A new poll shows it sitting at 34 percent. “He has the same approval rating as ‘Paul Blart: Mall Cop,’” Kimmel said on Thursday.

The TV network slammed the Federal Communications Commission, saying the regulator was targeting its station licenses in a campaign of “unconstitutional retaliation.”

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“Mayor should not be your first job,” the host said of the former reality show star and mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt, who is polling in second place.

“It was a small ceremony with about 40 guests, none of whom were his father,” the late-night host said of Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding in the Bahamas over the weekend.

Supporters of Mr. Lai, a Hong Kong dissident, and Mr. Dong, a Chinese journalist, hope President Trump will raise their cases with President Xi Jinping.

President Trump’s visit to Beijing comes as relations with China have become more combative.

The war in Iran, trade, artificial intelligence and Taiwan are expected to be on the agenda. But expectations are modest.