"Tonight Show" host Jimmy Fallon went after Donald Trump in a politically charged monologue following a Twitter feud with the US President.
"Before we begin, I just wanna give a shout out to our show's number one fan - the President of the United States," Fallon said.
"As you may have heard last night, the President of the United States went after me on Twitter. So Melania, if you're watching, I don't think your anti-bullying campaign is working," he added.
The spat between Fallon and Trump began when the talk show host sat down with The Hollywood Reporter, where he said he regretted how he handled his "Tonight Show" interview with Trump, where he infamously tussled the politician's hair and received a fair amount of backlash for the playful interaction.
Following the publication of the interview, Trump took to Twitter to slam the talk show host, telling him to "be a man".
The following day, Fallon responded to the insult by pledging to donate to the non-profit group RAICES, a Texas-based immigration services group, in Trump's name, thus calling the President out for his controversial zero-tolerance policies toward migrant families.
"When I saw that Trump insulted me on Twitter, I was gonna tweet back immediately, but I thought, 'I have more important things to do,'" Fallon said during his monologue on Monday.
"Then I thought, 'Wait, shouldn't he have more important things to do?!' He's the President! What are you doing? Why are you tweeting at me?"
The comedian joked that having Trump attack him on Twitter is "pretty much the only thing I have in common with NFL players".
Fallon otherwise keeps away from getting too political, unlike fellow late night hosts Stephen Colbert and Seth Meyers. But on Monday's episode of his show, he didn't stop.
"A new poll found that 58 per cent of Americans think President Trump is intelligent. In response, Trump was like, 'Ok, what did the other 58 per cent say?' Fallon quipped.
He added: "And today at the White House, Trump met with the King and Queen of Jordan. Which got awkward when Trump thanked the King of Jordan for giving us Michael."
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