{"id":2395288,"date":"2026-04-29T23:14:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T23:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2395288"},"modified":"2026-04-29T23:14:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T23:14:13","slug":"jimmy-fallon-launches-venomous-barb-at-trump-in-his-very-first-monologue-joke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/jimmy-fallon-launches-venomous-barb-at-trump-in-his-very-first-monologue-joke\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Fallon Launches Venomous Barb At Trump In His Very First Monologue Joke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The \u201cTonight Show\u201d host leaned on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/life\/topic\/king-charles\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"King Charles\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"69f20b31e4b0f2c7213a3675\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"\/life\/topic\/king-charles\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"feed\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"2\">King Charles<\/a>\u2019 D.C. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/king-charles-trump-ballroom-white-house-fire-britain-war-1812_n_69f1d45ae4b01910ba1a87ed?ncid=NEWSSTAND0001\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"visit\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"69f20b31e4b0f2c7213a3675\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"69f1d45ae4b01910ba1a87ed\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"buzz\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"3\">visit<\/a> to make an incisive crack about the president right off the bat in his monologue.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cToday in Washington, King Charles made a historic address to a joint session of Congress,\u201d Fallon said. \u201cIt was the first time a king addressed Congress since President Trump spoke at the State of the Union.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The host waited for the joke to sink in before audience members began to cheer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Critics say the president has overstepped his authority in waging war against Iran without congressional approval. He also appears to be <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/jonathan-turley-fox-news-james-comey-indictment_n_69f1c95be4b0e475dfdda46d?ncid=NEWSSTAND0001\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"distorting jurisprudence\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"69f20b31e4b0f2c7213a3675\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"69f1c95be4b0e475dfdda46d\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"buzz\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"4\">distorting jurisprudence<\/a> in his Justice Department\u2019s new indictment of ex-<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/news\/topic\/fbi\">FBI<\/a> director James Comey, which some say is merely <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/ty-cobb-james-comey-case_n_69f1b7fee4b01910ba1a7215\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"a revenge ploy\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"69f20b31e4b0f2c7213a3675\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"69f1b7fee4b01910ba1a7215\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"buzz\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"5\">a revenge ploy<\/a> against a perceived political enemy of the president.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Trump might be resorting to censorship as his FCC <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/fcc-disney-licenses-jimmy-kimmel_n_69f0d0fde4b01910ba196a7c\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"is reportedly poised to take action\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"69f20b31e4b0f2c7213a3675\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"69f0d0fde4b01910ba196a7c\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"buzz\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"6\">is reportedly poised to take action<\/a> against Disney\/ABC for an \u201cexpectant widow\u201d joke Jimmy Kimmel made about <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/news\/topic\/melania-trump\">Melania Trump<\/a> days before an alleged assassination attempt against the president. The first couple called for Kimmel\u2019s removal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/no-kings-protest-photos_n_69c6ac94e4b041837420b82c\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"latest round\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"69f20b31e4b0f2c7213a3675\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"69c6ac94e4b041837420b82c\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"buzz\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"7\">latest round<\/a> of the \u201cNo Kings\u201d rallies against Trump took place nationwide last month. Organizers conveniently listed their grievances.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cMasked secret police terrorizing our communities. An illegal, catastrophic war putting us in danger and driving up our costs. Attacks on our freedom of speech, our civil rights, our freedom to vote. Costs pushing families to the brink,\u201d reads <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nokings.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"the \u201cNo Kings\u201d website\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"69f20b31e4b0f2c7213a3675\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/www.nokings.org\/\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"8\">the \u201cNo Kings\u201d website<\/a>. \u201cTrump wants to rule over us as a tyrant.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The \u201cTonight Show\u201d host leaned on King Charles\u2019 D.C. visit to make an incisive crack about the president right off the bat in his monologue. \u201cToday in Washington, King Charles made a historic address to a joint session of Congress,\u201d Fallon said. \u201cIt was the first time a king addressed Congress since President Trump spoke [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2395289,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25174],"tags":[22389,23571],"class_list":["post-2395288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gossip","tag-donald-trump","tag-jimmy-fallon"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Jimmy-Fallon-Launches-Venomous-Barb-At-Trump-In-His-Very.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2395288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2395288"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2395288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2395290,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2395288\/revisions\/2395290"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2395289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2395288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2395288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2395288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}