Seth Meyers takes a closer look at this week's political blunders

It has been a busy week in politics, between Donald Trump's controversial remarks about a former Miss Universe, Hillary Clinton's difficulty connecting with millennials, and Gary Johnson's inability to name a current foreign leader.

On Thursday's Late Night, Seth Meyers broke it all down, taking a closer look at some of the stranger events that transpired after Monday night's debate, including Howard Dean's observation that a sniffling Trump might be using a certain white substance. "Okay, first of all, Howard Dean, I'm not sure you should be accusing other people of using cocaine, when you're the guy most famous for this," Meyers said, before playing the 2004 clip of a very excited Dean, then running for president, yelling the names of all the states he was going to. "Also, you can't call Trump a cokehead. If you do, he'll take it one step further. 'Some people are saying Hillary and El Chapo are the same person. I read it on The Google.'"

Meyers also scoffed at Trump's son Eric saying his father showed "courage" by not mentioning Bill Clinton's infidelities during the debate (he waited until after to bring it up during several interviews); people expecting Bernie Sanders to secure the millennial vote for Clinton ("What's everyone expecting of Bernie? He'll take out his flute and the millennials will flock to his side?"); and an incredibly weird interview Johnson gave where he bit his tongue through part of it (Meyers gently encouraged him to "maybe next time only eat half the brownie"). He was impressed, though, by Michelle Obama's ability to tell people not to vote for Trump without ever uttering his name. "Is there any better way to get under Trump's skin than refusing to say his name?" Meyers asked. The only thing worse, he concludes, would be buying Trump Tower and renaming it "You Know Who Tower." Watch the video below. Catherine Garcia

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