{"id":224986,"date":"2026-02-25T14:26:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T14:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/25\/jimmy-kimmel-mocks-donald-trump-as-nut-job-wannabe-king\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T14:26:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T14:26:56","slug":"jimmy-kimmel-mocks-donald-trump-as-nut-job-wannabe-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/25\/jimmy-kimmel-mocks-donald-trump-as-nut-job-wannabe-king\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Kimmel Mocks Donald Trump as &#8220;Nut Job Wannabe King&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Jimmy Kimmel was not a fan of Donald Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/02\/erika-kirk-honored-at-state-of-the-union-address-amid-mounting-controversy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">State of the Union address<\/a> on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Shocking, we know.<\/p>\n<p>In an episode of his talk show that aired live after Trump told lies for one hour and 48 minutes in front of politicians and Supreme Court Justices, Kimmel declared early on in his monologue:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat a speech it wasn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2254680691-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-549259 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2254680691-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2254680691-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2254680691-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2254680691-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2254680691-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2254680691-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2254680691-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2254680691-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jimmy Kimmel, winner of the Best Talk Show Award for \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!\u201d poses in the press room during the 31st Annual Critics Choice Awards at Barker Hangar on January 4, 2026 in Santa Monica, California. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Frazer Harrison\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe theme of tonight\u2019s speech was all foreigners are murderers,\u201d Kimmel told his audience. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd Trump said zero illegal aliens have been allowed into the United States on his watch, but the door is always open to those who come in legally to be his next wife. So that\u2019s something. He bragged about DEI. He bragged about kicking two million people off food stamps. It was like a Christmas message from the Grinch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kimmel, of course, has quite the history with this racist Commander-in-Chief.<\/p>\n<p>Back in September, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/09\/jimmy-kimmel-pulled-from-air-celebrities-react-to-abcs-shocking-decision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump pressured the FCC to threaten<\/a> ABC if it didn\u2019t take Kimmel off the air after he made a reference to the reaction surrounding Charlie Kirk\u2019s murder last year.<\/p>\n<p>Just a few days later, however, Kimmel was reinstated by his bosses and went on to deliver the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/09\/jimmy-kimmel-returns-tears-up-in-most-anticipated-monologue-ever\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">best monologue in late night talk show history<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel-end-022124-1-1d9d962ce6784e359f0fada46e6e85a5-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-535966\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel-end-022124-1-1d9d962ce6784e359f0fada46e6e85a5-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel-end-022124-1-1d9d962ce6784e359f0fada46e6e85a5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel-end-022124-1-1d9d962ce6784e359f0fada46e6e85a5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel-end-022124-1-1d9d962ce6784e359f0fada46e6e85a5-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel-end-022124-1-1d9d962ce6784e359f0fada46e6e85a5-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel-end-022124-1-1d9d962ce6784e359f0fada46e6e85a5-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel-end-022124-1-1d9d962ce6784e359f0fada46e6e85a5.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel-end-022124-1-1d9d962ce6784e359f0fada46e6e85a5-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-535966 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel-end-022124-1-1d9d962ce6784e359f0fada46e6e85a5-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel-end-022124-1-1d9d962ce6784e359f0fada46e6e85a5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel-end-022124-1-1d9d962ce6784e359f0fada46e6e85a5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel-end-022124-1-1d9d962ce6784e359f0fada46e6e85a5-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel-end-022124-1-1d9d962ce6784e359f0fada46e6e85a5-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel-end-022124-1-1d9d962ce6784e359f0fada46e6e85a5-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel-end-022124-1-1d9d962ce6784e359f0fada46e6e85a5.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel-end-022124-1-1d9d962ce6784e359f0fada46e6e85a5.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption><span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Randy Holmes \/ ABC via Getty)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Fast forward to Tuesday evening and Kimmel\u2019s continued reaction to the State of the Union.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you ramble incoherently for two hours is that technically still a speech or does it at some point become a conniption fit?\u201d the comedian wondered, adding, \u201cThe speech went on so long Kristi Noem\u2019s dog shot itself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After playing a few clips from the address, Kimmel offered his own take on the current state of the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere\u2019s the real State of the Union,\u201d Kimmel said. \u201cWe have a nut job wannabe king who\u2019s doing everything he can to censor opinions he doesn\u2019t want to hear. He has his goons arresting, incarcerating, and killing American citizens. He\u2019s cut funding for cancer research at children\u2019s hospitals while he rakes in literally billions of dollars for himself and his family. He\u2019s coming after our right to vote. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s protecting pedophiles and won\u2019t explain it. He\u2019s lining the pockets of billionaires, all while neglecting the sick, the poor, and the hungry in the name of Jesus by the way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Find the lie there, people. Go ahead and try.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2261294684-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"U.S. President Donald Trump attends an event to announce a rollback of the 2009 Endangerment Finding in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on February 12, 2026 in Washington, DC.\" class=\"wp-image-549192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2261294684-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2261294684-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2261294684-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2261294684-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2261294684-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2261294684-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2261294684-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2261294684-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"U.S. President Donald Trump attends an event to announce a rollback of the 2009 Endangerment Finding in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on February 12, 2026 in Washington, DC.\" class=\"wp-image-549192 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2261294684-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2261294684-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2261294684-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2261294684-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2261294684-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2261294684-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2261294684-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2261294684-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Donald Trump attends an event to announce a rollback of the 2009 Endangerment Finding in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on February 12, 2026 in Washington, DC. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kimmel, who has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/09\/jimmy-kimmel-bashes-donald-trump-as-bully-we-all-should-hate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">slammed Trump as a bully<\/a> and said other mean\/accurate things about the guy in the past, wasn\u2019t the only late night host to respond to the State of the Union last night.<\/p>\n<p>On The Late Show, Stephen Colbert delivered a live monologue following the speech, joking that he \u201cdropped an edible and strapped in\u201d to watch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to Trump\u2019s team the official theme of the speech was \u2018America at 250: Strong, Prosperous, and Respected,\u2019\u201d Colbert quipped. \u201cThough if you have to say you\u2019re strong, prosperous, and respected\u2026 it kind of feels like you\u2019re not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Heck, even Jimmy Fallon briefly commented on the State of the Union, noting that Trump\u2019s speech focused on \u201chis major accomplishments\u201d and joking:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd when those eight seconds were up he just riffed for an hour and a half\u2026 It was basically two hours of Trump telling us how great he is. I feel like we\u2019ve been getting that State of the Union address every day since he took office.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/02\/jimmy-kimmel-mocks-donald-trump-as-nut-job-wannabe-king\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes Jimmy Kimmel was not a fan of Donald Trump\u2019s State of the Union address on Tuesday night. Shocking, we know. 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