The Twitter war between the son of the President of the United States’ and late night host Jimmy Kimmel is continuing on, with Donald Trump Jr. launching attacks on Kimmel by using the comedian’s Man Show past, pretty much because he’s speaking out for more accessible and affordable health care now. There’s also Kimmel’s call for sensible gun control after 59 people were killed and over 500 were injured in the Las Vegas massacre, while Trump Jr. tweeted out the expected “thoughts and prayers.”
Kimmel has an idea why Trump Jr. is focused more on his job of the No. 1 cheerleader for his dad’s administration — the younger Don wants the attention. In an interview with the “failing” New York Times, Kimmel said that “(Trump Jr.) is trying to position himself as someone of importance, and he seems to be looking for high-profile media figures to fight with. If you go through his Twitter feed, it’s one desperate cry for attention after another.”
great – in the meantime, enjoy this! https://t.co/kQsBAioFwh
— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) October 7, 2017
The late-night host also believes right-wing commenters are trying to build a name off him. Mostly with the false reports that Senator Chuck Schumer and “the Democrats” wrote his healthcare monologues.
“I will say I talked to Chuck Schumer three times for, probably, a total of less than eight minutes. As I’ve said, I didn’t know anything about health care and I wanted to educate myself beforehand. I reached out to a lot of people so I could get my facts straight and find out what the arguments would be.
This notion that they were pulling my strings is one created by right-wing media outlets. It’s just a way of putting a pin in something that scares them. I don’t know why the idea of making sure every American is taken care of should scare a politician. It certainly doesn’t scare the average guy who’s got a job that he doesn’t like and is afraid to quit it because he’s got a pre-existing condition and he may well not get another good job with insurance.”
The main knock against Kimmel and his Hollywood pals asking for more affordable and better healthcare insurance for the American people, while Trump slashes insurance subsidies for low-income households, is because they’re “Hollywood elite,” IE rich and out of touch. But the Trump administration is also weakening benefits to the average American while cutting taxes for the rich and famous, so… Sticks and stones?
For what it’s worth, Trump Jr. has been extremely vocal in denouncing Harvey Weinstein (a Democratic donor), but has still yet to address his dad’s own sexual assault allegations.
Read the full interview at The New York Times.
