Last night Trump did one of his prime-time self-justifications speeches. I skipped it but listened to the 18-minute bit of bombast and braggadocio just now. It’s the usual palaver, extolling his administration as having effected more positive change than any other administration in American history. (He settled eight wars in ten months!!) There’s a lot of Biden-bashing. I suppose this is a response to his slipping approval ratings.
If you didn’t hear it, you can listen to the one below.
Here’s Jimmy Kimmel’s 16-minute response from the same night, as well as his intro to his show. The video below has garnered over 1.5 million views since it was put up last night. Here’s the YouTube intro, but it’s no substitute for the clip, which you should watch (h/t Bat).
We had a surprise national address from Donald Trump tonight, former special counsel Jack Smith testified that his team gathered “powerful evidence” to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Trump broke the law, Trump has been spending his time putting up plaques on the White House insulting and trolling other Presidents, there was a Senate hearing this morning about the little incident with the FCC that got us an unwanted vacation a couple of months back, Ted Cruz took the opportunity to call Jimmy “profoundly unfunny,” the new footage from the soon-to-be released documentary about Melania came out today, the Oscars are now moving to YouTube starting in 2029, and we sent Mark Hamill out to Hollywood Blvd to stand on his star and see who noticed and who did not!
It’s pretty heavy-handed, and not as funny as Bill Maher would have been, but it’s decent satire, with a lot of truth in it. Trump definitely has a loony side: bave a look at the plaques he put under the photos of previous Presidents. So much narcissism!
Kimmel also discusses yesterday’s Senate hearing about the FCC’s temporary ban on Kimmel’s show, with Kimmel lambasting Senator Ted Cruz. Don’t miss the made-up exchange at 8:55, and then a funny bit at the end with Mark Hamill.
“I’ve done more for Christianity than Jesus Christ himself”, declares Trump.
(If I may steal a joke from the Babylon Bee.)
I won’t agree until he gets himself crucified.
I would not mind as long as he resurrects himself. I DO NOT wish his demise. He’s a funny guy!
Which one: Kimmel or trump?
Now that you asked: Whichever one Robert meant by ‘he’ in ‘I won’t agree until he gets himself crucified.’ 🙂 It applies to either one. After all, Kimmel’s show was cancelled and resurrected. I think Kimmel is funny even though I prefer Colbert over the rest.
But I thought Robert was talking about Trump.
Trump should read George Washington’s Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior In Company and Conversation (~1744):
https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/rules-of-civility
Many of the rules are set to music (ca. 2025) :
https://paulgilbert.bandcamp.com/album/wroc
Perhaps rule no. 45:
Being to advise or reprehend any one, consider whether it ought to be in publick or in Private; presently, or at Some other time in what terms to do it & in reproving Shew no Sign of Cholar but do it with all Sweetness and Mildness.
… or 48:
Wherein you reprove Another be unblameable yourself; for example is more prevalent than Precepts.
There are 110 rules!
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George Washington, big guy, strong guy, he was a big fan of me (your favorite president), he said with tears in his eyes, Mr. Trump, I may have founded the country but you made it Great Again!
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
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