Jimmy Kimmel Says Trump’s Iran Deal Damages Israel and Empowers Tehran

On Wednesday, after Donald Trump signed a memorandum of understanding in Versailles, Israeli disappointment was clear, and even some Trump supporters and U.S. Democrats were said to be reacting similarly. The article says the deal marked a sharp change in Trump’s stance toward Israel and effectively brought him closer to Iran. Although Trump called it a “very strong” agreement, the piece argues that Iran gained formal approval to hold and develop missiles and de facto control over the Strait of Hormuz.

Against that backdrop, ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel delivered a biting monologue about Trump’s behavior at the G7 summit in France and his handling of the crisis. Kimmel said Trump arrived 45 minutes late, made everyone wait, and greeted the others with, “Hello, I’m the boss.” He mocked Trump as increasingly childish, comparing dealing with him to opening a shaken soda can.

Kimmel then turned to Trump’s visit to Versailles and the deal with Iran, joking that Trump “announces a statement and just leaves the room.” He cited criticism from The Wall Street Journal, which reportedly called the agreement a “strategic retreat,” and a CNN intelligence source, who said the U.S. gave Iran “de facto control of the strait, a weapon stronger than any nuclear weapon.” Kimmel added that Trump’s defense of the deal, “It’s a very strong agreement, nobody knows what it is, but it’s very strong,” sounded to him like “the smell of a corpse.”

He ended by listing what he saw as the results: Qassem Soleimani was killed and replaced by a younger, more radical ayatollah, sanctions were lifted, the ceasefire already existed, the strait was reopened, billions were spent on bombs, Americans and civilians were killed, and Iran was handed control of Hormuz plus at least $300 billion more. Kimmel closed by mocking Trump’s repeated crises and saying the war only distracted from the Trump-Epstein files, which would be revisited once the conflict truly ended.