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"Of all the things I said about him last week, of all the many moronic and criminal words and deeds I detailed, that's what bothers him?"
Donald Trump has been vocal about a lot of things this week, including losing out on the Nobel Peace Prize again and his dislike of Jimmy Kimmel. At a recent rally, the president describe Kimmel as a “loser” because the late-night host commented on the empty seats at one of his events.
“This loser, Jimmy Kimmel,” Trump told the crowd at the rally. “What a loser. I had just left Texas or somewhere. The place is packed. And maybe it was Ohio. The place is packed.”
Trump then mimicked Kimmel, adding, “He said, ‘Donald Trump had a sparsely attended [rally].’ I said, ‘Sparsely attended?’ They had to walk thousands of people. They couldn’t get into the arena. These guys are crooked people. They’re losers.”
“Do I really sound like that?” Kimmel replied. “Be honest. Of all the things I said about him last week, of all the many moronic and criminal words and deeds I detailed, that’s what bothers him? Me pointing out the fact that his rallies have empty seats? Well, in that case, let’s do it again: There were many empty seats at the rally. So many empty seats. There were even empty seats at the rally where he complained about me saying he had empty seats at the rally.”
Kimmel added, “He keeps claiming the reason there are empty seats in the back and the top is because people love him so much they make their way down to the front. Isn’t that interesting that that never happens at a Lakers game? People just moving up to the front. But it does at an event controlled by the United States Secret Service. And, by the way, when I mentioned the sparse attendance at that rally, I didn’t even show it.”
The host cut to a photo of a half-empty rally in Alabama. “Much like Trump’s cognitive function, not at full capacity,” Kimmel quipped.
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Trump and Kimmel have continuously exchanged barbs over the past few years. While hosting the Oscars in 2024, Kimmel read one of Trump’s Truth Social posts during the ceremony, quipping, “Thank you, President Trump. Thank you for watching, I’m surprised you’re still up — isn’t it past your jail time?” Trump later called Kimmel a “dope” and “one of the dumbest human beings ever.”
Last year, Kimmel told Rolling Stone he enjoys amping Trump up. “I think most comedians have a strong sense of justice, and he violates that so frequently,” Kimmel said. “I know we should be hardened to it by now, but I’m not. It is shocking to me; it seems like a comic-book villain. He seems like the kind of character that would flame out after a few years, but the fact that he’s still with us is remarkable. A year ago, I would’ve said I’m hoping to show people who aren’t paying attention to the news what’s actually going on, and hoping to change things that way. Obviously, that didn’t have enough impact before the election, so now I see myself more as a place to scream.”