Late-night hosts have taken aim at the Republican National Committee's inaugural 'America First' award, presented to Donald Trump by House Speaker Mike Johnson. Jimmy Kimmel mocked the ceremony, saying, 'You can almost feel his spine exiting his body' as Johnson praised Trump. Kimmel suggested alternative names like the 'Lies-man Trophy' and described Trump's surprised expression as 'the grace and elegance of a gorilla at a wedding.'
The golden eagle statuette, Kimmel noted, would sit alongside Trump's 'regifted Nobel peace prize, the Olympic gold medal he didn't win, and the three tournament championships he won at his own golf club.' Seth Meyers on Late Night focused on Trump's claims about Iran, where Trump said he received 'eight big boats' of oil as a present. Meyers quipped, 'So master negotiator Donald Trump is bragging about a few boats of oil during a pointless and unpopular war.'
Meyers also highlighted the irony of Republicans giving Trump a special award while Americans struggle with soaring prices caused by a war they overwhelmingly disapprove of. On The Daily Show, Josh Johnson recapped a disturbing story involving Robert F Kennedy Jr, Trump's health secretary, describing him as 'the man who looks like last year's Halloween pumpkin you forgot to throw out.'
