{"id":2406270,"date":"2026-05-07T16:35:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T16:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2406270"},"modified":"2026-05-07T16:35:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T16:35:38","slug":"jimmy-kimmel-mocks-donald-trump-over-negotiation-style-its-like-sex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/jimmy-kimmel-mocks-donald-trump-over-negotiation-style-its-like-sex\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Kimmel mocks Donald Trump over negotiation style: &#8216;It&#8217;s like sex&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">Key Points<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Jimmy Kimmel&#8217;s latest monologue mocked Donald Trump over his latest comments on the ongoing U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;His list of threats is now longer than Kash Patel&#8217;s bar tab,&#8221; the comedian quipped. &#8220;I wonder which will open first, the Strait of Hormuz or his ballroom?&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kimmel likened Trump&#8217;s negotiation skills to sex, lamenting about how the president is &#8220;bad at it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/jimmy-kimmel\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Jimmy Kimmel;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Jimmy Kimmel&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Jimmy Kimmel<\/a> is full of interesting takes when it comes to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/donald-trump\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Donald Trump;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Donald Trump&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Donald Trump<\/a>&#8216;s recent presidential actions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During Wednesday&#8217;s episode of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/jimmy-kimmel-live\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Jimmy Kimmel Live;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Jimmy Kimmel Live&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><em>Jimmy Kimmel Live<\/em><\/a>, the late-night host\u00a0shared Trump&#8217;s latest comments on the ongoing U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, in which the president first voiced optimism for a peace deal after Iran said it&#8217;s reviewing the latest U.S. proposal to end the war. But then, Trump <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/iran-war-trump-progress-peace-deal-strait-of-hormuz\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:threatened that if Iran rejects the U.S. offer;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;threatened that if Iran rejects the U.S. offer&quot;}\" class=\"link \">threatened that if Iran rejects the U.S. offer<\/a>, he could order &#8220;higher-level&#8221; military strikes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;According to sources familiar with [the U.S. offer], it would include a moratorium on uranium enrichment for a period of longer than 10 years, which would be only 5 years shorter than the 15-year deal Obama made that Trump called the worst deal in history,&#8221; Kimmel explained to his audience Wednesday night. &#8220;And now he&#8217;s going to top it by making an even worse worst deal in history. It&#8217;s called <em>The Art of the Deal<\/em>. Folks, you should read the book.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-primary p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-primary\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"flex-none size-4 -scale-x-100 text-primary lg:size-6 [&amp;_path]:fill-current\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M3.1 3.1V11h1.8V6.314l5.392 5.393 1.415-1.414L6.313 4.9H11V3.1zm17.8 17.8V13h-1.8v4.686l-5.393-5.393-1.415 1.414 5.393 5.393H13v1.8z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-primary hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><i>Jimmy Kimmel giving his monologue on May 6, 2026<br \/>Credit: ABC<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kimmel continued, mocking Trump for his threat to launch military strikes. &#8220;His list of threats is now longer than Kash Patel&#8217;s bar tab,&#8221; the comedian quipped. &#8220;I wonder which will open first, the Strait of Hormuz or his ballroom?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;But this is how he does it,&#8221; Kimmel continued over the laughter of his audience. &#8220;For him, a negotiation, it&#8217;s like sex. He&#8217;s bad at it. It mostly consists of flailing around. And he can only do it for a short amount of time before he starts yelling that he&#8217;s finished.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong><em>Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with our\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/ew-dispatch-newsletter-11812417\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:EW Dispatch newsletter;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;EW Dispatch newsletter&quot;}\" class=\"link \"><strong><em>EW Dispatch newsletter<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The long-standing <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/jimmy-kimmel-question-for-zombies-who-worship-donald-trump-11954751\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:feud between Kimmel and Trump has seemingly grown in viciousness;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;feud between Kimmel and Trump has seemingly grown in viciousness&quot;}\" class=\"link \">feud between Kimmel and Trump has seemingly grown in viciousness<\/a> since the beginning of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. Kimmel, who has been a frequent critic of Trump&#8217;s actions throughout his second presidency, has consistently called out Trump for his threats against Iran, especially after the U.S. president <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/jimmy-kimmel-blasts-donald-trump-for-ending-a-civilization-tough-talk-11945242\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:threatened that &quot;a whole civilization&quot; would die last month;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;threatened that &amp;quot&quot;}\" class=\"link \">threatened that &#8220;a whole civilization&#8221; would die last month<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Realize this is the same man that was just he was bitching about losing the Nobel Peace Prize. Now he&#8217;s threatening a civilization with death. He went from Mahatma Gandhi to General Zod like that,&#8221; Kimmel told the <em>Jimmy Kimmel Live <\/em>audience at the time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He added, &#8220;And so all day today, everyone \u2014 most notably the people of Iran \u2014 were wondering if their civilization was going to die tonight. Well, good news: It didn&#8217;t. It was the Taco Tuesday of all Taco Tuesdays, as our president decided not to drop the chalupa for at least another two weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">More recently, Kimmel and Trump have been going head-to-head over a joke the comedian made at his <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/jimmy-kimmel-roasts-donald-trump-drama-queen-mock-white-house-correspondents-dinner-speech-11957808\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:&quot;alternate&quot; White House Correspondents' Dinner;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;&amp;quot&quot;}\" class=\"link \">&#8220;alternate&#8221; White House Correspondents&#8217; Dinner<\/a> during his talk show, referring to the first lady as an &#8220;expectant widow.&#8221; Since then, both Melania and Donald Trump <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/melania-trump-slams-jimmy-kimmel-white-house-correspondents-dinner-11959213\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:have called for his firing;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;have called for his firing&quot;}\" class=\"link \">have called for his firing<\/a>. It&#8217;s worth noting that Kimmel has not apologized for the joke in question.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/jimmy-kimmel-responds-melania-trump-donald-trump-firing-11959564\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Kimmel has shrugged off the calls for his firing;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Kimmel has shrugged off the calls for his firing&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Kimmel has shrugged off the calls for his firing<\/a>, noting that the &#8220;expectant widow&#8221; jab &#8220;obviously was a joke about their age difference and the look of joy we see on her face every time they&#8217;re together.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He continued, &#8220;It was a very light roast joke about the fact that [Trump] is almost 80 and she&#8217;s younger than I am. It was not by any stretch of the definition a call to assassination, and they know that I&#8217;ve been very vocal for many years speaking out against gun violence in particular.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kimmel then pointed out he and the first lady both denounce &#8220;hateful and violent rhetoric.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I agree that hateful and violent rhetoric is something we should reject. I do. And I think a great place to start to dial that back would be to have a conversation with your husband about it,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Watch Kimmel&#8217;s Wednesday night monologue above.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/jimmy-kimmel-mocks-donald-trump-over-negotiation-style-its-like-sex-11969188\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Entertainment Weekly;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Entertainment Weekly&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Entertainment Weekly<\/a><\/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.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Points Jimmy Kimmel&#8217;s latest monologue mocked Donald Trump over his latest comments on the ongoing U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. &#8220;His list of threats is now longer than Kash Patel&#8217;s bar tab,&#8221; the comedian quipped. &#8220;I wonder which will open first, the Strait of Hormuz or his ballroom?&#8221; Kimmel likened Trump&#8217;s negotiation skills to sex, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2406271,"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":[25177],"tags":[22389,364881,23060,370277],"class_list":["post-2406270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-donald-trump","tag-iran","tag-jimmy-kimmel","tag-kash-patel"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Jimmy-Kimmel-mocks-Donald-Trump-over-negotiation-style-Its-like.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406270","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=2406270"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2406272,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406270\/revisions\/2406272"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2406271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2406270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2406270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2406270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}