ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel kicked off his third week of Iran War condemnations on Monday by making an accusation that was strange as it was outrageous. According to him, President Trump is being hypocritical when he condemns the regime for mass murdering its own citizens in protests.

Kimmel also tried to keep the narrative that the war is meant to distract from the Epstein files as he introduced a clip of Trump on The Brian Kilmeade Show, “Operation Epstein-o Distracto has now cost American taxpayers more than $16 billion and, more importantly, the lives of 13 U.S. service members. Trump is desperate to convince anybody who will listen that this had to be done, we had to attack, and that leaders who encourage violent acts against peaceful protesters are evil and must be stopped.”

In the clip, Kilmeade asked, “How important would it be to get at that Basij force, the thugs that walk the streets. Are we aiming for them?”

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Israel has targeted Basij forces, but Trump talked more generally when he replied, “No. These are bad people. They go out shooting protesters. You’re a protester, they shoot you right through the head. This is an evil group of people.”

No doubt alluding to Renee Good and Alex Pretti, Kimmel retorted, “Oh, now he’s against shooting protestors. That’s good. He’s evolving. It’s always his self-awareness that impresses me the most about Donald Trump.”

He added, “He’s been talking very tough for a guy who seems to almost be in a coma right now. Over the weekend, he wrote, ‘Watch what happens to these deranged scumbags today. They’ve been killing innocent people all over the world for 47 years, and now I, as the 47th president, am killing them. What a great honor it is to do so. Thank you for your attention to this matter.’ In three months, he went from ‘Where’s my Nobel Prize for peace?’ To ‘What a great honor it is to kill scumbags!’ Everything is his great honor.

The Iranian people rose up because they have no rights and their economy is in the toilet because of mismanagement and the regime’s obsessive anti-Americanism and anti-Semitism. The regime responded by murdering several thousand—if not tens of thousands—if them. Meanwhile, Kimmel has only two examples. Good drove her car at an officer who had previously been attacked by a man using his car as a weapon while Pretti also had a gun in a chaotic scene. There is simply no comparison between Trump and the Iranian regime.

Here is a transcript for the March 16 show:

ABC Jimmy Kimmel Live!

3/16/2026

11:38 PM ET

JIMMY KIMMEL: Operation Epstein-o Distracto has now cost American taxpayers more than $16 billion and, more importantly, the lives of 13 U.S. service members. Trump is desperate to convince anybody who will listen that this had to be done, we had to attack, and that leaders who encourage violent acts against peaceful protesters are evil and must be stopped.

BRIAN KILMEADE: How important would it be to get at that Basij force, the thugs that walk the streets. Are we aiming for them?

DONALD TRUMP: No. These are bad people. They go out shooting protesters. You’re a protester, they shoot you right through the head. This is an evil group of people.

KIMMEL: Oh, now he’s against shooting protestors. That’s good. He’s evolving. It’s always his self-awareness that impresses me the most about Donald Trump.

He’s been talking very tough for a guy who seems to almost be in a coma right now. Over the weekend, he wrote, “Watch what happens to these deranged scumbags today. They’ve been killing innocent people all over the world for 47 years, and now I, as the 47th president, am killing them. What a great honor it is to do so. Thank you for your attention to this matter.”

In three months, he went from “Where’s my Nobel Prize for peace?” To “What a great honor it is to kill scumbags!” Everything is his great honor.