--- title: Jimmy Kimmel Talks to Kids About Health Care VIDEO description: Following the unveiling of the Republican health care bill, Jimmy Kimmel sat down with a group of children to discuss the hot-button issue. canonical: https://time.com/4830038/jimmy-kimmel-kids-health-care/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-23T14:44:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:44:48.728Z og:title: Jimmy Kimmel Discovers a 'Trump' While Chatting With Kids og:description: "Basically, I want to be a Trump guy" og:url: https://time.com/4830038/jimmy-kimmel-kids-health-care/ 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 Kimmel Discovers a 'Trump' While Chatting With Kids twitter:description: "Basically, I want to be a Trump guy" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Jimmy Kimmel Discovers a Future 'Trump' While Chatting With Kids About Health Care  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jun 23, 2017 2:44 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jun 23, 2017 2:44 PM UTC Following the unveiling of the [Republican health care bill](http://time.com/4829481/health-care-bill-trouble-senate/) drafted by [Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell](http://time.com/4829103/mitch-mcconnell-protest-senate-health-care-bill/) and his fellow GOP lawmakers, [Jimmy Kimmel](http://time.com/4828280/jimmy-kimmel-healthcare-harry-potter/) sat down with a group of children to discuss the hot-button issue of American health care. During Thursday’s episode of _Live!_, the host aired a segment dubbed “Jimmy + Kids Talk Health Care” in which he asked several youngsters for their opinions on everything from surgery to “fried Chickenpox.” One young boy stood out from the pack throughout the clip, declaring that he wanted to grow up to be a “Trump guy” and refusing — unlike his two female peers — to share a hypothetical bottle of water with a thirsty Kimmel. “So, you’re saying if they give me water, you don’t need to give me any of your water?” Kimmel asked. “You _are_ going to be a President Trump.” Watch the full clip above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4830038/jimmy-kimmel-kids-health-care/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4830038/jimmy-kimmel-kids-health-care/"},"headline":"Jimmy Kimmel Discovers a Future 'Trump' While Chatting With Kids About Health Care","datePublished":"2017-06-23T14:44:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:44:48.728Z","description":"\"Basically, I want to be a Trump guy\"","url":"https://time.com/4830038/jimmy-kimmel-kids-health-care/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Jimmy Kimmel","TV","jimmy kimmel live","Late Night Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"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/4830038/jimmy-kimmel-kids-health-care/","name":"Jimmy Kimmel Discovers a Future 'Trump' While Chatting With Kids About Health Care"}}]}] ```