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Jimmy Kimmel Says Donald Trump Threatens ‘Something Crazy’ and Then ‘Always Gives Two Weeks’ After Delaying Iran Strikes: ‘He’s Like a Conscientious Employee’

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Jimmy Kimmel addressed the ceasefire between the United States and Iran during his Tuesday night monologue and pointed out a recurring pattern with President Donald Trump’s negotiating tactics.

“The President decided not to drop it for at least another two weeks,” the host said during “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” “He announced that at the request of Pakistan, which has been facilitating negotiations, he was giving Iran two weeks to live. This is how it goes every single time. Trump says something insane. He says, ‘I’m going to kill everybody tomorrow at 5 p.m.,’ we all freak out, then he’s like, ‘You know what, actually, I’ll kill everyone in two weeks.’ Then we relax, then he forgets he ever said it in the first place. He has the memory and skin color of a goldfish.”

Kimmel later joked that Trump is like a “conscientious employee” the way he “always gives two weeks'” notice. He then cut to a series of clips in which Trump repeatedly said he would deliver a promise or know more about a touchy subject in two weeks.

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The late-night host then went after a quote from press secretary Karoline Leavitt, who said, “Only the President knows where things stand and what he will do.”

“And I don’t even believe he knows that,” Kimmel joked. “Trump said he would decimate Iranian power plants in such a way that they’ll be burning and exploding, never to be used again. Just like the toilets at Mar-a-Lago.”

Kimmel added that if Trump destroyed Iran’s power plants, it would be “a war crime under the Geneva accords.” Kimmel then cut to a clip of Trump saying, “Allowing a sick country with demented leadership to have a nuclear weapon, that’s a war crime.”

Kimmel then quipped, “Then lock yourself up right now because that’s the boat we are floating in right now.”

Watch the entire monologue below.

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Jimmy Kimmel Says Donald Trump Threatens 'Something Crazy' and Then 'Always Gives Two Weeks' After Delaying Iran Strikes: 'He's Like a Conscientious Employee'