Jimmy Kimmel recently threw shade at Donald Trump for his Pearl Harbor comment, using a joke referencing Ben Affleck’s 2001 movie during his late-night show. On Thursday, March 19, the current US President hosted Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and made the comment in response to a question about the US conducting strikes on Iran.
Jimmy Kimmel uses Ben Affleck joke to make fun of Donald Trump
The veteran comedian recently hit out at the POTUS in his monologue for his Pearl Harbor remark.
On the latest episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the titular host made a joke referencing the 2001 Ben Affleck movie, Pearl Harbor. Despite being a box-office success, it got flak for its historical inaccuracies.
Taking a dig at this comment by Donald Trump, Jimmy Kimmel asserted, “I guess we should be grateful he didn’t do an accent. What is going through that orange head of his there? There’s no doubt in my mind that everything he knows about Pearl Harbor begins and ends with the movie starring Ben Affleck.” He also labeled the remark by the US President a “new level of discomfort.”
During the meeting with Japan’s PM Sanae Takaichi, a reporter asked Trump why he didn’t inform Japan and other US allies before carrying out a military operation against Iran.
In his reply, the businessman-turned-politician referred to the 1941 attack by Japan on the American fleet. He stated, “You don’t want to signal too much, you know? When we go in, we went in very hard, and we didn’t tell anybody about it because we wanted surprise. Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Why didn’t you tell me about Pearl Harbor? You believe in surprise, I think much more so than us.”
According to the BBC, a senior reporter from Japan, Mineko Tokito, was in the Oval Office when Trump made the comment. She conveyed that the Japanese PM appeared uncomfortable and said, “Her eyes widening and her smile disappearing as she leaned back, drawing her hands in, clearly taken aback by the sudden mention of Pearl Harbor.”
