Jimmy Kimmel answers Trump's midterm defense: "You're like dog hair"

A White House statement attacking his monologues becomes part of the next one, alongside ballroom marble and an "I DID #2" sticker.

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Trump Blames Everyone But Himself for Huge Midterm Loss & the White House Lashes Out at Jimmy Kimmel

A regular-length Jimmy Kimmel Live upload usually gathers a couple of hundred thousand views on its first day. The monologue after the Democratic midterm sweep was close to eight million before a day had passed, and its comments arrived more than thirty times faster than usual.

Its target is Donald Trump's explanation for the Republican losses: he wasn't on the ballot. Kimmel plays the Fox News phone interview where Trump says exactly that, shows the posts blaming others, and offers a different view of how absent the president really was: "You're like dog hair, you're on everything." Ron DeSantis supplies the bleakest Republican verdict among the clips, calling the result "close to an extinction level event."

About ten minutes in, the White House joins the act. Kimmel reads a statement from spokesman Davis Ingle attacking the show's monologues, so the administration's reply to one night's jokes becomes material for the next. From there he turns to Trump touring the ballroom construction and talking at length about ceiling height and marble, then to the robots deployed against James Talarico in Texas.

The episode ends on Hollywood Boulevard with a Lie Witness News setup. Pedestrians are asked whether they plan to vote "today," the day after the election. One woman says she still intends to, because she worked yesterday. A man who explains why voting on "day two" is better leaves with a sticker reading "I DID #2."

Much of the comment section comes from outside the United States, with viewers in Canada, Australia, Britain, Denmark and Italy writing about the result. A companion Short, "Jimmy's message for Donald Trump…", is also running far ahead of the channel's usual start for its Shorts.

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The numbers

A monologue that started far faster than the show's usual regular uploads, with a comment section to match.

the video's first day

usual first day here

183,481

this video

7,838,910

subscribers

22,300,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

15,948,774,656

views per day

13,923,906

typical day: 4,846,768

the video

views

7,791,459

likes

187,936

comments

10,995

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

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34,200,000

Jimmy Kimmel Live

22,300,000

Saturday Night Live

17,500,000

The Daily Show

14,100,000

The Late Show with Stephe…

10,700,000

LastWeekTonight

10,200,000

As of November 6, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

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