It’s a quality that could be very helpful should Letterman ever decide to follow Franken’s footsteps into politics. Like Franken, he is a familiar figure from a Midwestern state with a great sense of humor and seemingly genuine desire to improve the country and the world. In the age of Trump, however, Letterman may actually come off as far too smart to succeed politically.
Though Letterman says he would be “gone right after” Donald Trump had he been given the same opportunity to interview the then-candidate that Jimmy Fallon squandered just two months before the 2016 election, he does not seem particularly nostalgic about being a late-night host. Even with the nightly deluge of material that has helped hosts like Seth Meyers rise to the height of their comedic abilities, Letterman doesn’t find much value in rehashing his latest atrocities night after night.
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