Jimmy Fallon brings back his Trump impression for that wild press conference

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February 17, 2017 4:51 PM

Jimmy Fallon reprised his impression of Donald Trump to reenact Trump's strange solo press conference — his first as president — on Thursday, which generated a lot of headlines.

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"This is going to be a crazy one. Daddy came to play," said Fallon, sporting a Trump wig and over-the-top orange makeup, at the beginning of the sketch on Thursday's episode of NBC's "The Tonight Show."

Trump held the press conference to announce his new choice to head the Labor Department after his original selection, Andrew Puzder, withdrew from consideration following intense criticism over past controversies and statements. But the press conference went on for more than an hour in a performance CNN's Jake Tapper called "an airing of grievances" and "unhinged."

In less than three minutes, Fallon employed many of Trump's go-to responses to reporters, including cutting them off while they're asking a question, declaring several outlets "fake news," and denying that he and his administration had made any missteps in the month since Trump took office.

"We've made so much progress," Fallon's Trump said. "In fact, if you ask any American, they'll say that I've managed to make the last four weeks feel like four years. Four more weeks! Four more weeks!"

Aside from Puzder, Trump had another senior staffing issue he needed to address. Earlier this week, his national security adviser, Michael Flynn, resigned after reports surfaced that he had misled Vice President Mike Pence about his discussions with a Russian official before Trump was inaugurated.

Fallon mocked Trump's seemingly circuitous logic about whether he was informed about Flynn's communications with the Russian official.

"Look, I knew that he knew that I knew, but he didn't know that I knew that he knew that I knew that he knew that I knew that he knew," Fallon's Trump said. "So now you know."

The host closed out the sketch with a roundup of Trump's most used terms with the help of a "Magic Trump 8-Ball."

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