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Posted: 2024-02-15T08:17:05Z | Updated: 2024-02-15T16:45:48Z Jimmy Kimmel Suggests Real Reason For This 'Shameless' Move By Trump | HuffPost

Jimmy Kimmel Suggests Real Reason For This 'Shameless' Move By Trump

The late night host said it's all about the former president's increasingly desperate financial condition.
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Jimmy Kimmel  is tearing into Donald Trump for pushing daughter-in-law Lara Trump as co-chair of the Republican National Committee.

Shes vowed to spend all of the organizations money on her father-in-laws presidential campaign  but on Wednesdays episode of his late night show, Kimmel suggested another reason for the move.

Making your daughter-in-law chairperson of the RNC, even for him its shameless, Kimmel said of Donald Trump. Hes trying to turn the Republican Party into a family business because his other family business is about to get shut down by the state of New York.

A judge in New York is expected to soon deliver a verdict in a civil fraud case  involving the former president, which could cost him as much as $370 million and strip him of his ability to do business in the state.

In case youre wondering what Lara Trumps credentials are, she has a degree from a culinary school, she once worked as a personal trainer, she was a producer on Inside Edition, she hosted something called Real News Update from 2017-2020, and she married Eric Trump , Kimmel said, naming one of the former presidents sons.

The last time [Donald] Trump endorsed a blond this unqualified for office was when he endorsed himself, he added.

Check out more from Kimmels Wednesday night monologue: 

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