--- title: Kellyanne Conway Makes Groundhog Presidency Prediction description: In the aftermath of Punxsutawney Phil predicting six more weeks of winter, Jimmy Kimmel was given a forecast of an entirely different nature. canonical: https://time.com/5135293/jimmy-kimmel-groundhog-kellyanne-conway-prediction/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-06T16:46:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:50:22.003Z og:title: Here's How Much Longer 'Trumpsutawney' Kellyanne Conway Predicts Trump Will Be President og:description: Jimmy Kimmel was given a different forecast than he expected og:url: https://time.com/5135293/jimmy-kimmel-groundhog-kellyanne-conway-prediction/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5b2c0e476447fc44/6988fac522fb85756ce24a22/screen-shot-2018-02-06-at-10-41-42-am.png?branch=production&width=1183&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1183 og:image:height: 665 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2018-02-06 at 10.41.42 AM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's How Much Longer 'Trumpsutawney' Kellyanne Conway Predicts Trump Will Be President twitter:description: Jimmy Kimmel was given a different forecast than he expected twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5b2c0e476447fc44/6988fac522fb85756ce24a22/screen-shot-2018-02-06-at-10-41-42-am.png?branch=production&width=1183&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's How Much Longer 'Trumpsutawney' Kellyanne Conway Predicts Trump Will Be President > Sponsored content. 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While attempting to get in touch with the famous groundhog to clear up his weather projection during Monday’s episode of _Jimmy Kimmel Live!_, the late night host found himself chatting with “Trumpsutawney” Kellyanne Conway instead. The puppet version of the White House counselor proceeded to inform Kimmel what the appearance of her shadow means for the world. “I just saw my shadow and you know what that means?” she asked. “Six more years of President Donald Trump…The world ends in six, we’ve got six years left.” The top hat-wearing Conway went on to accuse [Punxsutawney Phil](http://time.com/5130610/groundhog-day-2018-memes/) of being an illegal immigrant. “As far as I’m concerned he dug a hole and burrowed his way into this country illegally,” she said. 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