Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel told MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough on Wednesday that any “sane person” would suffer from “Trump Derangement Syndrome.”
Kimmel said many people have accused him of suffering from “Trump derangement syndrome,” a derogatory term referring to irrational views and beliefs about Republican candidate Donald Trump. The late-night host said everyone should have this perspective because Trump is a “dangerous man” who is “on the run to stay out of jail.”
“I’m an optimistic person, I’m not hysterical. I laugh when people say, ‘Oh, you have Trump Derangement Syndrome.’ You know? If you’re a rational person, you have Trump Derangement Syndrome. There should be,” Kimmel said. “By the way, I think he has confusion syndrome towards us as well. The fact is, this person is dangerous, this person is stupid, and that’s a bad combination.”
“And I think I have to keep reminding myself because I keep forgetting that we keep forgetting: Donald Trump is running for president to stay out of jail. . And that’s pretty powerful. He’s literally running for freedom,” Kimmel said.
Scarborough claims President Trump wants to arrest political opponents, Kimmel accuses CBS of editing Vice President Kamala Harris’ answers about Israel and Hamas during a “60 Minutes” interview with Bill Whitaker He criticized the former president, who called for news outlets to have their broadcasting licenses revoked. . Kimmel said he was “concerned” that Trump would “go after” opponents like himself. (Related: ‘Past Jail Time’: Jimmy Kimmel fires back at Donald Trump from Oscar stage)
Prominent liberals in the media have repeatedly warned, without evidence, that President Trump is a “threat to democracy” and would become a dictator if re-elected. Claire McCaskill, former Democratic Missouri State Senator and MSNBC contributor proposed There is no evidence that President Trump is “even more dangerous” than former fascist dictator Adolf Hitler, political commentator Charlie Sykes said in November. He baselessly warned that they would build concentration camps.
Many of Trump’s critics, including former Republican Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney and HBO comedian Bill Maher, have warned that Trump would never leave office and become a dictator if re-elected. There is. The former president said in September that he would not run again if he loses in the 2024 election.
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