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Kimmel on Trump remark: 'Did he just make a joke about his death?'
Key takeaways
- During an episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! on ABC, the host had his audience watch a clip of Trump speaking earlier in the day at an event with King Charles III and Queen Camilla at the White House.
- The president referenced that his mother and father — Mary Anne MacLeod and Fred Trump — were married for 63 years.
- It s just not going to work out that way, the 79-year-old president told his spouse of 21 years.
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During an episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! on ABC, the host had his audience watch a clip of Trump speaking earlier in the day at an event with King Charles III and Queen Camilla at the White House.
The president referenced that his mother and father — Mary Anne MacLeod and Fred Trump — were married for 63 years. He then turned to his wife, first lady Melania Trump, and quipped, That s a record we won t be able to match, darling.
I m sorry. It s just not going to work out that way, the 79-year-old president told his spouse of 21 years.
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