Gotta just love this man....

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May 08, 2026, 03:12

Jimmy Kimmel makes fun of Donald Trump's negotiation tactics with Iran


Referring to the critical Strait of Hormuz, Kimmel joked, "I wonder which will open first — the Strait of Hormuz or his ballroom?"


He previously mocked Trump's pattern of issuing extreme ultimatums — such as threatening that "an entire civilization will die tonight"— only to extend deadlines by two weeks repeatedly. Kimmel remarked that Trump "has the memory and the skin color of a goldfish.”

Kimmel ridiculed the appointment of Vice President J.D. Vance, Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, and Long Island real estate lawyer Steve Witkoff as lead negotiators, suggesting the U.S. would be "better off with Alvin and the Chipmunks.”


He compared the president's diplomatic promises to his unfulfilled domestic pledges regarding tax returns and healthcare, concluding that Trump's "word is as good as the gold commode he sits on.”


Kimmel poked fun at the administration avoiding the word "war" to bypass Congressional approval, noting, "First it was an excursion, then it was a mini war, and now it's a skirmish. Next month it'll be a tiff. It'll be a $200 billion tiff.




May 08, 2026, 04:22

He hates that Trump is trying to do something about Iran to the extent that he sides with Iran...sad...TDS to the extent of going against his own interest... pathetic worm who will be nothing as soon as Trump leaves office...Poephol of note.

May 08, 2026, 04:25

Go watch his interview with Jay Leno to see what standup specimen of a man he really is...P.O.S..

May 08, 2026, 04:28

Ja, Ja, Ja......shame.



May 08, 2026, 04:49

The enemy of your enemy is not your friend if he's an arsehole...true as Bob...

May 08, 2026, 10:48

"... the memory and the skin color of a goldfish."


LMAO!


Trumpanzees don't have a sense of humour when it comes to Bozo.



May 08, 2026, 13:25

Neither do you...sneering isn't humor.

May 08, 2026, 13:31

Saying that I thought JK's comment about goldfish was funny is sneering?


Draad, you need to chill. When you read something negative about your idol, take some deep breaths and have a nappy change before responding.

May 08, 2026, 19:25

Lol... maybe you should take a leaf from that same book...

May 08, 2026, 22:54

love is blind

May 08, 2026, 23:25

About as funny as Bernie Sanders.

May 08, 2026, 23:31

About as funny as Bernie Sanders and a bit of a moron:


He graduated from Ed W. Clark High School[22] and attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), for one year before his family moved to Arizona. He attended Arizona State University for the 1985–86 academic year and left without graduating.[23


You have to be seriously stupid not to graduate from Arizona State.

May 09, 2026, 00:08


Trump’s looming defeat in Iran is a personal and political crisis

Robert Reich

6–7 minutes

We are witnessing what happens to a person who is consumed with the need to dominate, but cannot.

Iran is unlikely to give in. It can withstand the economic pressure of a blockade better than Donald Trump can withstand the political pressure that comes with rising gas prices (now nearly $4.50 a gallon, on average), soon followed by rising food prices.

His looming failure in Iran is not just a serious geopolitical defeat for the United States; it’s a personal crisis for Trump.

Those rising prices coupled with an increasingly unpopular war have increased the likelihood that Democrats will take back control of the House and even possibly the Senate in the upcoming midterms.

Here again, it’s not just a political defeat for the Republican party but a personal crisis for Trump.

His ego cannot accept a humiliating loss, as we saw after the 2020 election. His need to bully, dominate and gain submission is so hardwired inside his insecure head that the defeats he’s now facing – to Iran and to Democrats – are already setting off explosions.

He’s posting more wildly than ever – attacking, insulting, ridiculing, threatening.

On Sunday, Trump posted that Democrats had “RIGGED the 2020 Presidential Election. GET TOUGH REPUBLICANS – THEY’RE COMING, AND THEY’RE COMING FAST! They’re no good for our Country, they almost destroyed it, and we don’t want to let that happen again!” He demanded that Republicans “approve all of the necessary Safeguards we need for Elections to protect the American Public during the upcoming Midterms”.

More of his posts are bizarre AI-generated paeans to himself, his godlike powers, his wished-for physique and his self-image of omnipotence. On Friday night, he posted an AI-generated image of himself, JD Vance, Marco Rubio and Doug Burgum, all shirtless and with young physiques, standing in the reflecting pool in front of the Lincoln Memorial, along with an unidentifiable woman in a bikini.

Minutes later he posted an image of the House minority leader, Hakeem Jeffries, holding a baseball bat, with a caption calling Jeffries “low IQ”, “a THUG” and “a danger to our Country”. On Tuesday, he posted AI-generated images of Joe Biden on one knee with the caption “COWARDS KNEEL”, Barack Obama with the caption “TRAITORS BOW” and himself with his fist raised and the caption “LEADERS LEAD”.

His mouth – never in control – is now in diarrheic mode. He’s even back to attacking the pope, accusing him of “endangering a lot of Catholics and a lot of people”, adding, “but I guess if it’s up to the pope, he thinks it’s just fine for Iran to have a nuclear weapon”.

His thin-skinned vindictiveness is beyond anything we’ve seen before, which is saying a lot. Last week, after the German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, said the US was “being humiliated by the Iranian leadership”, Trump repeatedly attacked and ridiculed Merz. The defense department then said it was pulling 5,000 troops out of Germany, and Trump said he was increasing tariffs on European cars and trucks to 25% (from 15%).

He’s becoming ever more obsessed with monuments to himself – his ballroom, his arch, his so-called “garden of heroes”, his Trump-embossed passports, his image on 24k gold commemorative coins, and his name plastered or etched all over Washington. His plans for self-monuments are becoming larger by the day, more grotesque, more grandiose and more expensive. Senate Republicans just proposed $1bn more for Trump’s ballroom, which, recall, was supposed to “cost taxpayers nothing”.

He has even directed the treasury to announce that his own signature – yes, the same one that appears in a book of birthday greetings for Jeffrey Epstein – will replace the treasurer’s on all new US paper currency. This will be the first time in US history that a sitting president’s name will appear on circulating cash money.

His thirst for vengeance is exploding, too. Last week the Department of Justice launched another criminal case against former FBI director James Comey (whose earlier indictment was quashed by the courts) for posting a picture of seashells spelling out “86 47” on Instagram a year ago. Trump is also insisting that the justice department restart its criminal investigation of Jerome Powell and double-down against the former joint chiefs of staff chair Mark Milley and others he considers “enemies”.

Facing the two monumental failures of Iran and control over Congress, Trump is fanatically seeking other ways to assert dominance. On Tuesday, his education department announced a civil rights investigation into Smith College over enrolling transgender students.

On Thursday, Trump demanded that Hakeem Jeffries be charged with “INCITING VIOLENCE”, linking the attempted shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner with Jeffries’s call for a “maximum warfare” redistricting campaign in response to Republican efforts to gerrymander their states.

Regardless of what happens in Iran, he’ll claim victory. That will be difficult to do convincingly when gas prices remain more than $4 a gallon, but he’ll undoubtedly try.

What if Democrats win control of one or both chambers of Congress in the midterms and he claims they lost or cheated? The nation barely survived the last time Trump’s fragile ego faced a major loss.

We’ll also have to cope with Trump as a lame-duck president who can no longer dominate and gain submission as he did before. Will he try to remain president beyond his second term to avoid this?

The man is unwell. Seriously unwell. Lame-duck presidents fade away, but injured dictators can be dangerous... esp. the batshit variety.

May 09, 2026, 00:21

Wrong string…this is about the failed Arizona State candidate….Kimmel

May 09, 2026, 00:45

Jammer, I won't repeat my error


May 09, 2026, 04:02

His ego cannot accept a humiliating loss, as we saw after the 2020 election. His need to bully, dominate and gain submission is so hardwired inside his insecure head that the defeats he’s now facing – to Iran and to Democrats – are already setting off explosions.



Common trait in liberals. Same attitude and behaviour are found on this board.


Donald Trump is just more liberal than the average liberal. Way more.


Wrong string…this is about the failed Arizona State candidate….Kimmel


Very funny. The ability of liberals to demand things they suspend for themselves is stunning as ever. It is wired. There is something in their brain that allows that behaviour to such an extreme.


Liberals are en route to kill hundreds of millions people.

May 09, 2026, 04:05

Brilliant! Tx BB.

 
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