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Fallon vs. Trump
Of all the late-night hosts, Jimmy Fallon hasn’t been especially known for attacking President Trump. But after Fallon said in an interview that he regretted tousling Trump’s hair during the 2016 campaign, Trump came at him on Twitter.
Fallon responded Monday on “The Tonight Show,” scolding the president for taking time out of his schedule to pick fights on social media.
“When I saw that Trump insulted me on Twitter, I was going to tweet back immediately, but I thought, ‘I have more important things to do.’ Then I thought, ‘Wait, shouldn’t he have more important things to do? He’s the president of the United States.’ What are you doing! You’re the president! Why are you tweeting at me?” — JIMMY FALLON
“As you may have heard, last night the president of the United States went after me…
