Jimmy Kimmel called out President Donald Trump for focusing on the exact wrong thing in the aftermath of this week’s midterm elections.
Voters rejected Trump and his handpicked candidates around the nation, indicating in polls that they want lower prices and an end to his war with Iran.
Instead, the president on Thursday signed a proclamation declaring the Oval Office to be a national monument after he spent much of the past year adding gold and other embellishments.
“That’s right. His historic Diet Coke button will be preserved for many generations to come,” Kimmel said. “He turned the Oval Office into the gift shop at the Liberace Museum.”
But Kimmel was curious about the timing of the president’s announcement.
“Why do this now? Why do this right after the midterms?” Kimmel wondered, before answering his own question: “Maybe he’s planning to leave sooner than we think.”
He played a clip of Trump in the Oval Office worrying about what would happen to the room when he’s no longer there.
But Kimmel offered up a blunt reality check.
“Let me tell you something, buddy: On Jan. 20, 2029, we are gonna yank that crap down and throw it out faster than Melania moves back to New York,” he said as the audience cheered.
Check it out in his Thursday night monologue: