President Trump is a “fan” of stand-up comedian Shane Gillis, whom he considers to be on his “side” after the pair met on the Tremendous Bowl earlier this month, the commander in chief revealed in a brand new interview.
In a wide-ranging interview with The Spectator editor Ben Domenech, Trump was requested if he’s a fan of Gillis — who’s internet hosting “Saturday Night Live” this weekend for the second time after being controversially axed from the present in 2019.
“Well, he’s a very good… I mean, on our side, right?” Trump requested Domenech, who responded, “Definitely.”
“I like him, and I like everybody that’s on my side. You know, I’m just old-fashioned in that way. I like those people,” the president continued.
“And we have a lot of people. We have more people than anybody understands.”
Gillis, who’s skyrocketed to fame because the late-night sketch present dropped him, not too long ago met briefly with Trump — whom he usually impersonates and cracks jokes about in his comedy — at Tremendous Bowl LIX in New Orleans.
He revealed on a current episode of his podcast “Matt and Shane’s Secret Podcast” that he and nation music star Zach Bryan have been invited to the president’s suite, a room he described as “intense” with Secret Service brokers barking orders.
“I finally had the moment — quick handshake,” Gillis stated about his fast hiya with the president, including that he was fairly certain Trump “has no idea who I am.”
“His sons do for sure,” he added.
Staying on comedy, Domenech instructed Trump he believes he has modified the tradition so that folks and comedians “feel they [can] finally say things.”
Domenech, whose father is Puerto Rican, famous that he was not offended when roast comedian Tony Hinchcliffe made a joke about Puerto Rico — which he known as a “floating island of garbage” — throughout Trump’s marketing campaign rally at Madison Sq. Backyard in October.
The podcaster’s crass jab sparked outrage from Democrats and Puerto Rican communities within the closing days earlier than the 2024 election.
“The sad part about that was it turned out to be nothing, and I didn’t think it was going to be much, but they made such a big deal,” Trump stated.
“They were desperate. But they took that joke. But the big thing was that I could have sold out Madison Square Garden 10 times,” he added.
