Trump's Iran remark about LA and San Diego, then a ballroom visit to Guillermo, on Kimmel

Robert De Niro and Witney Carson share the same monologue, and its comment section filled more than five times faster than on a usual first day.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 3,328,629 views a day, 14 times a normal first day on this channel (233,716).

Trump Muses About Iran Taking Out LA and San Diego, Leers at Natalie & Guillermo’s Big Dancing Night

"Trump Muses About Iran Taking Out LA and San Diego, Leers at Natalie & Guillermo's Big Dancing Night" is the monologue Jimmy Kimmel Live posted on Wednesday. It passed three million views inside its first day, the second night running that a Kimmel monologue has done that since the show came home from its week in Brooklyn.

The description sets the scene. Los Angeles is sitting near 100 degrees, and Trump is on a cross-country tour rallying Republicans ahead of the midterms. At one stop he openly mused, in the show's words, about Iran "taking out" LA and San Diego, the two biggest cities in Kimmel's own state. From there the monologue moves to what it calls Republican hypocrisy and to Robert De Niro, who the description says is showing up and speaking out.

Then the night changes key. Kimmel heads to the Dancing with the Stars set to talk with Guillermo, his longtime sidekick, and Witney Carson, Guillermo's professional partner this season. Both shows belong to ABC, so the trip is a short one.

The comment section moved faster than the views did. Most of it is about the Iran line and the crowd that heard it, and about the midterms. Robert De Niro comes up again and again. The dancing barely gets a mention.

The channel kept the story going the next night. Thursday's monologue has Trump being asked to clarify the Iran remark, and Kimmel answering Guillermo's Dancing with the Stars critics. In between came interviews with Kyle MacLachlan and Kerry Washington, and Washington also talked about the heat and about cheering for Guillermo in the ballroom.

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The numbers

One monologue ran far ahead of the show's usual first day, on a day when the channel as a whole sat a little below its normal pace.

the video's first day

usual first day here

233,716

this video

3,328,629

subscribers

22,300,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

15,814,427,286

views per day

3,574,342

typical day: 4,349,090

the video

views

3,371,412

likes

85,791

comments

3,922

days online

1

compared with similar channels (subscribers)

The Tonight Show Starring…

34,200,000

Jimmy Kimmel Live

22,300,000

Saturday Night Live

17,300,000

The Daily Show

14,000,000

The Late Show with Stephe…

10,700,000

LastWeekTonight

10,200,000

As of October 8, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.

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