[Applause] tonight is a special night at the White House it's Donald melania's 20th wedding anniversary 20 years is 20 years is a long time especially for Melania this um morning Trump paid tribute to his longest serving wife by reposting this AI image of himself with a lion Trump losing his cool over a late night joke classic Jimmy Kimmel just cracked a joke about his marriage and let's just say it hit a little too close to home now Trump fuming like a toaster stuck on high will he brush it off or unleash a social media meltdown
or will Melania give him the look that says not this again popcorn ready let's go I'm guessing he noticed a bunch of people posting about his anniversary which remind him oh it's my anniversary so he then reposted this sweet photo of Melania literally pushing him away from her Kimmel knows exactly what he's doing the man has been in the late night game long enough to understand that when you take a swing at Trump you don't just land a joke you detonate a full-blown media explosion so when he stepped onto that stage grinning like he had
just been handed the comedic equivalent of a golden ticket the audience braced themselves while our president kept the crowd very warm at CPAC over the weekend CPAC if you're not familiar is basically what would happen if judge Janine pero headlined the fire Festival it's a lot of very angry white people it is the largest gathering of people who believe vaccines are witchcraft in the world and for 2 hours and 2 minutes Donald Trump gave what I believe we may look back on as his I Have a Dream speech this was his longest speech think since
taking office he went on and on you could have left a speech watched two episodes of Game of Thrones come back and he would still have been going and it kicked things off Trump went to one of his signature moves to start it and I know there's a lot of competition but this I think this might be the dumbest thing he does [Applause] who who does that it's Pro Donald Trump shows more a affection to Flags than Eric and Don Jr have ever gotten in their whole lives he started light a playful jab here a
little tease there classic warm-up material the kind that keeps the audience engaged but doesn't ruffle too many feathers but that wasn't what everyone was waiting for no they knew the real punch line was coming and then like a perfectly timed knockout punch he dropped has there ever been a worse host than Jimmy Kimmel at the Oscars his opening was that of a less than average person trying too hard to be something which he is not and never can be blah blah blah make America great again thank you for watching I'm surprised you're still Isn't it
past your jail time and of course in any crowd there are always those few people who suddenly decide to forget they bought tickets to a comedy show they sit there stiff as statues refusing to react as if Laughing might put them on some kind of secret government watch list meanwhile the rest of the audience is in absolute chaos wiping tears clapping and gasping for air according to reports from multiple news outlets his former sister-in-law alleges that hexa's wife was terrified he would abuse her to the point where she and her sister had a code to
text each other if her husband became violent and she feared for her safety uh but here's where things really get fun see Kimmel doesn't just drop a joke and move on oh no he doubles down he starts breaking it down making it worse or better depending on your perspective he leans into the joke teasing it apart piece by piece dragging out the laughter until it's clear some people in the audience are about two Chuckles away from needing a medic then there are the cameras because let's be real whenever a comedian roasts Trump there's always that
moment when the cameras start hunting I was going to make stuff up about him i' start telling people he wears diapers I would explain that it's a long trial he drinks a lot of Diet Cokes to stay awake he's getting up there in years and it's perfectly normal for a man of Trump's age and carriage to wear absorbent undergarments to stop the leaks so I mean if I was making stuff up that I would point out that the reason he stands like this and golfs like this and plays tennis like this is because he has
a full diaper strapped around his little mushroom Garden okay they scan the crowd looking for the reaction shots that are about to go viral Who's laughing too hard who's pretending they didn't just laugh who's nervously checking their phone to make sure they don't have any messages from their Republican Uncle yet it's all part of the spectacle and somewhere in a dimly lit room with a Diet Coke in hand Trump himself might have already been watching maybe he was flipping through channels just in time to catch Kimmel delivering the line that would ruin his night maybe
an aid texted him warning that Twitter sorry truth social was about to go nuclear either way one thing was certain Kimmel had just made sure Trump's next 24 hours would be spent crafting the perfect angry response Jimmy Fallon asks me if he could do one thing could he play with my hair can I mess your hair up I want to see if it's real so he didn't just play he puts his hand in my hair and the audience went wild and they loved it 6 months later he stood up and he said I'd like to
apologize for doing that he lost his whole audience when he did that would it be an all caps meltdown a rambling post about fake news late night losers or maybe a fresh conspiracy theory about how Jimmy Kimmel is part of a deep State plot to overthrow him no one knew yet but one thing was for sure this joke had just lit a fuse and the explosion was coming Trump and late night comedian go together like gasoline and a lit match except in this case the fire never goes out if there's one thing the late night
circuit can count on it's that taking a jab at Trump will guarantee headlines viral clips and a fresh batch of outrage social media Warriors ready to battle it out in the comment sections but this Feud didn't start when he became president no Trump has been a late night punching bag for decades back in the 80s and '90s he was the Flash Real Estate Mogul with the golden towers and the oversized ego a walking talking caricature before he even had political Ambitions comedians loved him then too but the jokes were more about his ridiculous wealth bizarre
media appearances and of course the hair usually when Donald Trump gets a spanking like this from a woman it's with a Forbes Magazine what a what a kamalo was pushing his buttons like a 12-year-old playing fortnite it was oh this was a much better debate than the last debate uh this is like the Lion King when Simba came back to avenge Mufasa Trump's advisors before the debate they urged him to be happy Trump instead of mean bully Trump and to please focus on the issues of course he didn't listen to any of that at all
but who are we kidding this election isn't about the issues I mean Dick Cheney isn't voting for KLA Harris because he agrees with her on the issues he's voting for her because there's a rhinoceros charging and she has the tranquilizer gun then The Apprentice era arrived and Trump fully leaned into his Persona as the tough boss who fired people for sport late night hosts had a field day Conan O'Brien David Letterman and Jay Leno took their shots roasting everything from his catchphrase to his obsession with putting his name on literally everything but back then Trump
played along he liked the attention he even went on these shows laughing with the hosts while they poked fun at him because at the time it was all part of his brand then came 2016 the moment Trump transitioned from reality TV to actual reality late night comedy took on a whole new Mission this wasn't just about teasing a quirky billionaire anymore this was war Steven colar who had spent years perfecting satire on The Colbert Report sharpened his attacks Seth Myers who had already roasted Trump at the 2011 White House Correspondents Dinner made his late night
monologues practically a nightly Trump roast session Jimmy Kimmel who had mostly stuck to light-hearted humor suddenly found himself in the middle of the political storm using his platform to comment on Trump's policies statements and of course his Twitter meltdowns then there was Jimmy Fallon whose approach was well Infamous mistake of playfully ruffling Trump's hair in a 2016 interview and a attempt to keep things apolitical the backlash was immediate fans accused him of humanizing trump at a time when the stakes were too high Fallon later admitted he regretted the moment but the damage was done and
Trump he never forgot years later he still took Jabs at Fallon even demanding that he be a man and stop apologizing as president Trump hated late night comedians he called them unfunny overrated and part of the fake news media when Cole bear mocked him in an especially brutal monologue Trump dismissed him as a no Talent guy when Kimmel criticized his policies Trump went after his ratings if he wasn't attacking them on Twitter now truth social he was ranting about them at rallies turning their jokes into campaign grievances even post presidency Trump's grudge against late night
TV hasn't faded the problem the jokes never stop coming and as long as there's a microphone a stage and an audience ready to laugh at his expense late night comedians will always have fresh material Jimmy Fallon asks me if he could do one thing could he play with my hair can I mess your hair up I want to see if it's real so he didn't just play he puts his hand in my hair and the audience went wild and they loved it 6 months later he stood up and he said I'd like to apologize for
doing that he lost his whole audience when he did that for years Trump and melania's relationship has been the internet's favorite mystery right up there with what's in Area 51 and who keeps buying Nickelback albums from the outside their marriage often looks less like a love story and more like a long-term business contract with a strict no handholding Claws and let's be honest late night hosts especially Jimmy Kimmel haven't let a single Awkward Moment slide Kimmel's joke wasn't just funny it was a surgical strike on an ongoing pop culture phenomenon the moment it landed the
audience's reaction said it all laughter gasps and that undeniable oh he went there energy because let's face it people have been talking about the Trump marriage Saga for years it's been dissected analyzed and memeified to the point where every small interaction between the two gets scrutinized like it's a high stakes poker match hey speaking of prisoners this should be an interesting Valentine's Day at the White House for instance will Donald Trump get flowers from Vladimir Putin we don't know and what about his wife Melania will they spend the night together or will she remain trapped
like Rapunzel at their apartment in New York you know melani Trump has a new line of greeting cards they carry these now at CVS they're interesting actually I've not seen any the Happy Valentine's Day open saving remember the infamous hand SWAT incident it was 2007 17 Trump and Melania were walking down a Tarmac in Israel and just as Trump reached for her hand whack she swaped it away like she was rejecting a greasy dollar bill from a stranger that one second clip turned into an instant meme analysts both real and self-appointed Twitter experts debated whether
it was an accident or the most passive aggressive rejection ever caught on camera and then there's the icy stare that chilling moment from Trump's inauguration when Milan his forced smile disappeared the second he turned away like a scene from a Jordan Peele horror movie the clip resurfaced every time someone wanted to fuel the is Melania trapped conspiracy theory now mix those with countless awkward moments robotic photo ops and melania's questionable enthusiasm when standing next to Trump and you have the perfect comedic setup Kimmel knew exactly what he was doing when he dropped that joke he
was tapping into an ongoing joke that practically writes itself and the internet oh the internet ate it up within minutes Twitter was flooded with reactions the hand SWAT Clips made a comeback theories popped up ranging from She's secretly plotting her escape to she's just here for the inheritance Tik Tok got involved remixing Kimmel's joke with dramatic music and exaggerated reenactments even Instagram meme Pages dusted off their best free Melania content and gave it a fresh spin of course Trump's supporters weren't amused they quickly defended the marriage dismissing Kimmel's joke as just another cheap shot from
Hollywood Elites some even insisted that Trump and melania's relationship was perfectly normal because hey who doesn't look like they'd rather be anywhere else when standing next to their spouse I want to also thank my beautiful wife Milan or hate Trump one thing is undeniable his marriage has provided some of the most unintentionally entertaining moments in political history and as long as there are comedians like Kimmel those moments will never be forgotten and just like clockwork Trump did what Trump does best react with the force of a thousand exclamation points did he go full all caps
mode on Truth social of course did he call Kimmel a third rate hack and blame the failing late night industry you bet but the real kicker in his attempt to dismiss the joke he somehow made it worse maybe he meant to downplay it but instead he ranted so much that he turned a oneliner into a full-blown news cycle classic Trump move turning a late night punch line into a multi-day headline all while insisting he doesn't care Jimmy Kimmel's a loser we would do Jimmy Kim I do Jimmy Kimel I did him a lot he used
to greet me on the sidewalk outside of his Studio I'd come in this was before politics of course but I'd come in and he'd be standing on the sidewalk oh sir may I bring you in he he'd bring me in every time and then I ran for politics I never you know got involved with it much but all they do is talk bad about Trump that's all the whole show is talking bad about Trump he is a ridiculous person and just like that the internet did what it does best turned the whole Fiasco into a
meme Factory Twitter lit up with reactions faster than Trump could type which hunt memes of Melania blinking in Morse code flooded the timeline while Tik Tok users reenacted the joke with dramatic flare Trump supporters rallied in the comments calling it disrespectful while critics laughed so hard they probably pulled a muscle meanwhile late night hosts saw the opening and pounced turning Kimmel's oneliner into a multi-day roast session at this point the joke had evolved into a full-fledged comedy Saga with Trump as its unwilling main character so I said to our great first lady who can draw
a crowd did you watch me tonight on television first lady people love our first lady out there go out and get a book she just wrote a book I hope she said good things about I don't know I didn't so busy she just wrote a book called Melania go out and buy it it's great and if she says bad things about me I'll call you all up and I'll say don't buy it get rid of individual freedom is a fundamental principle that I Safeguard without a doubt there is no room for compromise when it comes
to this essential right that all women possess from birth individual freedom what does my body as the internet erupted All Eyes turned to Melania or rather the lack of her response No statement No tweet not even a carefully worded we don't care moment instead the world was left analyzing her past expressions like detectives on a case was she secretly laughing in private sipping tea while watching the chaos unfold or was she just rolling her eyes adding this to the ever growing list of things she's over the running joke does she even watch these or is
she too busy perfecting the art of the unreadable Poker Face either way Silence has never been louder Kimmel's got two choices Let It Go like a mature adult or do what every comedian dreams of Rose Trump until he's redder than his own MAA hat spoiler alert maturity is overrated meanwhile Trump the Undisputed king of holding grudges might turn this into a full-blown campaign talking point complete with dramatic reenactments and exaggerated hand gestures late night writers are popping champagne because when Trump takes the bait it's like Christmas came early the internet oh they're already 10 memes
ahead debating whether this Feud ends in a standup special or a truth social meltdown either way comedy just secured another undefeated victory
