Best of Late Night: Late Night Shades Trump’s Impromptu ‘Liar-side Chat’
Jimmy Kimmel called the president’s last-minute speech “a surprise prime-time episode of ‘The Worst Wing’ tonight on every channel.”
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Late Night Shades Trump’s Impromptu ‘Liar-Side Chat’

Jimmy Kimmel called the president’s last-minute speech “a surprise prime-time episode of ‘The Worst Wing’ tonight on every channel.”

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