanderson_surrey_bc]

They may have to put him into a special double-wide cell. Not because of who he is, but because of his increasing girth. He's about to make Howard Taft look like Abe Lincoln.

[@judesmith4941]

Theys room in the condemned portion since the purchasing department got busted with never used snow blowers etc. Plenty of asbestos plus lead in the water as a bonus 😂

[@TheBioExplorer]

@@davidanderson_surrey_bc That is totally true... but hey... with all the budget cuts they may just have to grease him up and shove him in there. Heck to save money... any of these other people that helped him and haven't taken a plea deal can be shoved in there with him too. That will save on the amount of security. Well... to cut down on workers comp cases... They MAY have to install sound proofing so the Secret Service or US Marshalls that guard the cell don't have to listen to his incessant rants. That could cause undue psychological trauma... and these guys have undergone special training to withstand torturing... but they shouldn't have to endure THAT!

[@irenehigginbotham6392]

Seems like there is a chain of criminal defendants looking for housing soon.

[@TheSlayneProphet]

Georgia dude is completely right. I applaud him for calling that press conference. I still remember him from the very beginning when Trump was saying all his bs about the Georgia election being stolen.

[@jsmith3798]

Me too. I remember his press conference from the time, dude was just over it. Might not agree on much politically, but he impressed me then. I like him. Glad to see he’s still kickin’ around

[@marquisdelafayette1929]

I can’t believe that I got a larger fine for paraphernalia from friggin rolling paper. Like wtf! Our system is such a joke. But good for him for calling it out.

[@jsmith3798]

@@marquisdelafayette1929 When you put it that way.. Well no, it was already ridiculous. But when you put it that way, it's especially absurd and does highlight just how much of a joke it is

[@censusgary]

It’s fine that he got the check. But I don’t know why he called a news conference about it. These days, $2700 doesn’t buy so much. It’s probably not even a day’s worth of blow for Don Junior.

[@glennvieregge934]

It was ...

[@BobbyAnstey]

"A little bit left, a little bit right.. a little left, a little right.." I still laugh at Giuliani's bottle cap struggles

[@dadnelson4008]

He was sooo damn hungover in that clip , I can't stop laughing every time I see it !

[@aphill2208]

The fixed smile von Don jr's face, appeared to mask his nervousness 😢

[@patriciapage2109]

Thanks for the laughs Seth ❣️

[@Dr_1212]

Lock them all up Trumps for prison 2024

[@hardcastle4419]

Biden family for prison 2024...

[@mkunes2502]

Trumps for prison 2024-2044

[@cole0889]

Someone needs to pull up Sidneys mugshot alongside a picture of that crazy online suicide puppet Momo from a few years ago. I swear Powell's head was used as the base for Momo. I automatically see Momo in my head every time I see that mugshot of Sidney and its a little disturbing tbh. 😅

[@terryoquinn8199]

I’m thinking maybe deep fried ?

[@wednesday8397]

Tears from laughing! Fantastic show, Seth

[@Gniff85411]

“I want you to stay alive and scare the rats away from my dead body,” is an outstanding line. I don’t know how it didn’t get a bigger laugh in the studio. I laughed so hard 😂

[@md61211]

I liked "long shorts or short pants"

[@darwinhaditbackward5899]

Me too

[@PiriakaTrackwrecker]

💯 On the Friday Night Lights call, such a great show

[@IcariumGaming]

Mara Lago, isnt zoned as a residence, instead it is zoned as a commercial property, of which Trunp agreed that it would never serve as a home to be able to build the commercial property. If it was residential, it may be worth mseveral hundred million, but its not. It is valued as a commercial property, and valued based on the income it can bring in.

[@richardvickrey4786]

Oh Seth, you just get better with age. This "Closer Look" ep. is possibly your best ever! I laughed out loud in the privacy of my own home, much to the chagrin of my little dog. 💙

[@largelingerie]

Exactly! My dog expects it!

[@margaretsimmons7300]

Me too. And Chiffon, the little foundling, too.

[@JaTjr32]

My cats don't care much for him. Or me. Or their food. Or guests. Or anything.

[@sakomanlee]

Ahhhh. I dunno. Mr Pibb doesn't even exist anymore. If Seth's writers are too ignorant or lazy to intelligently dissect the politics of a type of cola that may or may not be based on prunes, can they be trusted at all?

[@dianerhys]

Our local stores still carry Mr. Pibb, so it still exists.

[@kellifranklin9872]

Don Jr had that “I’m fucked but I’m still gonna lie my ass off” look down, didn’t he?

[@coomtothebroom778]

Laughing at the irony of MAGA saying Biden is senile while Trump can’t recognize his own signature and forgets who his lawyers were. 😂

[@suezbell1]

and cannot recognize his own wife/rape victim.

[@petepierre6458]

And couldn't recognize his wife from a picture that only had 2 women!!

[@daydreamer8662]

trump has forgotten his kids' names. the town he's in during a speech, and on and on

[@Virjunior01]

​@@suezbell1just about to say this. And anyone who has such a specific type he can't tell the difference between his multiple wives is a total freaking psycho.

[@markmac2206]

say it louder for the people of Sue Falls!

[@brentsdadgets2658]

Aw man! Do I HAVE to start watching Friday Night Lights now?

[@TXNatureGal]

“Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Can’t Lose”- Coach Taylor

[@ws8080]

His failure at math is so epic as to be scary. First he thinks that 50 x $18M = $100M, then he tries to fix it later by saying it's worth $1B when it clearly isn't. NOTE Maybe the secret documents he has there are worth that on the black market ?!?! All those cardboard boxes in the bathroom are the real value....

[@Firebat45]

I say if he wants to claim its worth 1 billion, sure, go for it. And tax him based on that value for property taxes.

[@chonqmonk]

Instead of 50 to 100 times, he meant 3 to 6 times the value....that's why he's in this mess. He's really dumb.

[@kerrynicholls6683]

@@Firebat45 Oh and back taxes. For all the years when he lowered the numbers. Love ❤️ from Australia 🇦🇺

[@todd-617]

Genius math skills. This is the clown republicans want running the country again. He can’t even do 5th grade math.

[@istdochallesegal3427]

Sure sounds like rock-solid Wharton-honed financial skills!

[@chrissupport]

Nothing's as ironic as Trump spouting numbers for Mar-Lardo's current value ($750M, $1B, and $1.5B within 15 minutes) when he's on trial for inflating property values for personal gain. DJ's defense reminds me of a Sidney Powell/Lin Wood case in MN where Wood said he did sign the affidavit, but didn't draft or read it.

[@eyeseer1]

Trump is so delusional, he has no clue that he is a criminal.

[@kreshar]

The ironic part is him not seeming to understand that if maralago was actually worth 1.5 billion it would have meant he owed a lot more in property taxes than he paid, so still a crime either way.

[@jpdemer5]

@@kreshar Taxes about 100 times higher than he actually paid. I'm looking forward to the next assessment from the county tax authorities.

[@JimmyKirk-o6w]

I hope this sticks because I can sue so many people in New York for overpricing their buildings.

[@lab1610]

You made me choke on my sip of wine when you compared Sydney Powell to Grandma Saracen. Well done, Seth! 😂

[@xavierrobinson9126]

lol!! That bit got me too!!!!! I gasped!

[@krisfrederick5001]

Seth's writers are held far more accountable for their jokes than Trump J.R.'s crimes. Thus far 😂

[@samuela-aegisdottir]

The US wouldn't be in this insane state now if Trump and his family had regulary undergone a Surprise Inspection.

[@chasechevy8933]

That should tell you something, dumped-dimwits

[@Douglas-zd7mz]

......hahafutooALL-DNC DemonRATS LEFTIST CONnivers and often LIARS OF the LEFT

[@sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401]

​@samuela3170 I understand that the State of New York had been investigating the Trump corporate entities for some years, before his presidential involvement, so this is not political ! 🙄

[@thekellers5041]

It's business mgmt 101 to know that all responsibility for financial facts of your company rest upon you and not the accountants & tax preparers you hire. Every single accounting or tax preparing document bears a notice that tells you you are the one responsible not the person you've hired to crunch numbers for you. ALWAYS. End of story.

[@marcy3098]

I always hope for a Rudy Colludy impression. 😂 Cracks me up every time!

[@jeremywalker7795]

So she killed the ghost of Chester Cheeto and wore his pelt as a sweater. This joke still makes more sense than anything Trump has said.

[@arthurdent9281]

Yeah, I was scratching my head on that one, and came to see if anyone else was as well.

[@jeffmagnato6979]

I have to say it... since coming back from the writer's strike, Seth's team is on fire. Their jokes are on point, and even Seth is having a great time doing the show. Even better than Colbert's & Kimmel, whose jokes lately are copies of each other. Someone has a bug planted on the other writers' room.

[@SugarandSarcasm]

I was wondering if anyone else noticed that. It’s why I usually watch Colbert and Seth

[@big12plus]

Has Don, both Jr and Sr, ever read the certification statement right above their signature on legal documents? You know the one that has phrases like, "I swear/affirm/certify that all statements and facts in this document are true and correct to the best of my knowledge"? Saying I didn't know and/or we put a clause in our statements and facts that we might be lying isn't a "get out of jail card". It's perjury on a legal document or, at least, unlawful writing.

[@JimBessey]

Love the FNL reference. Voice was spot on. ❤ ❤

[@jamesedward2470]

I like how trump talks about how rich he is in front of people that can’t afford a dentist

[@belindarocky961]

This will forever be the part that I can't understand.

[@awaredeshmukh3202]

The mentality of those people is that they're just not rich RIGHT NOW. Really they could be just as rich as Trump, if not for a little bad luck! Check back next year, they might be billionaires! It's an unfortunate side effect of the optimism of the American dream that sometimes we can't or don't want to recognize when we've been born into a situation we can't easily get out of

[@markmac2206]

and those people keep sending him their "toof muney".

[@darwinhaditbackward5899]

Lmaooo

[@danielgehring7437]

@@awaredeshmukh3202 I've actually heard that exact argument from a Trumper. They'd be rich right now if it weren't for all the immigrants taking their joooobs, the people on government handouts driving up their taxes, those dang government regulations forcing them to obey the law in their business practices... I didn't bother pointing out that even if that really were the case, then everyone would be rich and he's still be comparatively poor, though. There's no arguing with delusion.

[@anath7589]

Laughed when Don Jr. asked the sketch artist to make him look sexy...they said it was "playful banter" but you know he really wanted her to do that.

[@suicydekyng8612]

Jr's defense is "I never woulda signed those documents if I had known they be used in a court of law"

[@kuzzbillington6392]

lol, it's funny how exactly the same that is to "i would've never broken the law if i'd known i was gonna get caught".

[@chenzen1578]

He probably has a declaimer-stamp he bams right next to his signature: "This signature is worth nothing and has no legal consequences"

[@josephbelisle5792]

I was thinking the same thing. I wouldnt have commited the crime if I thought someone would prosecute me for it. So I'm innocent.,

[@jb-vb8un]

Examples of Democrat racism 1857: Democrat Supreme Court justices ruled that slaves are not citizens and could not expect protection from the federal government. The final tally was 7-2, the only votes in favor of the slave were Republicans, all of the the votes against the slave were Democrats. 1863: Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation stated that all slaves were now to be free. Lincoln was assassinated 6 days after the Civil War by a Democrat named John Wilkes Booth. 1864-1869: Amendments 13-15; outlawed slavery (Amendment 1), made citizens of people who were born in the US, protected all citizens from unfair treatment by the states (Amendment 2) and protected citizens right to vote regardless of race and color (Amendment 3). All of the votes, House and Senate, including revisions, were split down party lines- Republicans in favor of, Democrats against. 1865: The Black Codes, created by the Democrats, these codes prevented blacks from things like owning businesses, owning property and voting. 1866: The KKK, another Democrat creation, formed as a "military like" presence to combat radical Republicans, enforce black codes and terrorize anyone who opposed their ideology (sound familiar). 1870's-1965: Jim Crow Laws, created by progressive Democrats, basically a continuation of the Black Codes. Included segregation and played a part in restricting jobs and education. 1860s-1930s: Lynchings, used by the KKK in the South and the working-class Irish in the North as a way to strike fear into the hearts and minds of mainly black Americans and others who opposed their ideology. 1871: The Enforcement Act, not one Democrat voted for this bill that would punish violence perpetrated by the KKK. The bill did pass, however President Cleveland (another Democrat) repealed most of the bill roughly 15 years later. 1918-22: Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill did eventually pass but was filibustered by Democrats. 1938: New Deal FHA housing discrimination laws. 1938: Democrat President Franklin Roosevelt appointment and the Democrat Senate's approval of Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard Hugo Black to the Supreme Court. 1941: Democrat President Franklin Roosevelt appointment and the Democrat Senate's approval of segregationist James F. Byrnes to the Supreme Court. 1960: Civil Rights Act, set forth for voter protection, disapproved mostly by Democrats. 1964: Civil Rights Act, would end discrimination regardless of race, sex and religion, also provided more voter protection. Roughly 33% of Democrats voted against compared to roughly 19% of Republicans who voted against. Democrats also filibustered for 60 days. 1963-69: Lyndon Johnson, he was quoted as saying "I'll have them n*ggers voting Democrat for 200 years" around the same time that he passed his infamous "Great Society" bills, which consisted of welfare, assisted housing and other programs of that nature. We'll discuss the "Great Society" and it's harm to mainly black Americans but also to poor folks of every color a little later. 1996: Hillary Clinton made a comment that inner-city blacks are super-predators and should be brought to heel. 2017: In the wake of a white supremacist march organized by Biden operative Richard Spencer in Charlottesville, Virginia on August 12, 2017, Wes Bellamy, the Democrat vice-mayor of Charlottesville under mayor Mike Signer and a local educator, was forced to resign his post in the Virginia Board of Education after he was exposed as a racist via his social media comments, which exposed his racist and sexist views. 2017: Despite pushing to take down Confederate statues,[18] left-wing activists did not voice any objections to the numerous monuments named after racist Democrat leaders, such as Andrew Johnson, Woodrow Wilson, Lyndon Johnson, and Robert Byrd. 2018: Many Democrat talking heads made derogatory remarks about Kanye West after he visited the White House to talk with President Trump. One labeled Kanye West as a "token negro" and another said "Kanye West is what happens when negroes don't read." 2020: Democrat Presidential nominee Joe Biden's comment of "you ain't black" to African American freethinkers wanting to escape the Democrat plantation

[@Lancelot2000Lps]

@@jb-vb8un Maybe is Kanye West a fish fucker like south park had showed. And racism have we all as human because we do not like what is different from us but what is important too know that and not get violent. And could you give your source reference because when you claim something so extrem you need extrem prove how is thrustful. Greetings from germany

[@AndrewLZCom]

The Friday Night Lights reference was perfect.

[@TheBlindAcorn]

The FNL reference had me rolling. 😂

[@robertthomas888]

Love Seth, he puts these people in check !!! You go Seth !!!

[@anumeon]

I love how their defence seems to be. "I am to stupid to bother reading things, if they tell me to sign then i will sign.. So, on that basis, could someone slip him a check for a million or two to be paid to me.. And make him sign it.

[@MikesOrganicVideos]

Seth's Rudy Giuliani impression always makes me laugh out loud. Seriously. Thank you, Seth!

[@mariahgrimes207]

He does a pretty good Sydney Powell too😂 Caught me off guard!

[@toomer205]

Friday Night Lights is one of the best TV shows ever!

[@dynamicpisces]

Seth doing a 2 sided improvisational conversation btw Trump and Giuliani is all I live for 😂😂😂 And it takes a man to notice that Rudy was wearing a tuxedo shirt! Thanks for pointing that out😂😂

[@ynwa73]

He is the one who valued it at 18m and 100m.. 18m for tax reasons and 100m to the banks or 1.5 billion.. He is the one making up numbers... Its why there is a court case😅

[@CommonSense1776US]

Have you ever bought and owned a home? This is not how it works. County assessor assesses property value based on a formula that is totally disconnected and separate from any market value for the asset.

[@rickmohr8161]

Trump's house is worth a billion, is that with or without the secret documents 😂

[@eliassalcedo5229]

Trump alone can appraise his properties, just by thinking about their value. 😂

[@Elwaves2925]

The property was worth a billion and a half....until he moved in. Then they became worthless, desecrated ground that even the rodents left because the big rats took over.

[@ckpierce9475]

Because Trump thinks if his fat rump is sitting at the location "his brand" makes it a billion times more valuable. 😂

[@terryoquinn8199]

Elias , I’m also thinking that a big man who never cried in his life , tough guy , with tears in his eyes 👀 said to him ,”sir ……….”

[@FakeSchrodingersCat]

That's the thing, that is what is getting him in trouble. And I honestly don't think Trump understands what is happening. The Judge isn't going out and appraising the value of Mar-a-Lago himself, the 18 million number he used is what Trump has claimed the property was worth when it came time to pay his taxes, he then turned around and claimed it was worth a billion when he needed a loan. That is the crime he is accused of here both undervaluing it for tax purposes and then overvaluing it to the bank. And he is basically admitting he is guilty to half of it, on national TV. While this trial doesn't actually cover the undervaluing on his taxes, if he wins the IRS is then going to want a word with him.

[@eliassalcedo5229]

@@themonsterwithin6495 It's a parody thing, based on Trump's past statements. Kind figuring his reasoning 🤔

[@MariaVosa]

Love it that Seth was so happy the end joke worked this time, after the flub in the last Closer Look, that he called out the writer.

[@maryjomorris9373]

Keep it up. Love a closer look

[@richsackett3423]

Don Jr. has the face of a man who knows he's through.

[@danielgehring7437]

That's his whole personality. If things are going his way, he's mad things aren't going better. If things are going against him, it's a crime against humanity itself.

[@edgarcook9607]

several lines of coke face

[@darwinhaditbackward5899]

Truth

[@dadnelson4008]

....also a face ya wanna punch 👊

[@philoctetes_wordsworth]

It makes me so happy to know that at least donnie dump, Junior will in fact go to prison. The internal humiliation and rage donnie dump, Senior will experience (as a raging narcissist) will keep me warm until I die.

[@okkietrooy6841]

No prison time for civil trial.

[@gwcstudio]

No prison, it's going to cost them a lot of money though they'll still have a lot left.

[@annihilator45]

​@@okkietrooy6841until AG Bragg gets his indictments in😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Fstate]

@@okkietrooy6841he has several criminal cases currently

[@largelingerie]

@@okkietrooy6841That is such a shame…

[@MsKenijo]

Georgia Lt Governor (huge election denier) was hosting a legislature Q&A about election integrity in Georgia and accusing our Secretary of State of failing again. That’s why good ol’ boy Gabe went check-flashing.

[@alrightyru]

Going after Raffensburger is low hanging fruit & he did nothing wrong. What the hell Lt Gov?!

[@darwinhaditbackward5899]

Love Gabe Sterling

[@janineboitard6492]

I missed Seth. He's got one of the cutest TV smiles!! 🥰😍

[@atthepostinc.2027]

I love when Seth does Rudy. 😂😂😂

[@WendyDahling3]

The Sydney Powell one is good too.

[@thork6974]

He's got Powell's accent but he's missing the karen quaver.

[@renenowicki]

“I’m a legitimate businessman.” Said every move boss ever.

[@writerchik44]

Except they are actually respectful

[@meh2510]

@@writerchik44 And more business savvy.

[@ronareid7956]

Seth, I love you more every day. No joke, tons of laughs! Thanx Team Seth!

[@mailelouie658]

Did you see the court security look over their shoulders at DJ? Priceless

[@FarshadTami]

Chester Cheetah is a cheetah! Sidney Powell's sweater is obviously a replica of a leopard pelt. A jackal has spoken... and we know the pelts of our wild friends in the jungle.

[@reagangarrels430]

Not a correction but I am getting my Master of Accountancy degree and today my professor brought this case up to the class today. He also brought up the GAAP thing and I sent that to my friends in the class so we all laughed when it was brought up as a class subject. Sarbanes Oxley section 302 establishes corporate responsibility for financial reporting. The CEO and CFO must sign off that the financial statements are not misleading, are materially correct, and that they are responsible for internal controls. By signing it you are saying you understand what the accountants gave you. Even if you just sign it you are still responsible. Although not a public company, you are still not exempt from the penalty portions of SOX. Also, if he is an executive he should be aware of private GAAP rules. Accounting rant over.

[@valhoff3]

Those Trump lawyers deserve disbarment.

[@vincebrannon3353]

More than that, it seems they need specialist mental care.

[@barcelonachair6487]

They eventually do.

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

I originally misread that as dismemberment. Curiously, I felt it was just as valid a thing to say.

[@ckinahan1]

They end up with de facto disbarment. Which is their dismemberment. At least for his male lawyers.

[@DimaRakesah]

Trump's payroll for lawyers should be like a dowsing rod for investigations, if only he actually put them on a payroll.

[@jo_magpie]

Appreciate the FNL reference😂 best show. Minus season two. Ever.

[@ouishelly]

The Burj Khalifa joke is truly genius. Awesome delivery. I watched it again after googling and confirming the 1.5bn value.

[@momcatwoo]

THE EPITHETS VS MAR-A-LAGO! ❤ I choked on my coffee. Repeatedly!

[@notenoughmonkeys]

Remember Trump actually signed Erics birth certificate... so it's clear why Don Jr thinks signing legal docs shouldn't have consequences.

[@jidofole]

😂

[@artbargra]

That birth certificate also has the note of "Don't believe anything you read here."

[@billfreeman1347]

😂

[@jb-vb8un]

thanks for your CRT / KU KLUX KLAN mindreading donkey conjecture - - - September 28, 2023 | Insight The Monetary Value of Relaxed Oil Sanctions Enforcement by the Biden Administration ^^^^ “U.S. officials privately acknowledge they’ve gradually relaxed some enforcement of sanctions on Iranian oil sales,” Bloomberg News revealed last month. The dollar value of this sanctions relief can be calculated by estimating how much Iranian exports increased due to lighter enforcement, then projecting how much these additional sales have been worth. In August, Iran reported exports of 1.7 million barrels of crude oil per day (mbpd), a level not seen since March 2019. Others put the figure even higher, at 2.2 mbpd, although this memo will use the UANI Tanker Tracker database, which uses publicly available data going back to April 2018. By contrast, Tehran exported an average of 0.775 mbpd while facing the “maximum pressure” campaign waged by the Trump administration. Depending on the discount Iran offered to incentivize purchases from a sanctioned government, the estimated value of Tehran’s additional oil sales - the difference between its realized revenue and what it would have earned had its exports remained at the maximum pressure period’s average level - was $26.3 to $29.5 billion dollars, a number that will continue growing while enforcement remains lax. Iran’s Oil Exports In May 2018, the Trump administration declared its exit from the 2015 nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), paving the way for the revival of American oil sanctions on Iran in November of that year. To ease the consequent shock to global oil markets, the administration issued a six-month waiver that permitted select countries to import up to a million barrels of Iranian oil daily. This waiver expired in May 2019 without an extension. Data from the UANI Tanker Trackers, which monitors global oil shipments, reveal that Iran’s exports stood at 2.9 mbpd in April 2018, just before Washington’s JCPOA withdrawal. By October 2018, this figure dwindled to 1.8 mbpd as buyers sought to minimize their dependency on Iranian oil. During the six months in which the waiver was in effect, exports averaged 1.39 mbpd. After the waiver’s expiration, Iranian exports averaged 0.775 mbpd for the remainder of Trump’s tenure although there were significant fluctuations month-to-month. Tehran’s exports began growing as soon as Biden took office. They reached 1.14 mbpd in 2021, a 32 percent increase from the year prior. This level of sales persisted in 2022 before another significant leap this year. The average export rate from January to August 2023 has been 1.38 mbpd, a 21 percent increase from the year prior and 59 percent greater than the last year of Trump’s tenure. This steady ascent hints at a sustainable upward trajectory in Tehran’s exports. To estimate how much Iranian exports increased each month because of lax sanctions enforcement, this analysis subtracts the average daily export in the “maximum pressure” era (0.775 mbpd) from Iran’s export level in each month of Biden’s tenure, as shown in Table 1. In effect, the analysis posits that Biden could have held Iranian exports constant had he chosen to enforce sanctions vigorously. Assessing the Worth of Iran’s Oil Exports Tehran’s efforts to obscure its export activities and sidestep sanctions make it harder to determine both the quantity of exports and their likely price. This analysis assumes that Iran offers its buyers a discount for purchasing oil from a sanctioned entity. Since Tehran’s discount offerings likely fluctuate based on time and clientele, this analysis posits three scenarios in which Iran’s oil is priced at 5, 10, and 15 percent below the Brent rate, respectively. For each month of Biden’s tenure (February 2021-August 2023), this analysis takes the estimated increase in Iranian exports as calculated in the previous section and multiplies it by the average monthly Brent price, less the discount for that scenario. Depending on the scenario, Iran’s total revenue during Biden’s tenure ranges from $81 billion to $90.7 billion. Had Iranian exports remained at the baseline “maximum pressure” level of 0.775 mbpd, revenues would only have been $54.7 billion to $61 billion. The differences between these two sets of figures indicates an Iranian gain of $26.3 billion to $29.5 billion, depending on the discount.