Jimmy Kimmel mocks Donald Trump for Iran threats

Jimmy Kimmel has lambasted US President Donald Trump for his aggressive threats regarding the Iran war.

Jimmy Kimmel has slammed Donald Trump for his aggressive rhetoric on Iran.

The 58-year-old talk show host is a vocal critic of the US President and used his opening monologue on Tuesday’s (07.04.26) of Jimmy Kimmel Live! to take aim at Trump’s threat that “a whole civilisation will die tonight” unless the Gulf nation agreed to re-open the Strait of Hormuz.

Kimmel said: “Probably the most dangerous episode of The Celebrity President yet today: It was D-day. In this case, the ‘d’ stands for ‘dementia’, but it was D-Day today.

“We’re coming to you from Los Angeles where the local time’s just after 5pm, which was Trump’s deadline for Iran to quote, ‘Open the effing strait or you’ll be living in hell.’ He gave a hard cut off time of now – of right now. And then this morning he wrote, ‘A whole civilisation will die tonight, never to be brought back again.'”

As the audience jeered, the presenter continued: “I agree. I’m against civilisations being annihilated as well. Thank you for taking a stand.

“Realise this is the same man that was just bitching about losing the Nobel Peace Prize. Now he’s threatening a civilisation with death. He went from Mahatma Gandhi to General Zod like that.

“And so all day today, everyone – most notably the people of Iran – were wondering if their civilisation was going to die tonight. Well, good news: It didn’t. It was the Taco Tuesday of all taco Tuesdays, as our president decided not to drop the chalupa for at least another two weeks.

“He announced that at the request of Pakistan, which has been facilitating negotiations, he was giving Iran two weeks to live.”

Kimmel suggested that Trump “has the memory and skin colour of a goldfish” as he pointed out that the White House chief frequently backs down from wild threats.

The comedian explained: “This is how it goes every single time: Trump says something insane – he says, ‘I’m going to kill everybody tomorrow at 5pm’ – we all freak out, and then he backs (down). He’s like, ‘You know what? Actually, I’ll kill everyone in two weeks.’

“And then we relax, and then he forgets he ever said it in the first place. He has the memory and the skin colour of a goldfish.”