<div class="cli cli-embed cli-embed--header-media cli-embed--full-width js-no-inject"><div class="connatix-wrapper" style="width:100%;height:auto;display:block;position:relative"><div class="loading-message"><span class="loading-message__loading">LOADING</span><span class="loading-message__error">ERROR LOADING</span></div><div data-ready="true" class="connatix-player" style="position:absolute;top:0;width:100%;height:100%"><img fetchpriority="high" class="connatix-thumbnail" aria-hidden="true" alt="" src="https://img.connatix.com/00801131-2a12-4e54-92a9-6a50b8aa51f9/1_th.jpg?crop=480:270,smart&amp;width=480&amp;height=270&amp;format=jpeg&amp;quality=60&amp;fit=crop" style="position:absolute;left:0;top:0;width:100%;height:auto;aspect-ratio:16/9" width="100%" height="auto"></div></div></div><div class="primary-cli cli cli-text "><p>Seth Meyers tweaked one of <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a>’s favorite slogans in response to the report in Bob Woodward’s new book “War” that then-President Trump secretly <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-vladimir-putin_n_67053315e4b0cea985e0a424" target="_blank" role="link" class=" js-entry-link cet-internal-link" data-vars-item-name="sent COVID testing equipment" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="6707b30ee4b0f3da6455d266" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="67053315e4b0cea985e0a424" data-vars-target-content-type="buzz" data-vars-type="web_internal_link" data-vars-subunit-name="article_body" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-position-in-subunit="0">sent COVID testing equipment</a> to Russia’s Vladimir Putin during the pandemic when Americans were struggling to get tested themselves.</p></div><div class="primary-cli cli cli-text "><p>On Wednesday’s episode of “Late Night,” host Meyers aired a montage of the now-Republican presidential nominee Trump bombastically declaring his love, loyalty and unswerving devotion to Americans and repeating his mantra of “America First.”</p></div><div class="primary-cli cli cli-text "><p>Meyers, though, suggested Trump’s helping hand to Putin over U.S. citizens should see the catchphrase tweaked to “America! 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The “Late Night” comedian responded to a report about the former president helping out Russia’s Vladimir Putin during the COVID pandemic.{ai:summary}<p>Seth Meyers criticized Donald Trump for allegedly sending COVID testing equipment to Russia while Americans faced shortages. He suggested that Trump's slogan "America First" should be altered to "America! But First..." in light of this revelation.</p><p>#politics</p>

Seth Meyers Adds Single, Scathing Word To Trump Slogan

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