Jimmy Kimmel on Wednesday puzzled 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 shocked by that?” he requested. “Trump proper now could be promoting the presidency prefer it’s a Kardashian Instagram web page.”
He famous that Trump this week is internet hosting a non-public dinner for the highest 220 holders of his memecoin.
“An intimate gathering for 220 scumbags,” Kimmel stated, including that many are foreigners attempting to purchase affect by buying the president’s coin.
“It’s a lot extra handy than backing a U-Haul stuffed with gold bars as much as Mar-a-Lago,” Kimmel stated, and famous that one watchdog group referred to as it probably the most “nakedly corrupt self-enrichment scheme” in U.S. presidential historical past.
Kimmel stated Trump has made billions of {dollars} off crypto, and patrons 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 stated.
He referred to as out Trump’s GOP enablers for hypocrisy.
“None of those Republicans who screamed bloody homicide in regards to the ‘Biden crime household’ say a phrase in regards to the sitting president raking in money like he’s a craps supplier at Caesars Palace,” he stated.
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