Trump gave Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel every a goal for his or her Cupid’s comedy arrows with a crazed Valentine’s Day message.
Stephen Colbert: “No matter what deal the prosecutors offered you, you kept your trap shut.”
Colbert stated:
Donald Trump celebrated the day by writing a Valentine to his spouse Melania after which having his marketing campaign ship a mass electronic mail blast with the topic line “I love you, Melania.” Unsubscribe. The precise textual content of the Valentine is definitely fairly bizarre. It reads “Dear Melania, I love you, even after every single indictment, arrest, and witch hunt, you never left my side. Through thick and thin, no matter what the deal — through thick and thin, no matter what deal the prosecutors offered you, you kept your trap shut. That’s what I call love. Also what our prenup calls minimum negotiated terms.”
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Jimmy Kimmel: “Even graphically, it looks like a ransom letter.”
Jimmy Kimmel stated:
The closest Donald Trump bought to a Valentine as we speak was an electronic mail they despatched to his supporters. That is wonderful and it’s actual.Even simply graphically, it appears to be like like a ransom letter. Which I assume is becoming, given Melania’s present scenario. It says, “Dear Melania, I love you! Even after every single indictment, arrest, and witch hunt, you never left my side.”Â
That’s a line from “The Notebook,” isn’t it? “I wouldn’t be the man I am today without your guidance, kindness, and warmth.” Don’t blame her for what occurred to you. Then there’s just a little field the place you may depart a message for Melania that claims, “We want 100,000 responses now!” And naturally, a button to make a donation to St. Valen-crime’s authorized protection fund. What a beautiful and romantic gesture.
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Did Trump Even Know About The Valentine’s Day Fundraising E-mail?
Melania Trump has nothing to do with Trump’s 2024 marketing campaign. She doesn’t seem with him at his marketing campaign stops, has attended precisely zero of Trump’s court docket appearances, and isn’t seen in public together with her husband.
There is no such thing as a manner that Trump had something to do with that electronic mail. It was designed and despatched by an expert fundraising crew.
Colbert and Kimmel had been every proper to go to city on this absurd money seize, the place Trump is making an attempt to con his supporters out of money in order that he pay his authorized payments.
Each comedians had been humorous, however it’s the absurdity of Trump caring sufficient to ship out a fundraising electronic mail blast to cowl his authorized payments disguised as a Valentine is simply an excessive amount of.
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