We regret to inform you that Donald Trumps presidential candidacy is not, in fact, an elaborate hoax.
On Thursday night, Jimmy Kimmel Live! aired a sketch in which Donald Trump confessed that his entire campaignhas just been one long, protracted punking ofall of us.The video is an April Fools Day prank; Donald Trump is still running for president. Jokes on you, America! This is still your reality.
Nine months ago, I announced my candidacy for president. The journey has been an unbelievably interesting one and fascinating, Kimmels Trump impersonator said. Our country is totally divided, theres so much hatred, so thats what I made my campaign about.
This is alltrue! Our country is divided and, as Trumps rallies haverepeatedlyshown, there is a lot of hatred.
Also true: the part where Trump says, I will tell you this, and I can say it with certainty, I had no idea it would go this far. As Stephanie Cegielski, ex-communications director for the Make America Great Again super PAC, claimedearlier this week,from the very beginning Trump was only running to bolster his image. He never planned on winning the nomination.
The punchline that Trump was kidding this whole time and he would actually prefer we all vote for Hillary isnt a joke to folkslike Jeb Bush, either. Hes just one of several conservativeswho have advanced the theory that Clinton and Trump have been conspiring to get her in the White Housefrom the beginning.