Late-Night Hosts Slam Trump for Defending ‘Bloodthirsty Tyrant’ Putin Amid Ukraine Invasion

variety.com:

Zack Sharf With news coming in that Russia was invading Ukraine, late-night hosts Seth Meyers and Jimmy Kimmel designated airtime to slamming Donald Trump and Fox News personalities for their defenses of Vladimir Putin.

Meyers told viewers on “Late Night” that “the entire world is aghast and horrified” as Russia mobilizes against the Ukraine — well, everyone except Trump.

Meyers then played a clip of Trump defending Putin and calling him a “genius” while being interviewed on “The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show.”“I went in yesterday and there was a television screen, and I said this is genius,” Trump is heard saying in the clip. “Putin declares a big portion of the Ukraine…Putin declares it as independent.

Oh, that’s wonderful. So Putin is now saying it’s independent — a large section of Ukraine.” “I said how smart is that? And he’s gonna go in and be a peacekeeper,” Trump continued. “That’s the strongest peace force.