Donald Trump sat down with Jimmy Kimmel for a wide-ranging interview on the evening following the final GOP presidential debate. With the debate on everyone’s mind, Jimmy mentioned that Trump had been nicer to his fellow candidates this time out. In a world-class understatement Trump admitted he’s “been a little bit divisive” and said he’d like to see Republicans come together.
Kimmel turned to the topic of immigration, which is near and dear to his heart. Jimmy’s sidekick Guillermo Rodriguez is an example of someone who has come to this country illegally from Mexico but went through the legalization process. Kimmel suggested that people who are willing to risk everything to get to the United States are good for the country. Trump shrugged, and defaulted to his ‘Hispanics love me’ position.
The lengthy interview touched upon terrorism, the Iraq war and Trump’s plan to ban Muslims temporarily from entering the country. Reportedly Muslims love him too. To make America great again, Trump would “bring jobs back from China and Japan.” It wasn’t said whether Trump himself would stop manufacturing his own products in China to achieve that end.
Well worth seeing is a mock book Kimmel said he had ghost-written with Trump in the style of Dr. Seuss. The topic is being a winner, and of course it is about a character much like Trump. Jimmy and Trump took turns reading. On one page Kimmel read: “Here are some frogs I do not like at all. We must kick these frogs out and then build a wall.” The interview remained cordial.