Jimmy Kimmel mocks Trump’s bid for Nobel Peace Prize before he loses out to Venezuelan politician
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel is back at doing what he does best - poking fun at President Donald Trump.
On Thursday night, just hours before the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize announcement, Kimmel openly mocked Trump’s self-promoted campaign for the honor, teasing that the “peace president” might be “sending a platoon to invade a yoga studio in Portland.”
The remarks came ahead of the official announcement on October 3, 2025, that the Nobel Peace Prize had been awarded to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado.
Jimmy Kimmel mocks Trump’s Nobel ambitions
Kimmel, 57, didn’t hold back during his latest monologue on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!'
“I’ve seen a lot of Oscar and Emmy campaigns but no one has ever vied for an award more vigorously,” the host quipped as a montage of Trump’s repeated references to the Nobel Peace Prize flashed on screen.
The jab came as Trump’s team shared posts calling him the “Peace President,” touting his diplomatic record in the days leading up to the announcement. Kimmel sarcastically followed up with his yoga studio joke, referencing Trump’s past decision to deploy the National Guard during protests in Oregon, a move repeatedly blocked by federal courts.
A tense history between Jimmy Kimmel and Trump
The latest mockery adds fuel to the ongoing tension between the comedian and the Republican leader. Just weeks earlier, ABC temporarily suspended 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' after Kimmel made controversial remarks about the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
Trump publicly praised the suspension on his social platform, Truth Social, writing that the broadcaster made the “right decision.” However, amid public backlash, ABC reinstated Kimmel’s show, and the late-night host quickly resumed his critiques of the president, even calling him a “bully” on air.
Maria Corina Machado wins 2025 Nobel Peace Prize
This year’s Nobel Peace Prize went to Venezuelan politician and engineer Maria Corina Machado for her “tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela” and for leading efforts toward a peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy, according to the Norwegian Nobel Committee.
Machado, 57, currently leads Venezuela’s opposition movement and previously served as a member of the National Assembly of Venezuela from 2011 to 2014. She will officially receive her award at a ceremony on December 10, 2025, in Oslo, Norway.
Trump reacts to Nobel outcome
Following the decision, the White House criticized the Nobel Committee for “placing politics over peace.” Trump, meanwhile, appeared unfazed, claiming he had expected the outcome but still believed he “deserved” the honor.
“They will never give me a Nobel Peace Prize. I deserve it, but they will never give it to me,” Trump reportedly told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a February meeting.
Trump, 79, has frequently cited his role in de-escalating global conflicts, once boasting, “I’ve done six wars, I’ve ended six wars. If you look at the six deals I settled this year, they were all at war. I didn’t do any ceasefires.”
