"Some of Trump's celebrity beefs pre-date his political career, but the Kimmel feud doesn't appear to be one of them. While he routinely mocked Trump during his first presidential campaign, like every other late night host, Kimmel still had him on his show on December 17, 2015. Kimmel didn't go that easy on Trump; he pushed him on his proposed "Muslim ban" and pointed out that the bully from the Back to the Future films is based on him."
"But Trump was uncharacteristically subdued throughout the show, laughing and smiling as Kimmel read him a made-up Trump-inspired children's book titled "Winners Aren't Losers" and even striking a conciliatory tone toward his Republican opponents. "I would like to see the Republican Party come together," Trump told Kimmel. "I've been a little bit divisive in the sense that I've been hitting people pretty hard." "A little bit, yeah," Kimmel dead-panned, to laughter in the audience."
"With tears in his eyes, Kimmel revealed that his son Billy was born with a heart condition, and said pre-Obamacare a child with that condition might not have received care if they didn't have wealthy parents. "If your baby is going to die and it doesn't have to, it shouldn't matter how much money you make," Kimmel said. "I think that's something that whether you're a Republican or a Democrat or something else, we all agree on that, right?""
Some of Donald Trump's celebrity feuds pre-date his political career, but the Jimmy Kimmel confrontation began during Trump's first presidential campaign. Kimmel hosted Trump on December 17, 2015, pressed him on a proposed "Muslim ban," and mocked Trump's public persona by reading a made-up Trump-inspired children's book titled "Winners Aren't Losers." Trump responded in a subdued, conciliatory manner and acknowledged having been divisive. In May 2017 Kimmel delivered a 13-minute monologue opposing the GOP's Obamacare repeal effort, revealed that his son Billy was born with a heart condition, and argued that lifesaving care should not depend on wealth.
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