The roast that shook Thanksgiving — Jimmy Kimmel didn’t hold back when it came to Donald Trump’s latest outburst. The late-night host unleashed a fiery response to Trump’s wild Thanksgiving rant on Truth Social, in which the former president claimed that America was being “laughed at” by the rest of the world. But as Kimmel pointed out, the laughter might not be aimed where Trump thinks it is. And here’s where it gets even more biting...
During his Monday night monologue, Kimmel highlighted a section of Trump’s post where the 79-year-old complained that the United States has been “divided, disrupted, carved up, murdered, beaten, mugged, and laughed at.” Kimmel zeroed in on the last part—and then delivered the punchline that had his audience roaring: “Murdered, mugged, beaten, and laughed at? Hate to break it to you, but the country’s not being laughed at—they’re laughing at you.”
Trump’s post (which you can find on Truth Social) also veered into immigration and, controversially, singled out Minnesota’s Somali population. He went after Governor Tim Walz, calling him a slur and accusing him of doing “nothing, either through fear, incompetence, or both.” Kimmel responded with dry sarcasm, saying, “See! He can be presidential when he wants to be.” A clear jab at Trump’s self-proclaimed leadership style.
Then came the segment about Trump’s long-standing gripe with the Nobel Peace Prize. Trump had complained that he never received one, which Kimmel mockingly summed up as “making absolutely no sense.” He followed it with a clip of Trump doubling down on his attacks against Walz, this time speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One. Despite public backlash, Trump insisted “something seriously wrong” with the governor. Kimmel’s comeback? He dubbed him “the President of the Eighth Grade.” Ouch.
But Kimmel didn’t stop there. He turned to Trump’s self-reported “polling victories,” questioning whether the former president even understood his own numbers. “It proves it’s not just books he can’t read,” Kimmel joked, implying that Trump misinterprets poll data as easily as he mishandles facts. According to Kimmel, current polling data shows Trump sliding backward—not just in national numbers but even among Republican supporters. “Every major poll puts him at his lowest since we flushed him out of office the first time,” Kimmel noted, twisting the knife.
And then came the knockout line that had the internet talking: “His negative rating is at 60 percent. There are gas station bathrooms on Yelp with higher approval ratings than Donald Trump right now. We are not in an upward trajectory.” Brutal? Absolutely. But Kimmel’s point stuck—the data simply doesn’t match Trump’s narrative.
So, here’s the real question: Is Kimmel just doing his job as a comedian calling out political absurdity, or is late-night turning too partisan? And if politicians dish out insults, do they deserve to be roasted this fiercely in return? Let’s hear your take—who’s getting the last laugh here?
