Jimmy Fallon needed a moment to process an anecdote from Donald Trump about a private discussion he had with Russian President Vladimir Putin. During his live-streamed conversation with Elon Musk on Monday, Trump said Putin respected his authority as president, claiming, “I said to Vladimir Putin, I said, ‘don’t do it, you can’t do it Vladimir, you do it, it’s gonna be a bad day. You cannot do it.
’ And he said, ‘no way,’ and I said, ‘way.’” After hearing the audio, “The Tonight Show” audience roared and Fallon took a beat, opening and closing his mouth wordlessly a few times. “Apparently Trump and Putin talk to each other like Wayne and Garth,” he said, referencing “Wayne’s World.
” Earlier in his monologue, Fallon quipped that Vice President Kamala Harris was seeing continued momentum in the race “thanks to her new campaign strategy: letting Trump talk.” Watch below. Related From Our Partner.