--- title: Watch Seth Meyers Take a Close Look at Trump's Cabinet Picks description: The 'Late Night' host unleashed a scathing commentary on the president-elect's cabinet choices, from Rex Tillerson to Rick Perry. canonical: https://time.com/4602046/seth-meyers-on-trump-cabinet/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-12-14T16:28:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:39:28.505Z og:title: Watch Seth Meyers Take a Close Look at Trump's Cabinet Picks og:description: The 'Late Night' host has a scathing commentary on the president-elect's choices. og:url: https://time.com/4602046/seth-meyers-on-trump-cabinet/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8482ec7d12c5bd4f/6988b2e9e20a8703afa93877/seth-meyers.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Late Night with Seth Meyers - Season 4 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Seth Meyers Take a Close Look at Trump's Cabinet Picks twitter:description: The 'Late Night' host has a scathing commentary on the president-elect's choices. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8482ec7d12c5bd4f/6988b2e9e20a8703afa93877/seth-meyers.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Seth Meyers Has a Scathing Takedown of Every Trump Cabinet Pick > Sponsored content. 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Meyers went on to compare Trump’s latest actions with his populist campaign speeches, in which he insisted he wasn’t even “friends” with “rich people” and made it a point of pride that he was self-funding his run for the White House. “Trump claimed he wouldn’t be indebted to campaign donors, but his cabinet tells a different story,” Meyers said as he tried to keep it light with references to Grimace the purple blob-like McDonald’s character. But the comedian struggled to keep a grin on his face as he targeted _Dancing with the Stars_ alum [Rick Perry](http://time.com/4601888/trump-rick-perry-energy-secretary/?xid=homepage), Hewlett Packard executive [Carly Fiorina](http://time.com/4523922/carly-fiorina-donald-trump-mike-pence/?iid=sr-link1), Goldman Sachs honcho [Steven Mnuchin](http://time.com/4585879/donald-trump-steven-mnuchin-wilbur-ross-treasury-commerce/?iid=sr-link1), and Andy Puzder, CEO of CKE restaurant, which owns fast-food outlets like Carl’s Jr and Hardee’s. 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