Jimmy Kimmel slammed President Donald Trump for a deeply personal attack on a Reuters reporter last week who asked if he had canceled a couple of rallies because he was sick of all the traveling he’s done ahead of the midterm elections.
Instead of answering, Trump called reporter Jacob Bogage “sick,” then went after his appearance.
“Look at this dope. Look at this guy. He’s way out of shape,” Trump said. “You are disgusting. Put yourself in shape. You look like hell.”
Kimmel called Trump’s explosion “embarrassing.”
“It was an ugly moment,” Kimmel said. “And you would think he’d want to move past that, especially given his own body type, but you would be incorrect to think that.”
Instead, Trump posted a pic of the journalist on his Truth Social website, writing, “Reuters (One of the Worst!) Reporter.”
“Put yourself in shape,” the caption read. “You look like hell!”
Kimmel had a reality check for the president.
“First of all, no one says, ‘Put yourself in shape,’” Kimmel said. “That sounds like something Melania yells at him when he eats french fries.”
Then, he put a none-too-flattering image of the president on the screen.
“And also, that person you’re looking at right there should not be telling anyone else to put themselves in shape,” he said.
That led to a realization about Trump.
“There are so many craziest things about him, I think maybe the craziest thing about Donald Trump is he thinks he’s hot,” Kimmel said. “He does.”
Check it out in his Monday night monologue: