The deadline to extend Obamacare subsidies is approaching, with millions of Americans at risk of having their insurance premiums increase dramatically if no plan is agreed upon. And on Thursday night, Jimmy Kimmel took President Donald Trump to task on it.
“How long has Trump been claiming to have a plan for healthcare?” asks the late night show host in the clip above. “If you had an employee, or like a contractor at your house, who told you he was working on a project – something important like your roof – and he told you during interview before you hired him, he’s like ‘I have a plan for this roof, it’s going to be a great plan, it’s gonna be an excellent roof.’ So you hire him, and some time goes by and you’re like, ‘Hey, where’s the plan for the roof?’ And he’s like, ‘It’s almost ready.’ And then a year later you still don’t have a roof, and you’re like, ‘Hey, what’s up with the roof?’ He’s like, ‘It’s coming, soon.’ And that went on for four years until eventually you fire him, you give someone else the job, and then four years later he comes back, he’s like, ‘That roof you have is terrible, I could build you a much better roof.’ And again, you fall for it! […] This is exactly what Trump has been doing with healthcare.”
Cue a montage of Trump clips from the past decade, with the president repeatedly promising a plan for health care.
“He’s been saying this since 2015,” says Kimmel. “At what point are we the idiots?”
