On September 2, Jimmy Kimmel dedicated almost his whole opening monologue to poking fun at President Donald Trump. Jimmy Kimmel didn’t waste any time diving into the drama with President Donald Trump upon his return to late-night TV.
The 57-year-old host of Jimmy Kimmel Live came back from a two-month summer break on Tuesday, September 2, and jumped right in with a no-holds-barred monologue that lasted over 10 minutes. He took shots at everything from those wild rumors about Trump’s health to his eyebrow-raising changes at the White House.
This all stems from Trump’s recent jabs at late-night hosts. It started in July when he cheered the cancellation of the highly popular Late Show With Stephen Colbert on CBS, and he’s kept the heat on ever since.
In his bit, Kimmel tackled the online buzz over Labor Day weekend that claimed Trump had passed away. He didn’t hold back, joking about the president’s “big fat elephant ankles” and that mysteriously bruised hand, which Kimmel described as covered up in a way “even messier than the Epstein cover-up.”
“Trump insists he’s in tip-top shape, feeling better than ever,” Kimmel said. “Even though he resembles a pumpkin that’s been baking in a hot car all day, nope, definitely still kicking.”
“Donald Trump? Immortal, folks. Forget dying—he’s like Dracula, just draining the energy out of everyone forever,” he added with a grin.
To kick things off, Kimmel played a doctored video of a White House Cabinet meeting, where Trump’s advisors were showering him with ridiculous praise. He even inserted himself into the clip, mimicking the over-the-top flattery and claiming Trump’s presence got him “all fired up in the romance department.”
From there, Kimmel rattled off a list of Trump’s summer antics, each one wilder than the last: setting up a UFC brawl right in the White House, clashing with the Smithsonian over how they cover slavery in American history, begging other world leaders to back his Nobel Peace Prize bid, and heading to Alaska to “kiss up to Putin.”
Then, Kimmel got personal about Trump’s threats to cancel his show next.
“Oh, you fragile, pudgy little teacup,” Kimmel teased. “Did our jokes sting that bad? You want to shut us down over a few laughs?”
“I figured you were all about fighting cancel culture,” he went on. “Wasn’t that your big rallying cry? When did you turn into such a snowflake?”