Kimmel Describes Ceasefire As 'The TACO Tuesday of All TACO Tuesdays'

Alex Christy
April 8th, 2026 9:53 AM

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Because ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel tapes his show in Los Angeles, he was able to react to President Trump’s Tuesday announcement that he has agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran. Kimmel echoed many on the left when he described the announcement as “the TACO Tuesday of all TACO Tuesdays”—TACO meaning “Trump always chickens out”—despite Trump doing what he claimed he wanted.

Trump’s announcements came amid threats to hit Iranian bridges and power plants and Truth Social posts that “a whole civilization will die tonight” if Iran did not agree. That led Kimmel to declare, “So, all day today, everyone, most notably the people of Iran, were wondering if their civilization was going to die tonight. Well, good news, it didn't. It was the TACO Tuesday of all TACO Tuesdays. The president decided not to drop the chalupa for at least another two weeks.”

 

 

He continued, “He announced that at the request of Pakistan, which has been facilitating negotiations, he was giving Iran two weeks to live. This is how it goes. Every single time. Trump says something insane. He says, ‘I'm going to kill everybody tomorrow at 5 PM.’ We all freak out, then he backs—he’s like, ‘You know what, actually, I’ll kill everyone in two weeks,’ and then we relax, then he forgets he ever said it in the first place.”

Kimmel was also upset that most Congressional Republicans did not take Trump’s comments about destroying a civilization literally, “He has the memory and the skin color of a goldfish and maybe the worst part—we know he’s bananas—but maybe the worst part of all this is how relaxed the Congressional Republicans are about it. Now, he threatens to annihilate a civilization, they're like, ‘Well, you know how he is. He's a big talker. He yaps.’ And it's always two weeks. He's like a conscientious employee. He always gives two weeks' notice.

Later, Kimmel introduced a clip of Trump by claiming his original threats would have constituted war crimes, “And attacking civilian power plants is a war crime under the Geneva Accords. I guess he figures he's done all the other crimes, he might as well do the war ones, too.”

There are caveats to that rule, but as it was, Trump was shown claiming, “You know what’s a war crime? Having a nuclear weapon. Allowing a sick country with demented leadership have a nuclear weapon. That's a war crime.”

 

 

Kimmel retorted, “Then lock yourself up because that's the boat we are floating in right now. And then today— today he sat for an interview with—I don't actually know who it was, but the reporter made the mistake of bringing their kid.”

After a video of an orangutan acting inappropriately towards a baby, Kimmel continued lamenting, “Hold on, no—that's—guys, that's—I'm sorry, that was video of a different orangutan, but welcome to the world, kid. The fact that this man has us on the verge of World War III, it's really incredible. You know what Donald Trump was doing on this date, April 7, 2004? He was on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno shaking hands with the gang from American Chopper. Now he has nuclear bombs.”

Claiming Trump has the world on the verge of World War III while also accusing him of chickening out over something you described as a war crime is nonsensical, but for Jimmy Kimmel, the goal is not to make sense, but to simply contradict whatever Trump says.

Here is a transcript for the April 7 show:

ABC Jimmy Kimmel Live!

4/7/2026

11:37 PM ET

JIMMY KIMMEL: So, all day today, everyone, most notably the people of Iran, were wondering if their civilization was going to die tonight. Well, good news, it didn't. It was the TACO Tuesday of all TACO Tuesdays. The president decided not to drop the chalupa for at least another two weeks.

He announced that at the request of Pakistan, which has been facilitating negotiations, he was giving Iran two weeks to live. This is how it goes. Every single time. Trump says something insane. He says, “I'm going to kill everybody tomorrow at 5 PM.” We all freak out, then he backs—he’s like, “You know what, actually, I’ll kill everyone in two weeks,” and then we relax, then he forgets he ever said it in the first place.

He has the memory and the skin color of a goldfish and maybe the worst part—we know he’s bananas—but maybe the worst part of all this is how relaxed the Congressional Republicans are about it. Now, he threatens to annihilate a civilization, they're like, “Well, you know how he is. He's a big talker. He yaps.” And it's always two weeks. He's like a conscientious employee. He always gives two weeks' notice.

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And attacking civilian power plants is a war crime under the Geneva Accords. I guess he figures he's done all the other crimes, he might as well do the war ones, too.

DONALD TRUMP: You know what’s a war crime? Having a nuclear weapon. Allowing a sick country with demented leadership have a nuclear weapon. That's a war crime.

KIMMEL: Then lock yourself up because that's the boat we are floating in right now. And then today— today he sat for an interview with—I don't actually know who it was, but the reporter made the mistake of bringing their kid.

[Orangutan Video]

Hold on, no—that's—guys, that's—I'm sorry, that was video of a different orangutan, but welcome to the world, kid. The fact that this man has us on the verge of World War III, it's really incredible. You know what Donald Trump was doing on this date, April 7, 2004? He was on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno shaking hands with the gang from American Chopper. Now he has nuclear bombs.

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