As shares proceed to plummet amid Donald Trump‘s tariffs, Jimmy Kimmel has identified the one factor the President now not mentions regardless of beforehand constructing his entire marketing campaign round it.
“Shares have been down once more immediately,” the late-night host stated on Thursday’s (March 13) Jimmy Kimmel Reside! “The Dow was down 537 factors; up to now this week, the Dow has dropped nearly 17,000 factors, however don’t fear, Trump and his secretary of treasury say the White Home is targeted on the true economic system and will not be involved about slightly market volatility.”
Kimmel stated that is “complicated” as a result of “Beforehand, the inventory market was the one factor Trump bragged about greater than taking part in golf.”
“These are all tweets about how nice the inventory market was below him,” the comic continued as dozens upon dozens of Trump’s tweets popped up on the display screen.
Trump’s tariffs proceed to trigger controversy all over the world, with Kimmel mentioning how “Right now, Trump threatened to place a 200% tariff on alcohol imported from Europe. That features wine, spirits, and beer from Europe. He’s making it very costly to get drunk, [and] he’s the explanation we have to get drunk!”
In response, the EU stated they’re going to place a 50% tariff on “boats, bourbon, and motorbikes,” to which Kimmel quipped, “They’re particularly concentrating on Child Rock, for some motive.”
Turning his consideration to “our bro-mmander in chief Elon Musk,” Kimmel famous how the tech billionaire is “reportedly planning to provide $100 million to 2 Trump tremendous PACs. I’m positive the present has nothing to do with the truth that Trump had a press convention to inform us about Tesla’s low, low finance choices.”
“Has a quid ever been professional quo’d greater than this one?” the comic requested. “The man accountable for authorities effectivity simply spent $100 million to promote Trump a $90,000 automobile.”
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Jimmy Kimmel Reside!, Weeknights, 11:35 pm ET/PT, ABC