Jimmy Fallon wisecracked Tuesday over the mysterious laughter that interrupted President Donald Trump’s phone call to C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal Primetime.”
The “Tonight Show” host replayed the moment in which host Mimi Geerges welcomed the president before giggles of unknown origin emerged.
“Based on the happy laugh,” Fallon said, “experts are 100% sure it wasn’t Melania.”
Hearty audience reaction led to another joke about the cackling. “Trump was like, ‘Don’t worry, that’s my assistant Natalie and definitely not my new Chinese spy girlfriend,’” the host zinged in reference to the president’s ever-present sidekick Natalie Harp and the Nvidia CEO espionage scandal.
Early in the conversation with Geerges, Trump explained his interest in the C-SPAN segment: “I like to watch the call-ins because it gives me a little bit of an indication of where we are.”