--- title: Watch Jimmy Fallon Launch the "Trump News Network" VIDEO description: The 'Tonight Show' star put his presidential impression to use by unveiling the "112% factual" fictitious new livestream from Trump. canonical: https://time.com/4678677/jimmy-fallon-trump-news-network/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-22T17:02:50.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:41:18.046Z og:title: Jimmy Fallon Plays Trump to Launch 'Trump News Network' og:description: The 'Tonight Show' star put his presidential impression to use for fake news og:url: https://time.com/4678677/jimmy-fallon-trump-news-network/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jimmy Fallon Plays Trump to Launch 'Trump News Network' twitter:description: The 'Tonight Show' star put his presidential impression to use for fake news twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Jimmy Fallon Play Trump to Launch the President's '112% Factual' Fake News Network  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Feb 22, 2017 5:02 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Feb 22, 2017 5:02 PM UTC Another night, another Donald Trump roast from a late night comedian. This time, the _Tonight Show_‘s [Jimmy Fallon](http://time100.time.com/2013/04/18/time-100/slide/jimmy-fallon/?iid=sr-link4) decided to put his presidential impression to use with the unveiling of the (fictitious) Trump News Network, a 24/7 “YouTube live stream” according to Fallon-as-Trump. “In case you didn’t hear the news, I’ll tell you now: I shot four under par. My best score yet,” he began, referencing Trump’s time spent playing [golf](http://time.com/4675808/donald-trump-dubai-eric-sons-golf-club/?iid=sr-link3) at his Florida [Mar-a-Lago Club](http://time.com/4672984/donald-trump-mar-a-lago/?iid=sr-link1) over the weekend. “The only way to ensure that the news you’re [watching is not fake](http://time.com/4675860/donald-trump-fake-news-attacks/?iid=sr-link5) is if I’m the one delivering it, which is why I’m starting the Trump News Network,” he continued. “Welcome to TNN, the only news network that is 100% fair and 112% factual.” Highlights from the “news” segment include a special appearance from a Secretary of Education Betsey DeVos impersonator as a weatherman, and the reveal of the proprietary “Bad Things Button,” a veritable wheel of (mis)fortune. To discover the latest disaster to hit a foreign nation—this time, Finland’s in the line of fire—watch the full clip, above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4678677/jimmy-fallon-trump-news-network/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4678677/jimmy-fallon-trump-news-network/"},"headline":"Watch Jimmy Fallon Play Trump to Launch the President's '112% Factual' Fake News Network","datePublished":"2017-02-22T17:02:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:41:18.046Z","description":"Alternative facts abound.","url":"https://time.com/4678677/jimmy-fallon-trump-news-network/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Donald Trump","Late Night Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4678677/jimmy-fallon-trump-news-network/","name":"Watch Jimmy Fallon Play Trump to Launch the President's '112% Factual' Fake News Network"}}]}] ```