Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel urged President Donald Trump to “just quit” the presidency on Wednesday after Trump’s Republican Party lost both the House and the Senate during this month’s midterm elections.
Reacting during his monologue to the Democratic Party’s “blue tsunami” victory over Trump’s Republican candidates, Kimmel shot down the president’s claim that the Democrats won only because he wasn’t personally on the ballot.
President Donald Trump addresses the audience after the inaugural parade during the 60th Presidential Inauguration at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 2025. Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States. (DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Danny Gonzalez)
President Donald J. Trump speaks during an event at Fort Drum, New York, on August 13. President Trump visited the U.S. Army post to recongize Soldiers before signing the National Defense Authorization Act of 2019, which supports the establishment of Army Futures Command which will provide unity of command and effort for the Army’s modernization enterprise. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Thomas Scaggs) 180813-A-TZ475-918
“That is such…,” protested Kimmel. “You were on the ballot. You’re like dog hair, you’re on everything. You’ve infected every nook and cranny of our lives. You divided this country like no one else ever has. The only time you ever brought us together was yesterday, when we all teamed up to get rid of you!”
‘Even You Don’t Want to be President Anymore,’ Says Kimmel
Kimmel continued, “The verdict is in, and there’s only one thing left for Nappy Gilmore to do — resign… Quit already. Just quit. Nobody wants you. Even you don’t want to be president anymore.”
“Take that billion dollars worth of crypto, buy an island. Maybe Epstein’s island?” he concluded. “ Wouldn’t that be a perfect end to this story?!”
Alongside Trump, Kimmel listed Republican Senator Jon Husted — who was unseated in the midterms — and trillionaire Elon Musk as his biggest losers of the night.
Ridiculing Trump’s much-publicized obsession with Husted’s rear end, Kimmel mocked, “Husted no longer has a seat on which to rest that beautiful ass.”
Tearing into “SpaceX Luthor” Elon Musk, Kimmel mocked the trillionaire for shelling out “almost $500 million to support Republican candidates,” the majority of whom went on to be defeated by Democratic candidates.
“Remember when he was against wasteful spending? Well, after throwing all that money, as of right now, Republicans that he backed have lost 29 contests and won three,” the late-night host declared. “Usually when Elon spends this much money on something this embarrassing, he calls it the Cybertruck.”
Trump Could ‘Quit’ Presidency and Give Oval Office to JD Vance, Says Analyst
Veteran political analyst Nate Silver suggested on Wednesday that Trump could quit the presidency and give the Oval Office to Vice President JD Vance following the Republican Party’s defeat in the midterm elections.
During an appearance on the “Still Counting” podcast, Silver claimed that he had a “weird intuition that maybe Trump will find some pretense to quit” in the coming months.
“He could get very, very isolated,” suggested Silver, who added that the president could “just go off to Mar-a-Lago, or go off to West Village, and start a karaoke bar where he can comment on men’s asses all he wants.
Democratic Strategist Predicts Trump Will Be Gone by Easter
Democratic strategist James Carville, meanwhile, predicted last month that Trump would be out of the White House by Easter — arguing the president would get bored and frustrated with his declining power and relevance as a lame duck.
“Trump will be out by Easter,” he said. “I think he’s going to get really bored and when you lose one this big, people don’t really pay attention.”
Carville made his comments before the midterm elections. However, he was one of many analysts who had predicted that the Republican Party would be defeated in a “blue tsunami” — a prediction which came to pass, even more so than many Democrats had dreamed.
Only One President Has Ever Resigned, But Trump Would Be Able to Give the White House Up
Only one U.S. president, Richard Nixon, has ever resigned. However, Trump would still be perfectly within his rights to give up the White House and pass it over to his vice president, JD Vance.
If Trump made such a move, Vance would become president and could nominate his own vice president, who would then have to be confirmed by a majority in the House and Senate. From January onward, the Democratic Party would have both the House and the Senate firmly in its hands of the Democratic Party.
Given that Nixon resigned only because of the Watergate scandal, a Trump resignation would be highly unusual and unprecedented. It would also rob the president of valuable time to secure his legacy.
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