ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel is not a military expert, but he does try to play one on TV. Having previously shown a stunning lack of basic knowledge on how missiles work in order to try to dunk on President Trump’s Golden Dome idea, Kimmel was back at it again on Tuesday, claiming that deploying National Guard and Marine units to Los Angeles has left Trump “in a tough spot” as he weighs his options on the ongoing war between Israel and Iran.
Kimmel reported, “President Macron of France said Trump bailed to help broker a cease-fire between Israel and Iran. For whatever reason, that rubbed Trump the wrong way. He was angry. He wrote, ‘Publicity seeking President Emmanuel Macron, of France, mistakenly said that I left the G7 Summit, in Canada, to go back to D.C. to work on a ‘cease fire’ between Israel and Iran. Wrong! He has no idea why I am now on my way to Washington, but it certainly has nothing to do with a ceasefire. Much bigger than that. Whether purposely or not, Emmanuel always gets it wrong. Stay Tuned!’”
He then quipped, “Like it's the season finale of Celebrity Apprentice or something. It's not a ceasefire, it's much bigger than that. Maybe a bowel movement? I don't know. By the way, Trump calling another president 'publicity seeking' is like Diddy calling you a bad boyfriend. The president has been live-truthing his diplomacy attempts in real time. He wrote, ‘I have not reached out to Iran for peace talks in any way, shape, or form. This is just more highly fabricated fake news. If they want to talk, they know how to reach me.’”
Kimmel then finally got to his analysis, “That’s right, if Iran wants to reach Trump, all they have to do is give him a $400 million plane, and he will talk to them all they want. Trump spent the afternoon guzzling Diet Cokes in the Situation Room trying to figure this out. He's in a tough spot because the American military right now is busy guarding all the Waymos here in downtown in LA.”
Despite the media’s best efforts to portray Trump’s LA response as something out of a dystopian novel, the ships, aircraft, air defense, bunker busters, and other relevant units and weapons are not in Los Angeles. While Kimmel may try to claim he was just trying to be the funny man, the joke makes zero sense. The idea that having a couple thousand National Guard troops and a few hundred Marines in LA has put the U.S. in a tough spot now that an actual military crisis is unfolding in the Middle East is just plain dumb.
Here is a transcript for the June 17 show:
ABC Jimmy Kimmel Live!
6/17/2025
11:37 PM ET
JIMMY KIMMEL: President Macron of France said Trump bailed to help broker a cease-fire between Israel and Iran. For whatever reason, that rubbed Trump the wrong way. He was angry. He wrote, “Publicity seeking President Emmanuel Macron, of France, mistakenly said that I left the G7 Summit, in Canada, to go back to D.C. to work on a ‘cease fire’ between Israel and Iran. Wrong! He has no idea why I am now on my way to Washington, but it certainly has nothing to do with a ceasefire. Much bigger than that. Whether purposely or not, Emmanuel always gets it wrong. Stay Tuned!”
Like it's the season finale of Celebrity Apprentice or something. It's not a ceasefire, it's much bigger than that. Maybe a bowel movement? I don't know. By the way, Trump calling another president “publicity seeking” is like Diddy calling you a bad boyfriend. The president has been live-truthing his diplomacy attempts in real time. He wrote, “I have not reached out to Iran for peace talks in any way, shape, or form. This is just more highly fabricated fake news. If they want to talk, they know how to reach me.”
That’s right, if Iran wants to reach Trump, all they have to do is give him a $400 million plane, and he will talk to them all they want. Trump spent the afternoon guzzling Diet Cokes in the Situation Room trying to figure this out. He's in a tough spot because the American military right now is busy guarding all the Waymos here in downtown in LA.
