Jimmy Kimmel pokes fun at rumor Kamala is using ‘method actor Trump’ ahead of presidential debate

Jimmy Kimmel has given his late-night show viewers a breakdown of the preparations going into Tuesday's highly anticipated debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.

The comedy show host brought up a New York Times headline on Monday night, which claimed Harris has been at a vigorous Pittsburgh training camp for the last five days for «highly choreographed debate practice,» complete with a replica stage, television lighting, and even an adviser in «full Lee Strasberg method-acting mode» standing in for Trump.

«Is she trying to win an election or a Tony Award here?» cracked the Jimmy Kimmel Live host.

Tuesday's debate, set to kick off on ABC at 9pm ET, will be the first opportunity for the two opponents to face each other in the presidential election.

This will also be Harris' first debate as the Democrat's 2024 presidential candidate but Trump's second on the 2024 Republican ticket, as he already debated Joe Biden on 27 June before the president pulled out of the race the following month.

"How can you possibly prepare to debate Donald Trump?" continued Kimmel.

«This is a man who, if he doesn't like the direction a hurricane is going, just draws a new hurricane on the map,» he added, referring to when Trump was accused of personally doctoring a map of Hurricane Dorian and falsely claiming it would hit Alabama in 2019.

«You can't debate that,» he said amid the audience's laughter.

He then turned his attention to bets associated with the debate, saying people can bet on the color of Trump's tie if they want, as well as the odds of him saying the phrases «Comrade Kamala», «Tampon Tim» and «witch hunt».

Whether or not the presidential nominees will shake hands is also up for bets, with “No” being the heavy favorite.

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