{"id":246361,"date":"2026-01-15T16:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T16:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/246361\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T16:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T16:22:08","slug":"trumps-hole-milk-comment-breaks-jimmy-kimmels-brain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/246361\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s \u2018Hole Milk\u2019 Comment Breaks Jimmy Kimmel\u2019s Brain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Jimmy Kimmel was nearly at a loss for words after Donald Trump used a White House event to tell everyone what milk is.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">On Wednesday\u2019s late-night show, Kimmel showed footage of the 79-year-old president as he served up a weird word salad at an Oval Office event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThis morning, I read that Trump was holding an MLK event in the Oval Office. It turned out it wasn\u2019t&#8230;about MLK. It was about M-I-L-K,\u201d Kimmel began. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 14: U.S. President Donald Trump displays a signed bill during an event with dairy farmers in the Oval Office of the White House on January 14, 2026 in Washington, DC. Trump signed a series of bills including the &quot;Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act&quot; to allow the sale of whole milk in school cafeterias across the country. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/SUD3FTL3JJCZFAJNHR6MEE4PZI.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"533\"\/>President Donald Trump signed the &#8220;Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act&#8221; to allow the sale of whole milk in schools across the country.  Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He then showed the audience a televised speech at the Oval Office, in which Trump rambled on about the merits of \u201cwhole milk.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cYou see that beautiful milk? That\u2019s what we\u2019re here for,\u201d Trump said. The president and his administration were gathered in the Oval Office for <a onclick=\"_sendArticleBodyInlineLinkClickAnalytics(&#039;https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/trump-79-rests-his-eyes-as-goons-harp-on-about-milk\/&#039;)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/trump-79-rests-his-eyes-as-goons-harp-on-about-milk\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/trump-79-rests-his-eyes-as-goons-harp-on-about-milk\/\">the signing of a bipartisan bill<\/a> that allows schools to offer whole milk and 2 percent milk to students. The Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act of 2025 overturns the Obama-era restrictions, which limited students to fat-free or low-fat milk. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re going to be discussing milk and whole milk. We have some milk here,\u201d Trump continued, pointing to a carton of milk on his desk. He went on to make several unrelated points, like how the milk carton had been sitting on his desk for five days, and how his \u201cfriend\u201d Dr. Ben Carson, former neurosurgeon and <a onclick=\"_sendArticleBodyInlineLinkClickAnalytics(&#039;https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/ghost-of-maga-past-ben-carson-tapped-to-return-to-government\/&#039;)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/ghost-of-maga-past-ben-carson-tapped-to-return-to-government\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/ghost-of-maga-past-ben-carson-tapped-to-return-to-government\/\">current MAGA adviser<\/a>, \u201cdrinks a lot of milk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 14: U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins (C) speaks as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (L) and U.S. President Donald Trump look on during a bill signing in the Oval Office of the White House on January 14, 2026 in Washington, DC. Trump is expected to sign a series of bills including the &quot;Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act&quot; to allow the sale of whole milk in school cafeterias across the country. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2BMGDW2WLNFTXPHYVIFNEGLPIM.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"533\"\/>Cabinet members joined Donald Trump for the full-fat milk launch in the Oval Office. Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWhether you\u2019re a Democrat or a Republican, whole milk is right. Whole milk. It\u2019s actually a legal definition, whole milk, and it\u2019s whole with a \u2018w\u2019 for those of you that have a problem,\u201d Trump said. \u201cThat\u2019s right. It\u2019s not \u2018hole\u2019 milk. It\u2019s \u2018whole\u2019 milk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Kimmel, 58, could not believe Trump\u2019s latest take. \u201cDoes he think that we think that milk comes from a hole? I mean, if there\u2019s milk coming from your hole, you either need to get to a doctor or a farm and quit,\u201d he said, as the audience laughed.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Jimmy Kimmel.\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/UUJBIBT4DFBPVJQYNXZ4CY6B2A.png\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/>&#8220;Does he think that we think that milk comes from a hole?&#8221; Kimmel asked about Trump in his monologue on Wednesday.  YouTube\/Jimmy Kimmel Live <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The late-night host also took a jab at Trump getting <a onclick=\"_sendArticleBodyInlineLinkClickAnalytics(&#039;https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/trump-79-rests-his-eyes-as-goons-harp-on-about-milk\/&#039;)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/trump-79-rests-his-eyes-as-goons-harp-on-about-milk\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/trump-79-rests-his-eyes-as-goons-harp-on-about-milk\/\">caught resting his eyes<\/a> as his Cabinet members spoke about the importance of whole milk. \u201cSo then after a nice glass of warm milk that was on his desk for five days, it was time for a little nap,\u201d Kimmel said, showing footage of the president lightly dozing. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cHe\u2019s getting good at nodding at the right times, right?\u201d Kimmel concluded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Obsessed with pop culture and entertainment? 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