Jimmy Fallon joked about Melania Trump and President Donald Trump during Monday night’s “The Tonight Show,” turning Melania’s reported 29 day absence from public events into a punchline. The monologue focused on Donald Trump’s campaign stop in Long Island, which Melania did not attend. Fallon suggested that Donald Trump might not be particularly bothered by his wife’s low profile, then escalated the bit with a reference to reports that the president once hid inside an airport catering truck while changing planes amid an assassination threat from Iran. The studio audience responded with laughter and cheers before Fallon delivered the night’s messiest punchline. Why Did Mitch McConnell Enter the Chat? Fallon capped the routine by joking that the public would be shocked if Melania had “run off with Mitch McConnell.” The line drew a split-second mix of hoots, cheers, and audible groans from the “Tonight Show” crowd, making the reaction almost as notable as the joke itself. The gag referenced McConnell’s own extended absence after he was hospitalized in mid June following a fall that briefly left him unconscious. In a statement released in mid July, McConnell said doctors found no broken bones, concussion, heart attack, stroke, tumor, or hemorrhage, but he had not yet returned to the Senate floor or Washington, D.C.; the White House did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment.