Overview
- During Thursday’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! monologue, Kimmel said Trump could have his awards if he removed ICE from Minneapolis and redeployed agents to the border.
- Kimmel argued that giving Trump awards is the only way to motivate action, mocking the president’s delight at receiving Machado’s Nobel medal.
- He displayed specific prizes as the offer: a 1999 Daytime Emmy, a Clio, a Webby, a Writers Guild Award, and his 2015 Soul Train Award.
- Sidekick Guillermo Rodriguez rolled the trophies onstage as Kimmel pledged to deliver them to the Oval Office if the city were left alone.
- White House communications director Steven Cheung dismissed Kimmel on X as a “no-talent loser,” while Trump has not responded and no policy change has been announced.