Jimmy Fallon, host of "The Tonight Show," made light of a recent incident involving Donald Trump's Air Force One, which reportedly experienced a deployed emergency slide. Fallon joked that Trump was once again causing inflation, a topic he linked to the president's struggles with the nation's economy.
The incident occurred shortly before Trump was scheduled to depart from Joint Base Andrews for Dallas. According to reports, an inflatable emergency slide deployed on the presidential aircraft, an Air Force One gifted by Qatar. This premature deployment apparently necessitated Trump remaining aboard Marine One as he awaited his flight.
Fallon's monologue on "The Tonight Show" highlighted the perceived irony of the situation, using the deployed slide as a metaphor for inflationary pressures. This comedic take on a technical malfunction aboard the presidential plane drew attention to a politically sensitive issue for the administration.