Jimmy Kimmel took the rare opportunity to congratulate President Trump on some good news.
“What a day for Donald Trump,“ Kimmel said in his Monday monologue. ”He finally did something positive today.”
Kimmel’s comments came after the release of the remaining 20 Israeli hostages and of nearly 2,000 Palestinian detainees; the result of a peace deal brokered by the Trump administration.
Trump flew into Egypt on Sunday and signed the peace deal, saying, “This took 3,000 years to get to this point, can you believe it? ... And it’s going to hold up, too.”
Kimmel joked about the president’s achievement, “I want to give him credit for it, because I know he’s not the type to take credit for himself.”
Kimmel explained the situation on Monday while crediting Trump, who the late-night host has cl