Jimmy Kimmel – 3 Minutes December 19, 2025 Like you, I had heard about “the plaques” but — perhaps unlike you — I had not actually seen them until I watched this portion of Jimmy Kimmel’s monologue (3 minutes). He has turned the presidency into a joke. A mockery. An egomaniacal frenzy of corruption and self-adoration, untethered from reality and indifferent to human suffering. (Among so much else — the closing of rural hospitals, the return of measles — hundreds of thousands of innocents have needlessly died. Each one an actual human being.) Not to mention his preference for dictators. How can this be happening? Watch those 3 minutes and tell me he is not deranged. TWO QUESTIONS FOR TRUMP SUPPORTERS 1. Why is Trump protecting Hunter Biden?! They have the laptop — and every MAGA knows it contains wild bombshells that would have flipped the millions of votes by which Trump lost in 2o2o — so why has he not revealed them? (If only to distract from the Epstein files.) 2. “If the 2020 elections involved widespread coordinated fraud and conspiracy, why hasn’t this administration arrested or indicted anyone?” — asked by Republican congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky.* *By contrast, during the first Trump administration, a federal grand jury indicted 12 Russians for allegedly interfering in the election; and more than 1,000 former Republican and Democratic U.S. attorneys said Trump himself would have been indicted on multiple counts of obstruction had Justice Department policy not shielded a sitting president. See Volume 2 of the Mueller report. Volume 1 raised endless suspicious of collusion, though not enough to meet the strict legal definition — perhaps because investigators were obstructed from getting the full story. LINCOLN SQUARE FACT-CHECKS THE SPEECH: The Eight Big Lies from Wednesday Night The “Warrior Dividend” Deception: Trump asserted that $1,776 checks “were on their way” to U.S. troops. The Fact: The President does not have the “power of the purse”—Congress does. Furthermore, while he offers a one-time $1,776 payment supposedly funded by tariffs, analysts estimate those same tariffs have already cost the average American household $1,700 this year alone. The Prescription Price Policy: Trump claimed he has cut the cost of prescription drugs by 400%–500%. The Fact: This is mathematically impossible. A 100% price cut would mean the drugs are free ($0); anything beyond that would imply Americans are being paid to take their medicine! (ha! we wish!) The Inflation Myth: He claimed he inherited the worst inflation in 48 years. The Fact: While inflation peaked at 9.1% in June 2022, it had already fallen to approximately 2.4% by the time Trump took office in January 2025. Current data for late 2025 shows inflation at roughly 3.0%—an increase since he took office, which economists attribute partly to the tariffs implemented in April. The Food Price Fib: Trump says food prices are ‘plummeting.’ The Fact: His own Agriculture Department released a report this week showing food prices are currently rising faster than inflation. In fact, food prices have never been higher. The Manufacturing Mirage: He touted record factory growth. The Fact: The U.S. has seen seven consecutive months of manufacturing job losses. The Foreign Investment Scam: Trump provided no evidence for his claim of securing $18 trillion in investment. Even the White House website reports only $9.6 billion in investment promises—a figure that includes investments initiated during the Biden administration. Gaslighting on Gas Prices: Trump claimed the cost of gas is significantly lower. The Fact: While gasoline prices have seen some declines (averaging around $2.94 nationally), they are nowhere near the $2.00 national average Trump claimed. A Wage Whopper: Trump stated that “for the first time in years, wages are rising much faster than inflation.” The Fact: Incorrect. Real wage growth has been positive since mid-2023. Recent 2025 data shows that while wages are still rising, the gap has actually narrowed as inflation ticked back up toward 3% this fall. (Also from Lincoln Square: RFK Jr.’s Making Disease Great Again.) A SEPARATE FACT-CHECK Did Vice President J.D. Vance really say Trump could be “America’s Hitler”? Yes. In 2016, apparently, he did. Too harsh, in my view — though, as discussed Wednesday, there are powerful parallels. In case you can help fund the infrastructure that will help begin to put an end to this madness next November, click here! I’ll see what you do and jump through the screen to say thanks.