Jimmy Kimmel says Donald Trump’s Somalia speech was “racist” and “the worst thing he’s ever said”
Jimmy Kimmel has lashed out at Donald Trump for his “racist” remarks at a rally in Pennsylvania on December 9th.
During the rally, Trump made grandiose claims based on race, one of them being that he got “the biggest vote with Black people”.
The late-night host brought up the moment on Jimmy Kimmel Live, sharing, “Our Kentucky Fried President was in Pennsylvania last night delivering a speech about the economy that was almost not at all about the economy,” the host noted in his own monologue on December 10th.
Kimmel continued, “It was a long speech. He hasn’t been out in a while. If he had talked for three more minutes, it would have legally been classified as an Avatar movie. That’s how long he went on.”
Kimmel then shared a clip of Trump bragging about a meeting, during which he asked, “Why is it we only take people from shithole countries, right? Why can’t we have some people from Norway? Sweden? Just a few? Let us have a few from Denmark. Do you mind sending us a few people? Send us some nice people.”
Instead, the president lamented that America only seems to take immigrants “from Somalia, places that are a disaster, right? Filthy, dirty, disgusting, ridden with crime. The only thing they’re good at is going after ships.”
Kimmel was not a fan of the strange remarks, stating simply, “Wow, that was racist.” The star continued, “I mean, he put the three whitest countries in the world on the guest list. Black country? Lock the doors. That was extra Trumpy. That might be the worst thing he’s ever said.”
Trump’s feudster also went on to refute other claims made. “He got 15% of the black vote,” the ABC host clarified, before adding, “When he says ‘Black people,’ he means Herschel Walker and Kanye West — and that’s it.”
Trump’s feud with Kimmel has escalated this year, especially when ABC pulled Jimmy Kimmel Live from the air for a week following his comment regarding Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
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