Jimmy Fallon interviewed Donald Trump on Thursday, and his obsequious tone riled up viewers across social media.
The reaction to Fallon's softball Trump interview was swift:
JIMMY FALLON JOINS THE DEPLORABLES ! 👍 pic.twitter.com/MWzjbs9aPx
— MariaRandisiErnandez (@MariaErnandez3b) September 16, 2016
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Jimmy Fallon is an exaggerated example of what the MSM is doing. Humanizing a monster. The most dangerous thing you could do.
— Kalliope (@KAmorphous) September 16, 2016
"Wow, Donald Trump went on Jimmy Fallon, acted cute, & let Jimmy mess up his hair! I guess that erases the years of Trump's hate speech!"
— Eric Wolfson (@EricWolfson) September 16, 2016
Jimmy Fallon: Don't put Trump on TV & treat him like a buddy & muss his hair. It humanizes a monster. Stop it.
— Tim O'Donnell (@TimODee16) September 16, 2016
Jimmy Fallon is gonna ask Trump his favorite Saved by the Bell character and he'll be a tougher interviewer than Matt Lauer
— Robert Wheel LLC (@BobbyBigWheel) September 16, 2016
Not one serious question on @fallontonight.
I understand Jimmy Fallon is a comedian. But he asked Clinton about her emails & foreign policy.— Victoria Brownworth (@VABVOX) September 16, 2016
Jimmy Fallon is a Farce. https://t.co/9lRUOKZSi6
— helen nash (@dremmelqueen) September 16, 2016
Hey Jimmy Fallon, did you ask him about the racism and the bigotry and the bribes and the lying and the doing business with criminals and th
— Bilge Ebiri (@BilgeEbiri) September 16, 2016
Really disappointed @jimmyfallon - how can the man who slow rapped with @POTUS ruffle the hair of the monster who tried to delegitimise him?
— Kori DC (@kori_dc) September 16, 2016
Is anything grosser than being cutesy with Trump? He's an anti-semite and virulent racist, so let's RUFFLE HIS HAIR. https://t.co/jnyO1H6jud
— Wendy Molyneux (@WendyMolyneux) September 16, 2016
Here is the clip:
