Overview
- Kimmel used his ABC monologue to play a clip of Trump calling a planned White House ballroom “very complex” and saying the roof “would also go down into the basement.”
- He answered the line with a new taunt, dubbing Trump “Blob the Builder” to question his grasp of construction.
- He highlighted Trump’s claim that “everyone tells me it’s unpopular, but I think it’s very popular,” and called it “about as stupid a sentence” he had ever heard.
- He joked about Trump’s recent China visit by tying it to factories that make his merchandise and the need to “check on the hats.”
- He criticized Trump’s late-night posts of AI-generated images, including one with a handcuffed alien, and questioned whether the president understands they are fake.