Overview
- On Wednesday’s show, Jimmy Kimmel called President Donald Trump a “dumb dumb” as he tore into the president’s grasp of current events and reliance on Fox News.
- Kimmel cited Daily Beast reporting, which drew on Zeteo, that Trump’s advisers are alarmed by the influence Fox News has on his decision-making.
- He referenced reports that Trump pushed National Guard action in Portland after seeing Fox News footage from 2020 that he believed was current.
- Kimmel highlighted Trump’s own NBC comment asking whether television matched reality after speaking with Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek.
- To counter claims of widespread urban chaos, Kimmel aired viewer-shot scenes from Portland, Chicago, and Los Angeles, while noting that some assertions about TV-driven orders remain reported rather than confirmed.