--- title: Seth Meyers Found One True Thing Trump told Justin Trudeau description: While Donald Trump admitted about lying to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Seth Meyers found some truth in what POTUS said. canonical: https://time.com/5202984/seth-meyers-on-trump-and-justin-trudeau/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-03-16T15:01:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:51:26.970Z og:title: Seth Meyers Found One True Thing Trump Told Justin Trudeau og:description: It's "the truest thing Trump has ever said." og:url: https://time.com/5202984/seth-meyers-on-trump-and-justin-trudeau/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9d6d776252d2eef4/69892b04cf40a85aedc4baa2/seth-meyers-donald-trump-lies-justin-trudeau.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3500 og:image:height: 1969 og:image:alt: President Trump And First Lady Welcome Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau And His Wife Gregoire To The White House og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Seth Meyers Found One True Thing Trump Told Justin Trudeau twitter:description: It's "the truest thing Trump has ever said." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9d6d776252d2eef4/69892b04cf40a85aedc4baa2/seth-meyers-donald-trump-lies-justin-trudeau.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Seth Meyers Found the One Element of Truth in What Trump Said to Justin Trudeau > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Kevin Dietsch - Pool/Getty Images) WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 11: (AFP OUT) U.S. President Donald Trump speaks alongside Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a meeting in the Oval Office at the White House on October 11, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch - Pool/Getty Images) Pool—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Mar 16, 2018 3:01 PM UTC While earlier this week President [Donald Trump](http://time.com/5201386/donald-trump-justin-trudeau-nafta-tariff-transcript/) openly admitted that [he had lied about the country’s trade relationship](http://time.com/5200929/donald-trump-justin-trudeau-trade/) with Canada to Canadian Prime Minister [Justin Trudeau](http://time.com/4835033/justin-trudeau-sky-magzine-memes/), _Late Night_ host Seth Meyers found the one element of truth in what Trump said. The President, who revealed during a fundraiser in St. Louis on Wednesday that he contradicted Trudeau without knowing the facts, gave this as his rationale for lying to Trudeau. “I had no idea,” he said. “I just said, ‘You’re wrong.’ You know why? Because we’re so stupid.” Trump got loose with the facts when he told Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that the U.S. has a trade deficit with Canada, then admitted that he did not know if that was true, [according to audio obtained by TIME](http://time.com/5200929/donald-trump-justin-trudeau-trade/). Although Trump later contradicted this with a tweet, Meyers did find a kernel of truth. “In fairness, ‘I lie because I’m stupid’ is the truest thing Trump has ever said,” Meyers said jokingly. 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