During his appearance on Jimmy Kimmel’s show this week, David Letterman did not hold back in his criticism of Donald Trump and called the American president a “fool”.
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The 78-year-old Letterman also referred to Kimmel as the leader of the resistance, clearly alluding to the constant attacks by Trump on the host, who is an outspoken critic of the president.
“I am the completely ineffective leader of the resistance,” Kimmel replied jokingly.
But Letterman continued: “Speaking of leaders… I’m going to flatter you because I think that if I follow you, I’ll be glorified in the future,” he told Kimmel. “And that’s regardless of party or political ideology. If the leader of the free world is a fool, he should expect and examine every drop of ridicule he receives.”
When asked by Kimmel whether he missed hosting a show every night, Letterman revealed that he is actually relieved not to be part of what he called the “confusion” and praised the efforts of Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers and Kimmel himself for doing “a masterful job defending democracy”.
“Thank God for you, thank God for the others, for SNL and for everyone else…,” he said. “I think this is how things need to work in a democracy that seems to be so weakened.”
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