{"id":537131,"date":"2026-03-13T05:37:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T05:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/537131\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T05:37:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T05:37:08","slug":"jimmy-kimmel-says-trump-is-trying-to-gaslight-citizens-about-gas-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/537131\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Kimmel Says Trump Is Trying to ‘Gaslight’ Citizens About Gas Prices"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jimmy Kimmel sounded off on Donald Trump after the president tried to convince the American public that rising gas prices were actually good for the country.<\/p>\n

The comedian weighed in on the president\u2019s remarks during Thursday\u2019s episode of \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!,\u201d where he bemoaned the fact that \u201cgas prices have gone up every day for the past 11 days\u201d amid the Iran war.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut our president, Excon Mobil, says there is nothing to worry about,\u201d Kimmel said. \u201cHe wrote, \u2018The United States is the largest oil producer in the world by far. So when oil prices go up, we make a lot of money. But, of far greater interest and importance to me as president, is stoping [sic] an evil empire, Iran, from having nuclear weapons.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Kimmel couldn\u2019t hold back a laugh here, poking fun at the president for incorrectly writing \u201cstoping,\u201d instead of \u201cstopping,\u201d and blasting him as \u201cthe stupidest president of all time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cAnd this idea that he says when oil prices go up, we make a lot of money. Maybe you and your buddies do, but we don\u2019t make a lot of money,\u201d he added. \u201cWe just pay more for gas when oil prices go up. He must think we\u2019re as dumb as he is. The man who campaigned on the promise he would get gas prices under $2 a gallon is now trying to convince us that higher prices are better.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cYou know, you hear the term gaslighting a lot, but rarely when it comes to actual gas.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Watch Kimmel\u2019s full monologue above.<\/p>\n

\u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!\u201d airs weeknights at 11:35 p.m. ET on ABC.<\/p>\n

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