Jimmy Kimmel laid into Donald Trump for internet hosting a White Home dinner for Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman, noting the visitor listing made for a “cartoonishly evil” group.
The comic sounded off on the occasion throughout Wednesday’s monologue for “Jimmy Kimmel Reside!,” the place he slammed the White Home for internet hosting an official dinner for a “assassin.” (U.S. intelligence dominated again in 2021 that bin Salman accepted the 2018 homicide of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.)
As Kimmel continued, he additionally blasted the crown prince for allegedly being an in depth buddy of the late Jeffrey Epstein — which made the black tie affair all of the extra troubling with every thing happening relating to the Epstein recordsdata.
“So naturally, Trump had a giant fancy dinner for him,” Kimmel added. “All one of the best individuals had been there, together with Trump, the evil prince, JD Vance, Pete Hegseth, even Stephen Miller confirmed up, which is uncommon since he hardly ever feeds outdoors his terrarium.”
He added: “Elon Musk was there. It was like an alumni dinner for the Legion of Doom. This group is so cartoonishly evil, we’d really need Austin Powers to defeat them.”
Forward of the dinner, Trump made headlines after he defended bin Salman and bashed the late Khashoggi when requested in regards to the 2018 homicide. “Lots of people didn’t like that gentleman that you simply’re speaking about,” Trump stated throughout a Tuesday press convention, calling Khashoggi “extraordinarily controversial.” “Whether or not you want him or didn’t like him, issues occur, however he knew nothing about it.”
Watch Kimmel’s full monologue above.
“Jimmy Kimmel Reside!” airs weeknights at 11:35 p.m. ET on ABC.
