{"id":655885,"date":"2026-05-07T16:37:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T16:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/655885\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T16:37:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T16:37:09","slug":"jimmy-kimmel-on-trump-his-list-of-threats-is-now-longer-than-kash-patels-bar-tab-late-night-tv-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/655885\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Kimmel on Trump: \u2018His list of threats is now longer than Kash Patel\u2019s bar tab\u2019 | Late-night TV roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Late-night hosts discussed the Trump administration\u2019s confusing messaging about the war in Iran and why fruit-flavoured vapes have suddenly become a Republican priority.<\/p>\n<p>Jimmy Kimmel<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">On <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/jimmy-kimmel\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jimmy Kimmel<\/a> Live! the host spoke about the conflict in Iran and how the strait of Hormuz is still to be reopened.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">While Trump claims that the US is close to a deal, Kimmel said it was \u201cstill very much in flux, as in what the flux are we doing over there?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Trump has been issuing more threats this week, which led Kimmel to joke that \u201chis list of threats is now longer than Kash Patel\u2019s bar tab\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">It\u2019s meant that gas prices are still sky high, with California experiencing the highest in the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">This week will also see Marco Rubio being sent to \u201cmake nice\u201d with the pope including asking him \u201cwhy God didn\u2019t answer his prayers for smaller ears\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Kimmel also said \u201che\u2019s hoping to get the pope down to five commandments\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">He then spoke about a pre-Mother\u2019s Day event, where Melania Trump made comments about her husband\u2019s empathy that led to both of them laughing at the same time. \u201cI really feel like I brought those two back together,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">This week Trump has also been in a \u201creported beef\u201d with Marty Makary, the head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The president has been \u201cangrily bullying\u201d him over the approval of fruit-flavoured vapes, which is important for \u201cyoung Maga\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Kimmel called it \u201cas noble a cause as there is\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Colbert<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">On The Late Show, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/stephen-colbert\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stephen Colbert<\/a> spoke about the US \u201cclosing in on an end to the war\u201d although reports suggested this week that an Iranian official called the terms an \u201cAmerican wishlist and not a reality\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">At a press briefing this week, Marco Rubio claimed that Operation Epic Fury is over and now it\u2019s being transitioned to Project Freedom, yet that was then halted after one day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Colbert said it was all \u201cliving up to the Trump family motto: when the going gets tough, bye, bitch\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">He then spoke about the $1bn that will allegedly be going towards Trump\u2019s ballroom from taxpayers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Colbert called it all \u201cbullshit\u201d as despite Trump having \u201cone unwavering promise\u201d that the money would come from donors, this is now not the case.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cTo lie that blatantly takes a lot of balls and he still hasn\u2019t built the room to store them,\u201d he joked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">This week has also seen RFK Jr try to change FDA rules to allow minors to use tanning beds. Colbert said it \u201ccomes as no surprise from someone who looks so hickory smoked\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">He also spoke about the push to approve fruit-flavoured vapes for adults and, like many, claimed that this would ultimately be used more by children.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cThose kids need something to take the edge off after a couple of hours in the tanning booth,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Seth Meyers<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">On Late Night, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/seth-meyers\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Seth Meyers<\/a> called the situation with Iran \u201cconfusing and unclear\u201d and also spoke about the problems with Trump and his cronies using the word \u201cwar\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">They have been \u201cdesperate to avoid\u201d using the word as it would make the invasion illegal as it was not officially approved by Congress.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">While Trump has often used the word \u201cwar\u201d, he\u2019s also been using \u201cother dumber euphemisms\u201d, such as \u201cexcursion\u201d and \u201cskirmish\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">But \u201csometimes he gets tripped up on his own bullshit\u201d and goes back to saying \u201cwar\u201d or \u201cmini-war\u201d, to which Meyers said there is \u201cno such thing\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The attempt to rebrand it as Project Freedom had Meyers joke that \u201cthey\u2019re treating the war like it\u2019s HBO\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">He also looked at Trump\u2019s confusing social media posts this year and asked: \u201cHow can you expect to get an outcome when no one knows what outcome you want?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Meyers said that \u201cTrump can\u2019t hold one position for even a day\u201d and is \u201cstill trying to bullshit his way out of it\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Late-night hosts discussed the Trump administration\u2019s confusing messaging about the war in Iran and why fruit-flavoured vapes have&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":655886,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,63,134,427],"class_list":["post-655885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=655885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/655885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/655886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=655885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=655885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=655885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}