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Video taking off 23x its usual first day

Jimmy Kimmel takes on Hegseth's "doozy" of a press conference

The monologue moves from a Thomas Massie impeachment filing to Trump phoning C-SPAN, then closes with a parody trailer for Melania: The Series.

Channel: Jimmy Kimmel Live Story of Trari Newsroom

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 4,555,148 views a day, 23 times a normal first day on this channel (199,402).

Trump Praises Hegseth’s Doozy of a Press Conference, Milks the MAGA Faithful & Melania’s New ShowTrump Praises Hegseth’s Doozy of a Press Conference, Milks the MAGA Faithful & Melania’s New Show

Video summary

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  1. 0:00Kimmel opens with Biden's memoir Promise Me, America and Trump's claim that the two could have been friends.
  2. 2:53A satirical statue, "The Foot Soldier," mocks Trump's draft deferments; the planned arch's legal hold follows.
  3. 5:02Thomas Massie's impeachment articles and clips from Hegseth's press conference.
  4. 6:51Footage of Mitch McConnell being asked about the midterms, then jokes about Lauren Boebert's election night.
  5. 9:37Trump's $55 VETO hat and paid Truth Social access, followed by his surprise call to C-SPAN.
  6. 13:13The parody trailer for Melania: The Series, voiced by an impersonator.

A regular Jimmy Kimmel Live upload usually reaches about 200,000 views on its first day. This monologue was past four and a half million within 23 hours, and its comment section filled about twelve times faster than usual.

The Hegseth segment starts with Republican Thomas Massie filing articles of impeachment against the defense secretary. Kimmel then plays clips from Pete Hegseth's combative press conference, including a line that gives Trump all the praise he could want: "We've never had a better commander-in-chief, full stop."

Kimmel builds the rest of the monologue from smaller oddities. A statue called "The Foot Soldier" has gone up on the National Mall to needle Trump over his Vietnam draft deferments, which prompts Kimmel's line: "When you cut funding for the arts, the arts cut you right back." He also points out that the planned arch is on legal hold, sets a real $55 "VETO" hat beside a mock "WIPE!" version, and plays Trump calling in unexpectedly to C-SPAN's Washington Journal Primetime.

The closing bit is the parody trailer for Melania: The Series. An impersonator supplies Melania Trump's voice, and the final title card offers its own verdict on the project: "Seemed like a good idea at the time."

Viewers have taken up a different segment. The comments return again and again to a short clip of Mitch McConnell being asked about the midterm results, and to Kimmel's opening jokes about Trump's response to Joe Biden's forthcoming memoir.

The night's guests, Andrew Scott and Jodie Foster, along with musical guest Jesse Welles, appear in separate uploads.

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More from Jimmy Kimmel LiveVideo taking off 34x its usual first dayJimmy Kimmel says Trump "now has interns insulting me"The same monologue finds the wrong Dana White on LinkedIn, revisits Trump's "only kidding" press secretary offer and closes with a mock ad for "Trump Church."Channel: Jimmy Kimmel Live · Story of November 11, 2026 Also in Talk shows and late nightVideo taking off 11x its usual first dayGMA details federal complaint in MSC Seascape killingRhiannon Ally reports that authorities say a suspect admitted strangling his wife during an argument aboard the cruise ship.Channel: Good Morning America · Story of November 12, 2026 A different discovery todayVideo taking off 16x its usual first dayThe National pairs Hegseth's "farce" with a WWII care package found in an atticAdrienne Arsenault's full edition runs from a failed House vote to a Silver Cross Mother and a son who found his father through DNA.Channel: CBC News: The National · Story of November 12, 2026

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The facts
Subscribers
22,300,000
Channel views, last 7 days
47,241,989
Channel views, pace per day
2,358,320 (on a normal day: 5,884,024)
Video published
November 11, 2026
Video views so far
4,525,338 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day
4,555,148

The numbers

A first day this large is far outside the channel's usual range for its regular videos, and the comments came in even faster than the views.

the video's first day
usual first day here
199,402
this video
4,555,148
subscribers
22,300,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
total views
15,982,099,159
views per day
2,358,320
typical day: 5,884,024
the video
views
4,525,338
likes
109,946
comments
3,885
days online
1
subscribers: this channel and similar channels
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22,300,000
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17,500,000
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14,200,000
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10,300,000
As of November 12, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube
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