Did a chill run down your spine during the 11:30 p.m. hour last night? That’s probably because you heard the sound of Jimmy Fallon’s giggle as he played nice with Donald Trump on The Tonight Show. It was unlikely that the affable host would hit the Republican presidential candidate with the tough questions—he hasn’t on previous occasions—but the interview was almost unnervingly chummy given that it mostly consisted of Fallon fawning over Trump.
Fallon asked if he could do something with Trump he wouldn’t be able to do if he’s president, and then got permission to run his fingers through that stringy mane. Rather than recoiling in terror, Fallon smiled gleefully.