Jimmy Kimmel took aim at Donald Trump after the president invited Iran to bomb California. On Monday, Trump suggested that soaring costs are “a small price to pay” to ensure Iran doesn’t have a nuclear weapon.
“It’s a small price to pay for keeping the world safe, for keeping our country safe,” he said. “They could take out a city. Let them take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay.”
The right-wing media later claimed that it was a joke and the White House defended the comments are “not rooted in reality.” However, Kimmel questioned why Trump is allowed to make a dangerous joke on air and he is not.
“I know he says a lot of crazy things,” Kimmel said. “I know this is something we’ll forget about by Thursday when he accidentally swallows a baby at a rally or whatever the hell he does next. But that’s one of the craziest, indefensible statements I’ve ever heard even this maniac make. Openly musing about Iran, a country we are currently at war with, taking out two taking out two American cities while his adoring fans cheer him on. But it’s okay because we’re liberals. We deserve to get bombed.”
He added, “Can somebody please change this man’s diaper already? I think that old nut has been sitting in his own excrement too long. He has the rant-a virus and it needs to be treated medically. Now we have our own president wishing death to America. We already had a huge bomb here this weekend. It’s called Digger.”
“This is insane,” Kimmel continued. “It really is. Even from him. And do you remember how upset the red hat club was when I did a joke about Trump and Melania’s May-December romance?” Kimmel then played a series of clips of the conservative media calling his jokes “dangerous.”
“If that rhetoric was deranged and dangerous and violent and dark, surely you must be mortified by the president of the United States casually ruminating about the deaths of 13 million people,” Kimmel remarked. Spoiler: they were not. One news commentator even said, “The question on everyone’s mind is: Why can’t the left take a joke?”
“That’s right,” Kimmel replied. “You know what? I’m going to report him to the FCC. The hypocrisy is so glaring you can’t even turn your head toward it. You will get blinded. Do you want to know the real reason Trump hates California? I’ll tell you. It has nothing to do with politics.” He showed a clip of Gavin Newson kissing Melania Trump in greeting. “It’s because our governor got farther with his wife than he has in 15 years,” Kimmel added. “And she’s been California dreaming ever since.”
