By Katherine Tinsley
2:58am PDT, Apr 12, 2025
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"Not only doesn't he have a plan, he doesn't understand why he did this. Maybe he did it to distract us from all the other horrible stuff,"
Jimmy Kimmel said in his monologue, as Donald Trump paused his "reciprocal" tariffs on most countries except for China for 90 days.
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Aside from Donald Trump's stance against globalization, his administration has pushed for stricter immigration laws, which also affect legal residents.
"Maybe he did it to distract us from the fact that they're deporting college students and firing the people in charge of fighting disease and fires, and he's attacking judges, and journalists and lawyers. He's taking lunch and life-saving medications away from children who need it,"
Jimmy Kimmel stated.
"Not to mention helping his buddy Putin crush Ukraine and menacing Canada and Greenland of all places," he continued. "The fact is, we have a monkey flying the plane right now, and almost half the passengers are like, 'I think the monkey's doing a good job.'"
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Jimmy Kimmel criticized Donald Trump for "calling out numbers like he's working a bingo hopper."
"I mean you're watching
The Art of the Deal in real-time here," one Newsmax guest said after Trump increased the tariffs on China by 125 percent and later 145 percent.
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Jimmy Kimmel later thanked Donald Trump's supporters for the president's "plan," as it caused "every country in the world" to hate the U.S.
"None of us can ever go on vacation again, thanks to the plan, that's some plan," the comedian added.
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Despite the pushback, Donald Trump is confident in his use of tariffs.
"They are already in effect and a beautiful thing to behold. The Surplus with these Countries has grown during the 'Presidency' of Sleepy
Joe Biden," the Republican wrote in a Truth Social post. "We are going to reverse it and reverse it QUICKLY. Some day people will realize that Tariffs, for the United States of America, are a very beautiful thing!"
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Donald Trump later claimed various countries are looking to negotiate with the president.
"I spoke to a lot of leaders — European, Asian, from all over the world. They're dying to make a deal," he penned. "But I said we're not gonna have deficits with your country. We're not gonna do that because to me a deficit is a loss. We're gonna have surpluses or we're at worst gonna be breaking even."
