Kimmel Jokes He Will Report Trump to FCC Over Iran Remarks

Jimmy Kimmel criticized President Donald Trump’s remarks about Iran and Los Angeles and San Diego during his October 6 television monologue, then joked that he would report Trump to the Federal Communications Commission. Kimmel characterized the comments as appearing to entertain the destruction of two American cities and argued that critics who had condemned his own past joke should apply the same standard to Trump. Trump made the remarks at a campaign rally in Nebraska on October 5, while discussing the cost of the conflict with Iran. He said Iran could take out a city, named Los Angeles and San Diego, and described the cost as a small price to pay. Kimmel played a clip of the remarks on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and criticized Trump’s wording, saying it sounded as though the president was openly discussing Iran attacking the cities. Kimmel’s FCC remark was delivered as a joke, following a segment recalling criticism he received in April over a joke about Melania Trump as an expectant widow. He played clips of commentators calling for consequences against him, then contrasted those reactions with commentary about Trump’s rally remarks.