Jimmy Kimmel Wraps 2025 With Hopeful Goodbye To 'Erratic' And 'Insane' Trump

Jimmy Kimmel closed out 2025 on Thursday with a late-night monologue skewering Donald Trump for delivering a primetime address he described as "erratic" and "insane." In Trump’s White House speech, he asserted that the United States was "absolutely dead" and ready to "totally fail" when Joe Biden was in charge one year earlier. Kimmel countered that, while the delivery appeared frantic, the message carried a tone that many viewed as out of step with the country’s current mood.

During the final show of the year, Kimmel offered a sharp, ice-cold rebuttal: 'Maybe we’ll get lucky, and in a few years, he’ll leave us for a younger, hotter country somewhere in the world.' He also mocked the length and content of the speech, saying Trump packed 'a lot of crap' into his 18-minute address and that at times it was hard to tell if he was giving a speech or having a seizure on TV, before showing clips of Trump stumbling over his words and slurring.

He tied the moment to the ongoing and highly anticipated release of documents from the Jeffrey Epstein case, noting that federal law requires the Justice Department to disclose its files by Friday. '’Twas the night before Epstein and all through the White House, they are shitting their stockings to see what comes out,' Kimmel joked, as his monologue touched on the potential political impact of the filings.

The closing salvo of the year extended beyond a single punchline. Kimmel referenced the broader political and media conversation surrounding Trump’s rhetoric, framing the end of 2025 as a moment of reflection for a country watching a former president navigate a volatile public persona while a long-gestating disclosure process looms over his administration. The remarks contributed to a cultural moment in which late-night hosts routinely weighed in on the president’s public statements and the ongoing Epstein-file controversy, underscoring the way entertainment and politics intersect in year-end media consumption.

Observers noted that Kimmel’s comments arrived as the year drew to a close amid heightened attention to the Epstein documents and the potential implications for political narratives ahead of elections. The monologue served as a reminder of how late-night platforms continue to shape public perception of political figures, especially as legal disclosures create a forthcoming test for accountability and public record transparency. HuffPost reported on the remarks, highlighting the contrast between Trump’s asserted achievements and the legal deadlines surrounding the Epstein materials, a storyline that kept viewers closely tuned to the year-end broadcast cycle.