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President Biden’s ‘Late Night’ Appearance Indicates the Tough Road Ahead
President Joe Biden has never been good on TV. He tried his best with Seth Meyers on 'Late Night.'
In a first segment, in which he was flanked by Meyers and by Amy Poehler, Biden called to mind the 2010 episode of “Saturday Night Live” in which host Betty White was supported by an all-star team of guests who did the real comic heavy lifting; he made game attempts to riff on the so-called “Dark Brandon” persona constructed for him online, but appeared ill-at-ease. A second segment, after Poehler left the stage, placed the President on firmer footing, though even his most ardent defenders may need to come to terms with the fact that certain of his long-held rhetorical traits — like trailing off and stopping himself when he spoke angrily about Trump, as he did twice — can read now as his having lost a step. (The President did scoop “Late Night” by telling a press gaggle that he hoped for a cease-fire by next week in a public appearance with Meyers before the show aired, strangely eating an ice cream cone while making global news.)
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