{"id":247923,"date":"2026-01-16T14:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T14:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/247923\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T14:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T14:04:09","slug":"jimmy-kimmel-trolls-trump-after-taking-nobel-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/247923\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Kimmel trolls Trump after taking Nobel Peace\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Venezuelan opposition leader Machado handed the medal to Trump Thursday after weeks of praising him <\/a>for his interventions in her country. <\/p>\n

\u201cRarely does a president yank a Nobel prize off of someone\u2019s neck,\u201d Kimmel jabbed. \u201cHe\u2019s back in the Oval Office sucking on it like a pacifier.\u201d<\/p>\n

Machado was given the prize for leading the resistance against former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro<\/a>, whom the U.S. military abducted in the first few days of 2026. <\/p>\n

However, Trump later passed over Machado when naming Maduro\u2019s successor because he was reportedly furious at not winning<\/a> the award himself. <\/p>\n

Kimmel blasted the entire affair in his monologue and pointed out that Machado<\/a> eventually handing over the award still meant that she left without an endorsement. <\/p>\n

He did admit, though, that she left with another gift from Trump.<\/p>\n

\u201cMachado didn\u2019t leave empty-handed,\u201d Kimmel laughed. \u201cShe was seen leaving the White House with a gift bag. <\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Thanks for the Nobel Prize,\u2019\u201d he continued. \u201c\u2018Here\u2019s a Make America Great Again mug. We appreciate you stopping by.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Maria Machado presented Trump with the medal just weeks after he kidnapped Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro (The White House\/Getty)<\/p>\n

Continuing to lampoon Trump for his love of praise and awards<\/a>, Kimmel wheeled several of his own trophies onto the stage and offered them up to Trump. <\/p>\n

\u201cMr. President, I have an offer I think you\u2019re going to find difficult to refuse,\u201d he teased, showing off his 1999 Emmy for Best Game Show Host and his 2015 Soul Train Award for White Person of the Year.<\/p>\n

Kimmel<\/a> said that accepting the award came with a caveat, though, as he gestured to the golden trophies. <\/p>\n

\u201cIf, and only if, you agree to pull ICE out of Minneapolis and put them back at the borders where they belong, I am prepared to offer you one of the following trophies that I have been honored with over the years,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s immigration crackdown in Minneapolis seen widespread backlash after a woman was shot to death by an ICE agent<\/a> on January 7. Renee Good\u2019s killing has sparked a wave of protests<\/a> in the city and other parts of the country, with local officials demanding that ICE agents withdraw. <\/p>\n

Machado leads Venezuela\u2019s opposition and long supported Trump (AFP\/Getty)<\/p>\n

\u201cThe choice is yours,\u201d Kimmel continued, offering up his trophies. \u201cI will personally deliver any or even all of these to the Oval Office in exchange for leaving the people of Minneapolis alone.\u201d<\/p>\n

As Kimmel concluded his monologue, he tore into Trump for suggesting that the United States does not need to have<\/a> midterm elections<\/a> this year. <\/p>\n

He suggested that the president\u2019s alleged \u201cmaster plan\u201d begins by calling his opponents \u201cvermin\u201d and the \u201cenemy within,\u201d while claiming they are members of militia groups such as Antifa<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Kimmel claimed that Trump\u2019s next step was deploying ICE agents to cities<\/a> that have not requested them.<\/p>\n

\u201cStep three, when the people inevitably protest being occupied by their own government, you accuse them of starting an insurrection and then step four, you invoke the Insurrection Act, you call out the military, you cancel the elections, and you take charge for good,\u201d Kimmel warned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Venezuelan opposition leader Machado handed the medal to Trump Thursday after weeks of praising him for his interventions…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247924,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[2476,3109,93,3113,61,3107,60,43,3110,3108,3111,3112,282,268],"class_list":{"0":"post-247923","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-daily-news","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-global-news","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-inkl","14":"tag-ireland","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-news-app","17":"tag-news-headlines","18":"tag-news-today","19":"tag-today-news","20":"tag-tv","21":"tag-world-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}