Overview
- On Monday’s Jimmy Kimmel Live, the host mocked Trump’s Truth Social tirade and countered his claim that the United States is being mocked by saying, “They’re laughing at you.”
- Trump’s Thanksgiving message said Americans had allowed the nation to be “divided, disrupted, carved up, murdered, beaten, mugged, and laughed at,” and it included a slur directed at Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz that drew broad criticism, including from some Republicans.
- Kimmel dubbed Trump “President of the Eighth Grade” after Trump doubled down on the Walz insult and told reporters he believed there was “something seriously wrong” with the governor.
- Kimmel cited recent reporting that Trump’s standing has eroded, saying his negative rating is about 60 percent and describing his approval as historically low in major polls.
- Coverage pointed to earlier examples used to rebut Trump’s complaint about ridicule, including a clip of European leaders laughing over his Albania–Armenia confusion and Gov. Gavin Newsom’s claim that foreign leaders laugh behind Trump’s back.