Trump, Jimmy Kimmel and No Kings
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After Donald Trump's recent speech about the ongoing unrest in Los Angeles, Jimmy Kimmel jumped to the defense of his city. But that defense probably didn't play out the way people expected. "The National Guard and the Marines are occupying downtown Los Angeles to stop the imaginary riots that are exclusively taking place in the president's head,
The late night host tore into the right-wing network for its coverage of the president's response to protests in Los Angeles.
Jimmy Kimmel has taken a fresh swipe at President Trump by wearing a snarky T-shirt while attending a No Kings protest against the Republican leader.
The late-night host dismissed, ‘We have more so-called ‘unrest’ here when one of our teams wins a championship.’
The L.A.-based host said the city’s problem was the president, not the protests: “We have more so-called ‘unrest’ here when one of our teams wins a championship.”
This week, Donald Trump went to a performance of “Les Misérables” at the Kennedy Center — an event in which many roles were performed by understudies because some of the main boycotted, and audience members specifically booed Trump. (You can probably guess why.)
Additional celebrities including Anna Kendrick, Gina Rodriguez-LoCicero and Tessa Thompson were out on Saturday to protest against the Trump administration.
The late night host has long called the president out for his lax approach to Putin amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. This week, as President Trump vowed to send National Guard troops and Marines to Los Angeles to squash the anti-ICE protests, Kimmel reminded him that he should be focused elsewhere.
In the ongoing feud between California Governor Gavin Newsom and President Donald Trump, it may come as no surprise that Kimmel is fiercely on Team Newsom.