In the fourth episode of Late Night's limited podcast series "A Closer Look Back," A Closer Look Supervising Writer/Producer Sal Gentile and A Closer Look Supervising Producer Emily Erotas discuss the central lie of Trump's political strategy: that no election is legitimate unless he wins, and any criticism is simply lies from his perceived enemies. They revisit A Closer Look segments going back to Trump's first term that focus on Trump's fundamental dishonesty, and how his opposition was galvanized by his deep and broad unpopularity. They tell behind-the-scenes stories from their time working with Seth Meyers and Late Night's writers and producers during the Trump administration. "A Closer Look Back" is typically available in the Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast feed every other Monday; however, the next episode will be released Monday, November 18. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Seth takes a closer look at Donald Trump’s former chief of staff John Kelly saying Trump met the definition of a fascist and that he praised Hitler. Then, Lin-Manuel Miranda talks about consulting Andy Samberg when coming up with the idea for his concept album Warriors, texting Lauryn Hill’s manager every week for a year asking for Lauryn to feature and his iconic text exchange with Stephen Sondheim. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.