What are Trump's Goals for the Iran War?: Late Night White House Press Briefing

0:01 -You guys, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt

0:02 has been holding a lot of press briefings lately,

0:04 but there are still a lot of questions about

0:06 what this administration has been doing that are unanswered.

0:10 So we decided to hold another one right here, right now.

0:12 That's right.

0:14 Press Secretary Leavitt and the "Late Night" press

0:15 corps are here in the studio, ready to go.

0:18 So without further ado, it's time for the "Late Night White House

0:21 Press Briefing."[ Cheers and applause]♪♪ Thank you, thank you.

0:33 Yes.

0:34 Seth Meyers, "Late Night with Seth Meyers." Karoline,

0:36 would you like to kick us off with a quick

0:38 lie about gas prices during Trump's second term?

0:41 -They're down 86%.

0:44 -Okay.

0:45 What are the administration's goals for this war?

0:48 And as a follow up, do you know my name?

0:51 -The goals of this operation have been made very clear, Danny.

0:55 Laughter] -I heard Marco Rubio's kid ran up a huge credit

1:00 card bill making in-app purchases in "Minecraft." How did he handle that?

1:04 -Their visa was revoked by Secretary Rubio, and they were deported.

1:08 -Ah.

1:09 Laughter] Is President Trump getting excited about Don Jr.'s upcoming wedding?

1:14 -The president is not going.

1:16 Laughter] -Where can I find the world's largest gnarliest bruise?

1:23 -The president's right hand.

1:25 Laughter] -What does Stephen Miller ask for when he meets someone?

1:30 -Just a small fraction of their blood.

1:33 Laughter] -What should the American people do since there

1:37 isn't anyone in charge of running FEMA right now?

1:40 -Pray for good weather.

1:41 Laughter] -What does House Speaker Mike Johnson call pubic hair?

1:47 -The South Lawn.

1:50 Laughter] -Karoline, a video game question.

1:53 Let's say there are five Koopas, and I jump on three of them.

1:57 How many Koopas are left?

1:59 -You could do the math on that, Mario.

2:01 Laughter] -Staying on the subject of video games,

2:07 what has Donkey Kong been working on lately?

2:10 -The release of another 400 million barrels.

2:13 Laughter] -Where does Ted Cruz go when there's a natural disaster in Texas?

2:18 -Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica,

2:21 the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador...

2:24 -Karoline, my next question is— -...Honduras,

2:26 Panama, Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago...

2:29 -Is that it?

2:30 -...and maybe some others as well.

2:33 -Karoline, I'm going to karaoke after this.

2:35 What kind of song should I sing?

2:37 -An instrumental.

2:38 -Hey!

2:40 Laughter] Karoline, whatever happened to that guy

2:46 who was Tom Cruise's co-star in "Jerry Maguire"?

2:49 You know, the one who was always like,

2:52 "Show me the money." -I don't have any updates on Cuba for you today.

2:56 Laughter] -Sorry, Karoline,

3:02 I'm just trying to make eye contact with the writers real quick.

3:06 Laughter] Karoline, what is the only thing our pet dogs really want from us?

3:13 -Some love.

3:14 -That makes sense.

3:15 And what about our cats?

3:17 -They want death.

3:18 They want destruction.

3:18 They want to kill.

3:20 Laughter] -How badly do you think the Mets are gonna lose tonight?

3:24 -412 to 1.

3:26 Laughter] -What can you expect to find

3:29 in an order of Olive Garden's shrimp scampi?

3:32 -20% of the world's global oil supply.

3:36 Laughter] -What are Jeff Foxworthy jokes about?

3:41 -The redness on the neck.

3:43 Laughter] -That one didn't quite work, but that was a really good one,

3:49 and I'm— I'm fine with that one.

3:51 I'm fine with that one.

3:52 Let's say you're putting together a basketball

3:54 team from the best players in history.

3:57 Who's your starting five?

3:58 -Jordan, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar.

4:02 -President Trump's diet is famously bad.

4:05 How would you describe his farts?

4:07 -They would kill every single person in this room.

4:10 Laughter] -Time for some music trivia.

4:14 Who was Diana Ross?

4:16 -The former supreme leader.

4:18 Laughter] -What's something Trump and Melania have never done?

4:21 -Come together.

4:23 -How...

4:24 Laughter, groaning][ Cheers and applause] Let's say you finally

4:32 get a date with the biggest hunk in school, and he takes you to the movies.

4:36 What would you do?

4:38 -Go to the back row for some love.

4:40 Laughter] -Oh, what's the status of President Trump's balls?

4:45 -This president is keeping them as low as he can.

4:48 Laughter] -And finally, what does this administration have to say to people

4:52 who think this country is going to hell?

4:54 -We look forward to seeing you all there.

4:55 -Well, looks like we're out of time.

4:57 So on behalf of the rest of the "Late Night" press corps, have a good night!

5:00 We'll be right back with Chris Hayes.