Jimmy Fallon took a swipe at Donald Trump over a now-viral clip. Fallon joked about Trump flipping off a heckler during a Michigan plant tour, turning an already eyebrow-raising clip into a punchline-heavy segment on The Tonight Show.
Jimmy Fallon mocks Donald Trump’s heckler incident
Fallon opened the bit by referencing the clip that has everyone talking. “People are talking about this yesterday. Trump was touring a factory in Michigan when a worker heckled him… And Trump responded by flipping him the bird, or as it’s also known, the Melania Salute,” he said, immediately getting laughs from the crowd.
He didn’t stop there. Slipping into a Donald Trump impression, Jimmy Fallon reenacted the gesture with, “Good Morning, Good morning, honey,” leaning into the absurdity of the moment. The joke quickly escalated when Fallon tied it back to Trump’s fast-food reputation. “Usually when Trump flips the bird, he’s just looking for a drumstick in his KFC bucket,” he added.
Fallon then acted out rummaging through an imaginary bucket, saying, “What? thigh, thigh, thigh, where’s the drummie,” drawing even bigger laughs as he committed fully to the physical comedy.
The jokes stem from a cellphone video recorded during Trump’s visit to a Ford plant in Dearborn. In the now viral clip, Trump appears to mouth “f*** you” twice at someone shouting from below before raising his middle finger and continuing to walk, eventually waving as he moved on. In the background of the video, a voice can be heard yelling, “pedophile protector.” This is widely interpreted as a jab at the administration’s handling of matters related to the late Jeffrey Epstein.
The White House confirmed the video was real. Communications director Steven Cheung defended the moment. He said, “A lunatic was wildly screaming expletives in a complete fit of rage, and the President gave an appropriate and unambiguous response (via Fox News Digital).”
