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'The White POTUS'
President Trump addressed a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night. Jimmy Kimmel called it 'a very special episode of 'The White POTUS.''
'His speech started late. I guess they were waiting for that last coat of shellac to dry on his face.' — JIMMY KIMMEL
'Members of the Trump family were there: Eric was there, Lara, Don Jr., Jared, Ivanka, even Melania showed up. So Democrats weren't the only people who hate him there.' — JIMMY KIMMEL
'Things got off to a big start when Trump and JD Vance held hands and sang a medley from 'Wicked.'' — JIMMY FALLON
'He laid out his MAGA-genda for the next four years. They include wildly unpopular tariffs, abandoning our allies, buddying up to Russia, tax cuts for the rich and turning Gaza into Atlantic City — all the reasons blue-collar America voted for this man.' — JIMMY KIMMEL
'Trump said our momentum is back, our spirit is back, our pride is back. And not the gay kind, either: the regular pride.' — JIMMY KIMMEL
'What he's talking about, I have no idea. The stock market's down, consumer confidence is down, the dollar is down. The only things that are high are egg prices and Elon Musk.' — JIMMY KIMMEL
'In the end, Trump's first address to Congress was much like his first six weeks: filled with useful lies, and applauded by useless idiots.' — STEPHEN COLBERT
'He told our farmers to have a lot of fun and said the days of unelected bureaucrats are over, with Elon standing right there clapping like an imbecile. Yay for unelected bureaucrats.' — JIMMY KIMMEL
'And the days of rule by unelected billionaires have just begun. Elon! Take a bow, Elon! You paid for it.' — STEPHEN COLBERT
'It was quite a night. There were about 400 people in attendance — 300 were members of Congress, and 100 were Elon's kids.' — JIMMY FALLON
'Yeah, the night was pretty much a welcome back party for Trump, Republicans and measles.' — JIMMY FALLON
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