Inbox: President Barack Obama will be Letterman’s first guest on his new Netflix talk show January 12. Obama’s first television talk show appearance since leaving office. (Netflix handout photo) pic.twitter.com/TyE38LxReU
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) January 5, 2018
Per the Washington Post:
With his new monthly Netflix talk show, David Letterman is returning to the limelight — and bringing former president Barack Obama with him.
Obama will be the first guest on “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman,” set to begin Jan. 12, Netflix announced Friday. The interview will be among the few Obama has given since leaving office early last year…
In addition to Obama, other guests on the show include George Clooney, Malala Yousafzai, Tina Fey, Jay-Z and Howard Stern. In each hour-long episode Letterman will have a long-form conversation with the guest across a range of topics.
“You never know when you might learn something,” Letterman said of his new show. “And that’s what this is about for me. These are people that I admire.”…
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What else do we have to look forward to, at the start of a new week?
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Axios reports that Trump isn’t starting his actual-work day until 11 am, which is also apparent from his public schedule and the fact that he tweets up until 11 am. https://t.co/Jv9Eg8FyYu
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 7, 2018
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Dana Milbank, “And the Trumpie for Best Actor in A Misleading Role… “:
… After Trump boasted about the largeness and functionality of his “nuclear button” this week, a few reporters pointed out that the only button on his desk in the Oval Office is for him to order a Diet Coke. Maybe Trump thinks he is ordering a nuclear strike each time he presses that button and that he is then being rewarded with a Diet Coke?
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