Jimmy Kimmel on Wednesday questioned if rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs, who’s on trial for alleged intercourse trafficking, would purchase a pardon from President Donald Trump if convicted.
“Would anyone be stunned by that?” he requested. “Trump proper now’s promoting the presidency prefer it’s a Kardashian Instagram web page.”
He famous that Trump this week is internet hosting a private dinner for the highest 220 holders of his meme coin.
“An intimate gathering for 220 scumbags,” Kimmel mentioned, including that many are foreigners making an attempt to purchase affect by buying the president’s coin.
“It’s a lot extra handy than backing a U-Haul filled with gold bars as much as Mar-a-Lago,” Kimmel mentioned, and famous that one watchdog group called it probably the most “nakedly corrupt self-enrichment scheme” in US presidential historical past.
Kimmel mentioned Trump has made billions off crypto, and consumers spent some $140 million to get in on his particular dinner.
“Which is fairly spectacular for a man who thinks crypto is the place they buried the pope,” Kimmel mentioned.
He known as out Trump’s GOP enablers for hypocrisy.
“None of those Republicans who screamed bloody homicide concerning the ‘Biden crime household’ say a phrase concerning the sitting president raking in money like he’s a craps supplier at Caesars Palace,” he mentioned.
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