Jimmy Kimmel had an actor step in as guest host, and he wasted little time taking shots at President Donald Trump
Kimmel, 58, took the week off for summer vacation. For the fourth and final night hosting “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” the host called one of his comedian pals to dig into Trump’s reported escape route.
The bizarre sight of a president squeezing in a food cart practically wrote the punchline itself.
Reports claimed Trump needed to secretly switch planes while fleeing Turkey over an alleged Iranian assassination threat on July 8.
Anthony Anderson joined in on taunting the president for apparently taking part in the headline-grabbing “presidential switcheroo” last month.
“Just when you think you’ve heard every dumb thing there is to know about this president, he always finds a way to surprise you,” the actor told the audience.
Anderson sarcastically praised Trump’s security detail for pulling off the getaway. The joke landed on the irony of secretly sneaking a president out of Turkey.
“Let’s give it up to the Secret Service. Do you know how hard it is to sneak a pig out of Turkey?” he continued.
The thought of trump hiding in a Turkish food cart surrounded by all that anti missile halal food 🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/3tW4UCAo66
— Avspook 👻 2.0 (@avspook) August 15, 2026
The Washington Post later revealed the CIA supposedly had “low confidence” in the imminent threat; the mockery intensified.
Anderson took that report in a darker direction by comparing Trump’s reported escape to “the same way he used to get onto Epstein’s plane.”
“I’m no security expert, but if I was trying to find Donald Trump, a catering truck is the first place I’d look. Next time, hide his a– in a bookmobile,” Anderson added.
Social media users also clowned Trump for his cringeworthy, clandestine maneuver following the 2026 Nato Summit.
One tongue-in-cheek comment on Instagram read, “This is absolutely horrible to hear. That poor cart.”
After saying Trump's going to hell, Jimmy Kimmel guest host Anthony Anderson says it was "dumb" that the Secret Service snuck Trump out of Turkey due to an Iranian threat "Just when you think you've heard every dumb thing there is to know about this president, he always finds a… pic.twitter.com/Mt1P3rW4rF
— Alex Christy (@alexchristy17) August 12, 2026
Another response to the aircraft-swapping story renamed Air Force One as “Fear Force One.” Two other comments read, “At least that one is clever. Bravo” and “Oh my God, that was so funny.
For his final “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” monologue on Aug. 13, Anderson focused on the president and the ongoing war with Iran.
The following night, he called Trump’s escape “Operation Pig in a Blanket.”
He spent time comedically dissecting a recent Trump social media post about the US–Iran conflict.
“The U.S.A. has total control over the Strait of Hormuz. I THINK WE WILL KEEP IT!” Trump declared on Truth Social. He claimed, “Our Naval Blockade is being called, by everyone, ‘A WALL OF STEEL,’ and there is nothing Iran can do about it.”
The ‘Black-ish’ sitcom alum pointed out that the typically unreliable Trump is likely stretching the truth once again.
After a comment about the recent $1 billion Powerball jackpot winner, Anderson called Trump a “greedy motherf–ker” as a segue to talk about the Iran War.
“It turns out that may not be true because today Iran said the Strait of Hormuz is actually under their control. And the baseless claims made by the United States are nothing more than lies and falsehoods,” Anderson blasted.
After quoting a statement from Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, Anderson then delivered another punchline mocking Trump.
He said, “Now, at this point, I don’t know who to believe, the authoritarian psychopaths or the Iranians.”
That one-liner earned a rimshot from the show’s house band drummer and applause from the live studio audience and online praise for Anderson’s takedown of Trump.
“Mr. Anderson is not letting up! Just because Jimmy ain’t there, the Commander in Thief ain’t getting no breaks!” one fan expressed.
Another commenter said, “Anthony Anderson is paying Trump back for calling his tv show racist because it was called Black-ish, back in the day.”
Back in 2014, Trump took aim at ABC’s hit sitcom “Black-ish,” starring Anderson, Tracee Ellis Ross, Yara Shahidi, Marsai Martin and Jenifer Lewis.
Never one to hold back, he questioned why the network was allowed to air a show with that title.
“How is ABC Television allowed to have a show entitled ‘Blackish’?” Trump tweeted, according to The Wrap. “Can you imagine the furor of a show, ‘Whiteish’! Racism at highest level?”
America remains embroiled in armed warfare with Iran after Trump ordered an attack on the Middle Eastern country in February. He initially insisted the hostilities would only last four to five weeks.
By April, the commander-in-chief was claiming the U.S. would finish the job within another two to three weeks.
However, a prolonged standoff in the Strait of Hormuz and a failed agreement to halt military operations between the two nations have caused the Iran War to rage on for months.
Will the incident in Turkey have a direct effect on overseas fighting? That question remains unanswered. But the POTUS hiding in an airport food cart fails to live up to Trump’s macho persona.
