{"id":519503,"date":"2026-04-08T12:26:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T12:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/519503\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T12:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T12:26:11","slug":"jimmy-kimmel-celebrates-donald-trump-not-destroying-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/519503\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Kimmel Celebrates Donald Trump Not Destroying Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;He has the memory and the skin color of a goldfish,&#8221; the late-night host noted of the president&#8217;s inability to focus on the war<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/jimmy-kimmel\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jimmy-kimmel\" data-tag=\"jimmy-kimmel\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jimmy Kimmel<\/a> reflected on what was \u201canother crazy day here in the United States of America,\u201d celebrating the fact that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/donald-trump\/\" id=\"auto-tag_donald-trump\" data-tag=\"donald-trump\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump<\/a> did not destroy an entire civilization <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/politics-news\/trump-threatens-iran-civilization-die-tonight-1235542901\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">as he had promised to d<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/politics-news\/trump-threatens-iran-civilization-die-tonight-1235542901\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">o<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/politics-news\/trump-threatens-iran-civilization-die-tonight-1235542901\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> earlier in the day<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cWe\u2019re coming to you from Los Angeles for the local time\u2019s just after 5 p.m., which was Trump\u2019s deadline for Iran to \u2018Open the f-ing straight or you\u2019ll be living in hell,&#8217;\u201d Kimmel said. \u201cHe gave a hard cut off time of right now. This morning he wrote, \u2018A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.\u2019 \u2026 This is the same man that was just bitching about losing the Nobel Peace Prize. Now he\u2019s threatening a civilization with death. He went from Mahatma Gandhi to General Zod like that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tHe noted that the people of Iran spent all day wondering if they were going to die tonight. \u201cWell, good news, they didn\u2019t,\u201d Kimmel said. \u201cIt was the Taco Tuesday of all Taco Tuesdays. Our president decided not to drop the chalupa for at least another two weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tHe added, \u201cThis is how it goes every single time Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/politics-news\/trump-iran-easter-open-the-f-ckin-strait-you-crazy-bastards-1235542031\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">says something insane<\/a>. He says, \u2018I\u2019m going to kill everybody tomorrow at 5 p.m.\u2019 Then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/politics-news\/trump-iran-25th-amendment-aoc-alex-jones-pope-1235543368\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">we all freak out<\/a> and then he backs off. He\u2019s like, \u2018You know what? Actually, I\u2019ll kill everyone in two weeks.\u2019 Then we relax, and then he forgets he ever said it in the first place. He has the memory and the skin color of a goldfish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tKimmel observed that it\u2019s \u201calways two weeks\u201d with Trump. \u201cHe\u2019s like a conscientious employee,\u201d the host quipped. \u201cHe always gives two weeks notice.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tKimmel explained that despite Trump\u2019s ongoing threats, \u201cno one has any idea of what the plan is.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cThis afternoon the White House press secretary said only the president knows where things stand and what he will do,\u201d Kimmel said. \u201cAnd I don\u2019t even believe he knows that. Trump said he would decimate Iranian power plants in such a way that they will be burning and exploding never to be used again. Just like the toilets at Mar-a-Lago. And attacking civilian power plants is a war crime under the Geneva Accords. I guess he figures he\u2019s done all the other crimes. 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