Jimmy Kimmel says Trump blew it by mocking Christine Blasey Ford, audits Trump with his father's ghost
President Trump's staff was hoping against hope that he wouldn't mock Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who testified last week about Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's alleged rape attempt, but "he couldn't resist," Jimmy Kimmel said on Wednesday's Kimmel Live. "You know, I'd say I'm starting to think a bipolar sociopath with no moral compass might not have been our best choice for president." But it wasn't just Trump, he added. "The people in the crowd, when he did this, they loved it. He mocked this woman's story about a sexual assault, they ate it up, they laughed, they cheered. I really don't understand it. And by the way, this event was a rally to support Mississippi's first-ever female senator."
The White House is insisting that Trump wasn't mocking Ford, but key swing Senate Republicans distanced themselves from his comments, and "he even got a bad review from his closest friends," Kimmel noted. "When Fox & Friends thinks Trump blew it, it got blown."
Trump had some tepid words for Kavanaugh at the same rally, and Kimmel wondered if, given his earlier effusive praise for his nominee, Trump's words have any meaning at all.
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Kimmel also circled back to the monster New York Times report that debunks Trump's origin story of a self-made man who built a business empire from a $1 million loan from his late father, Fred Trump. "Turns out his father gave him — didn't loan him — $413 million, but not a single hug," Kimmel said. "Trump had multiple trust funds, he was getting the equivalent of a $200,000 salary from his father at age 3, and he was a millionaire on his own by age 8. Donald Trump was basically his father's own biological Cayman Island where he stashed money." After Kimmel ran through the various Trump team denials, the ghost of Fred Trump (Fred Willard) appeared with some pushback, then some tough words for his son. Watch below. Peter Weber
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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.
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