Jimmy Fallon Jokingly Accuses Trump of ‘Sucking Up’ to Chinese President: ‘It’s Now Called the Xi Kennedy Center’
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On Wednesday night, "The Tonight Show" host Jimmy Fallon playfully criticized President Trump for appearing to curry favor with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a recent state visit. Fallon remarked during his monologue that the visit had led to the Kennedy Center being renamed the Xi Kennedy Center. "I’m not saying Trump is sucking up to him, but it’s now called the Xi Kennedy Center," the comedian joked.
Fallon also highlighted that this was Xi Jinping's first visit to Washington, D.C. in over a decade. The Chinese President had arrived in the U.S. and was reportedly surprised by the reduced size of the White House compared to his memories. Fallon then turned his attention to the ongoing tensions between the U.S. and Iran, referencing an address delivered by Iran's President at the U.N.
General Assembly. Iran's leader expressed a defiant stance against U.S. threats, to which Fallon sarcastically remarked that Trump would never do that because it is physically impossible.
In another segment of his Thursday night show, Fallon made light of a proposed Senate bill by Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders aimed at banning the development of Artificial Superintelligence. Fallon humorously pointed out that Sanders had introduced the same bill in the past, even during the invention of the lightbulb.
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