Overview
- In the four-minute address, Jimmy Kimmel called President Trump “King Donny the Eighth,” said the U.S. is “a right mess,” and warned that democratic institutions are being eroded.
- Kimmel told viewers his ABC show was briefly pulled after his remarks about Charlie Kirk’s killing, saying the U.S. government threatened him and his employer before the suspension.
- He credited a broad public backlash with restoring the program within days, declaring, “We won, the president lost,” and said he is back on air nightly giving Trump a “richly deserved bollocking.”
- The speech aired on Channel 4 shortly after King Charles III’s royal address, continuing a tradition dating to 1993 that has featured figures such as Edward Snowden and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
- Kimmel urged Britons not to “give up on” the U.S., asked for “about three years” to course-correct, and reports note he recently extended his ABC deal through May 2027.