Jimmy Kimmel Jokes Trump’s Greatest Act Was to ‘Undo the Incredibly Dumb Thing He Did’ | Video

“Imagine if he quit, he could usher in a whole new era of prosperity,” the ABC host adds

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Jimmy Kimmel had a compliment of sorts for Donald Trump after the chaotic events, economically speaking, that went down on Wednesday.

“The best thing Trump has ever done, for America, was undo the incredibly dumb thing he did,” the ABC host joked during his monologue on Wednesday night’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live.”

Kimmel said this while discussing “day 79 of Trump O’ mania,” on which, so he said, “it’s been fun watching this lunatic gamble our life savings.” This was of course a reference to the extremely steep tariffs that Trump announced last week and went into effect this week — and that he abruptly paused (mostly) following significant economic turbulence.

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