Jimmy Kimmel jokes Trump went to border ‘for the taco bowls’ after ex-president’s lie-ridden campaign speech

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Jimmy Kimmel skewers Donald Trump for his speech in Texas filled with falsehoods and lies and his staff’s hypocritical assertion that the president was solely at the border for political causes.

Both the president and the former president had been at the United States southern border on Thursday in separate visits; whereas Joe Biden was assembly with border agents, Mr Trump delivered another wild campaign speech, a lot of it targeted on falsehoods about migrants crossing into the nation.

The Trump campaign accused Mr Biden of going to the border solely as a “last-minute, insincere attempt to chase president Trump,” including “not because they actually want to solve the problem, but because they know Biden is losing terribly”.

Kimmel noticed the irony on this assertion: “The Trump campaign is accusing the president of travelling to the border for political reasons, whereas Trump went there for the taco bowls, you know.”

The president ended up offering an olive department to his presidential rival, calling on Mr Trump to assist him cross the bipartisan border safety invoice that has to this point been halted by Mr Trump and his supporters.

“Instead of playing politics with the issue, why don’t we just get together and get it done?” Mr Biden mentioned throughout his go to.

Meanwhile, Mr Trump, or as Kimmel donned “Seedy Gonzales”, was in Eagle Pass placing out false claims and lies about migrants crossing the border, saying that they had been from “jails and mental institutions” and in addition claimed that “no one speaks the languages” they converse.

“Could someone please push him over that border and build his wall up real quick,” Kimmel mentioned in response to Trump’s false remarks.

While Mr Trump and Mr Biden each squared off of their border visits, albeit 300 miles aside, the former president’s tour to Texas has not stopped his authorized woes from raging on.

After his New York fraud trial wrapped, Mr Trump now owes a $454m judgment, one thing his attorneys have been attempting to enchantment, asking for a pause in the ruling and are providing to put up a $100m bond.

However, state appellate decide Anil Singh denied Mr Trump’s request to halt enforcement on Wednesday of the monetary judgment against him, however he’ll nonetheless be allowed to direct his actual property empire and apply for loans.

“In other words, a man who became famous for never paying anyone back has to convince a bonding company he will definitely pay them back, and it’s not happening,” mentioned Kimmel.

“He owes like a whole Powerball lottery jackpot, he continued. “He may very well have to sell off his properties to cover it, but that’s a worst-case scenario.”

“His first move is to see how much he can get for Eric on Craigslist. He has him listed in the ‘Tools’ section,” the host quipped.

“Wouldn’t it be great if Trump has to sell Mar-a-Lago to some billionaire liberal? Maybe Oprah-Lago would be a solution?” Kimmel joked.