Trump Says He Shouldn’t Be President If Jimmy Kimmel Is Extra Gifted

This Sunday (December 7, 2025), President Donald Trump will hand out medals to Kennedy Heart honorees, and he made a shocking assertion within the course of.

He mentioned he believed the published, which can air on CBS on December 23, 2025, would garner good rankings, much better than these of his nemesis Jimmy Kimmel. He additionally claimed that he did a much better job than the late-night host who introduced a tribute to honoree David Letterman in 2012. Trump even went so far as to say that he doesn’t should be the President of the USA if he weren’t extra proficient than the late-night TV persona.

Jimmy Kimmel was horrible, and a few of these folks. If I can’t beat out Jimmy Kimmel when it comes to expertise, then I don’t assume I must be president.

Trump identified to reporters that he’s the primary president ever to host the Kennedy Heart occasion. He added that regardless of what the critics need to say, he is aware of he’ll do a high-quality job and that every thing will work out in his favor. And, he’s assured that the ceremony will go down in CBS historical past as their greatest broadcast. He instructed reporters, “It will likely be the highest-rated present they’ve ever executed.”

We’ve by no means had a president internet hosting the awards earlier than. That is the primary.

I’m certain they’ll give me nice evaluations, proper? You understand, they’ll say he was horrible. He was horrible. It was a horrible scenario. No, we’ll do high-quality.

The president acknowledged that the community has carried out very properly prior to now. Nonetheless, he guarantees that the upcoming ceremony can be an evening to recollect, and every thing else will pale compared to what audiences are about to witness. “They’ve gotten some fairly good rankings, however there’s nothing like what’s going to occur tomorrow night time,” he defined.

Trump’s feud with Kimmel goes all the way in which again to 2016 after the previous was elected as president. The late-night host has solely develop into more and more important of him since. Issues escalated earlier this 12 months after ABC pulled Jimmy Kimmel Stay! from the air for per week following his remark concerning Charlie Kirk’s assassination.

Regardless of Trump’s efforts to maintain him off the air, Kimmel finally returned. Throughout his suspension, many celebrities and politicians (together with those that do not even like him) rushed to his protection. Republican politicians argued that this was an assault on free speech, and whereas they disliked Kimmel, they believed that he was a minimum of entitled to the suitable to talk his thoughts. A number of Disney actors additionally inspired their followers to unsubscribe from Disney+ after they heard the information, pulling assist for his or her former employer.